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Trump’s new tariff threats trigger economic uncertainty; trade deals stall
The White House is set to impose a 15 percent tariff through Section 122 after the US Supreme Court ruled against Trump.
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The White House is set to impose a 15 percent tariff through Section 122 after the US Supreme Court ruled against Trump.
A U.S. official focusing on arms control has provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago
Trump tells Mexico to ‘step up’ effort to combat cartels even after military operation kills drug lord known as ‘El Mencho’With schools still closed, flights cancelled and the charred carcasses of buses smouldering on streets across the country, Security minister Omar García Harfuch was moved almost to tears on Monday as he offered his condolences to the families of soldiers felled in the operation to kill the country’s most wanted drug lord. Mexican military personnel, he said, “fulfilled their mission”.
Education secretary and her team have won over some critics but obstacles remain in their attempt to overhaul system In her first week as a cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson held a meeting for new Labour MPs with one subject – special educational needs. Almost 100 MPs came to that first meeting.There were new MPs for whom the issue was personal to their own families – Jen Craft, Daniel Francis, Steve Race, as well as the then business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds. Dozens more knew the system was at breaking point because of their previous work in the charity sector, for unions and in the disability sector.
Four years into Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, Alex Croft looks at the human cost and it has transformed the future of warfare
US state department official says it’s ‘prudent’ to reduce their footprint to essential personnelWashington has evacuated dozens of non-essential personnel from its embassy in Lebanon as US ships and warplanes have been positioned in the region for a potential strike against Iran in the coming days.The diplomatic drawdown followed reports that dozens of US personnel had been evacuated through Lebanon’s Beirut-Rafic Hariri international airport to protect them from a possible Iranian counterattack if tensions between the US and Iran escalate into war. Roughly 30-50 US embassy personnel have left the country, estimates suggest.
Demonstrations spread to Tehran’s Al Zahra University one month after security crackdown left thousands deadStudents at universities in Iran have held a third consecutive day of protest just over a month after the violent suppression by security services of mass street demonstrations left thousands dead.The protests came amid tensions between Iran and the US. Washington has built up military forces and pressure in the Middle East as it negotiates with Tehran – with the next round in Geneva on Thursday. Donald Trump has warned “really bad things will happen” if there is no deal.
Rangers have labelled the racist abuse sent to Djeidi Gassama and Emmanuel Fernandez as "unacceptable".
The 7,500-acre estate, also referred to as the Playboy Ranch, has come under intense scrutiny after it made thousands of appearances in the disturbing Epstein files, released last month.
A newly released CIA file has exposed a top secret program that developed methods to control behavior using drugs in food, cigarettes and even vaccines.
Attack on Nablus-area mosque is latest in surge of Israeli settler and military violence targeting Palestinians.
This US tech giant should not have been given NHS or Ministry of Defence contracts, writes Stephen Saunders. Plus a letter from Jan SavageFor 100 years, the UK government has led us through existential threats, including two world wars. But instead of resisting the latest threat to democratic accountability, it has welcomed it with open arms: Palantir Technologies ().This polarising US surveillance giant provides data-fusion and AI platforms used by by the US for immigration enforcement and by Israel in the Gaza conflict. Its software amplifies state power through militarised analytics and opaque algorithms.
Children as young as 13 are ‘trapped’ in a state with no access to abortion, lawyers and advocates say
Ex-president, accused of crimes against humanity, selected targets and promised immunity for death squad members, prosecutor saysRodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was “at the very heart” of brutal anti-drugs campaigns that led to the killing of thousands of people, prosecutors at the International criminal court (ICC) have argued, as they called for charges against him to proceed to trial.Duterte, 80, who was and flown to The Hague, is facing three counts of crimes against humanity over campaigns against drug users and dealers during his presidency, and his earlier tenure as mayor of the city of Davao.
Huckabee's remarks that Israel has God-given right to much of Middle East are rooted in Christian Zionism, experts say.
6 mins agoDuterte is accused of crimes against humanity during a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.6 mins ago
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 55-year-old son, Mojtaba Khamenei is his father's most likely successor due to close ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC).
Newly released emails suggest taxpayer-funded protection officers were instructed to provide security for a party thrown at the paedophile's home in honour of the royal.
Palestinian authority officials say Israeli settlers have attacked a West Bank mosque
Exclusive: Former England all-rounder calls on players to put pressure on ECB to prevent discrimination by Indian-owned Hundred teams
Karla Hanratty is accused of stabbing a man in the Lord Lurgan Park area of the town on Saturday.17 mins agoNorthern Ireland
British ambassador to US was sacked over his ties to paedophile financier
Benfica appeal against ban for Real Madrid second legBrazilian alleged he was racially abusedGianluca Prestianni will not be available for Benfica’s Champions League playoff against Real Madrid on Wednesday night after Uefa suspended him following . The one-game ban is a provisional measure as an investigation continues.Benfica have said they will appeal and regret being “deprived” of the winger, but the club admitted they did not expect to be able to prevent the 20-year-old Argentinian from missing the second leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.
House Bill 570 allows for death penalty to be imposed on women who have abortions, as well as charging women ‘involved in the homicide of her own unborn child’
People think they can get away with uttering the most vile of statements - and we are not isolated from it here, as shown by some of the ignorant and shocking abuse of Edwin Edogbo on social media
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) frontman Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, 59, was eliminated on Sunday in a joint Mexican military and US-backed operation in Tapalpa.
Israel fails to provide proof for allegations against Al Asima News, Quds Plus, Alquds Albawsala, Maraj, Maydan Alquds.
The party's new home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be a "burning" priority for a Reform UK government.31 mins agoPolitics
Fighters allied to South Sudan’s government have been accused of killing more than a dozen civilians, mostly women and children, in conflict-hit Jonglei State's Ayod County
Tenured associate professor Allyson Friedman interjected during a Community Education Meeting earlier this month. Her remarks were called 'abhorrent' by her employer.
Five other countries with high Muslim populations would also be included in proposed blanket ban
Billions in oil funds have not been returned to Iran as transparency fades amid efforts to circumvent biting sanctions.
While Mexico's government hails killing of drug kingpin El Mencho, other cartel leaders continue to evade capture.
Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, and experts say it is driving a growing environmental and health crisis
Exclusive: Figures led by New York Sun owner may seek judicial review after restrictions lifted on DMGT offerFigures involved in a rival bid for the Telegraph are drawing up legal action against the government, after ministers gave the owner of the Daily Mail permission to take a significant step towards clinching its £500m takeover.The Telegraph titles, which include the daily and Sunday editions, have been in limbo for three years after previous owners, the Barclay family, lost control of them over huge unpaid debts.
The US State Department has issued a shelter in place order that encompasses vacation hotspots like Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
The boom years may be over but their craft will not perish – it is too deeply ingrained in the DNA of the Westminster political classes
Violence has surged and authorities have tightened security across the region, while attention has turned to Gonzalez, a central figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Antonio Guterres highlights 'blatant violations of human rights, human dignity and international law' in Palestine.
Amid talk of artificial intelligence taking our jobs, the big unasked question is: how will we be fed?How will we be fed? That’s the biggest question not seriously being addressed amid all this talk about whether or not artificial intelligence will end up taking over all of our jobs.Formidable though the technology appears, similar fears have popped up repeatedly since the Industrial Revolution, and most working-age adults remain employed. Still, what is sorely missing is a serious debate about what to do if this future in fact materializes.
Israel continues to block thousands of Palestinians from seeking medical treatment abroad through Rafah crossing.
Al Jazeera analysis shows cost of a basic Ramadan meal in Gaza doubles under Israeli siege.
Following the death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, gunmen unleashed bloody chaos across several Mexican cities.
North Korea’s ruling party touted nuclear advances as it re-elected Kim Jong Un to the top post of general secretary, state media said on Monday, during a rare national congress.
Coincidence or not, the party has timed its congress for the centenary of an infamous Nazi rally. But condemnation didn’t stop Hitler, and it’s not enough nowGermany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is different from its sister movements across the west.In a country deeply conscious of its own history, the party, now , has to decide whether it rejects or embraces Hitler as an ideological antecedent. Rather than answering definitively, the party is deliberately opaque. It flirts with the Nazi legacy without explicitly committing to it. Far from putting voters off, this strategic ambiguity cultivates a surprisingly powerful mix of outrage and plausible deniability.Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. She is the author of 0. Her latest book Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe comes out in May.
Arguably Mexico’s most influential crime boss after captured kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, now in a U.S. prison, Oseguera diversified into rackets such as stolen fuel, forced labor and human trafficking
Kemi Badenoch asserts that student loans 'increasingly feel like a scam', She's right. The Tory leader was referring to one type of loan but what she said applies to all of them.