“Follow me,” Nando said. “I know where it lives.” It was late morning, hot, humid and quiet. Shafts of sunlight cut through the jungle as we followed a path through the latticed shade. A few hundred yards away, gigantic cargo ships stacked with containers chugged along the Panama Canal. But that was another world. Where […]
House prices fell in April as buyers faced paying thousands of pounds more in stamp duty, according to new figures from Nationwide. Prices were down 0.6% month-on-month, the building society said. The slowdown in the market was expected due to changes to stamp duty thresholds kicking in on 1 April. Annual house price growth also […]
People hold handmade signs at a Stand up for Science rally protesting the Trump administration’s science policies and federal job cuts on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Chicago. Nam Y. Huh/AP News hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP News People hold handmade signs at a Stand up for Science rally protesting the Trump administration’s […]
Luis Enrique said Paris Saint-Germain can reach the Champions League final with or without match-winning goalscorer Ousmane Dembélé after the forward limped out of Tuesday’s 1-0 semifinal first-leg win at Arsenal with a suspected hamstring injury. Dembélé, whose fourth-minute goal settled the first leg in PSG’s favor, was replaced by substitute Bradley Barcola on 70 […]
President Trump’s tariffs are already taking a toll on China’s factories. Three weeks into a trade war that pushed import tariffs of Chinese-made goods to 145 percent, an official report on manufacturing activity signaled that in April, Chinese factories experienced the sharpest monthly slowdown in more than a year. The report, a survey of industrial […]
Juliane Keane Juliane Keane, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), set a Guinness World Record after completing the 2025 London Marathon A woman from Larne, County Antrim, has made history by setting a new Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon completed by a woman with multiple sclerosis (MS). Juliane Keane, a primary school teacher, has […]
President Trump’s 100th day in office started with what seemed to be a fresh and fast-escalating spat between the White House and Amazon. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, came out swinging in her press briefing on Tuesday morning, accusing Amazon of being “hostile and political” after a report — disputed by the company […]
Starbucks will hire more baristas and scale back plans to roll out automation, the coffee shop giant’s chief executive Brian Niccol says. The move, which is part of his strategy to win back customers, comes as other food and drink chains increasingly adopt technology to cut costs. Also on Tuesday, the firm announced worse-than-expected financial […]
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President Trump’s China tariffs are threatening Christmas. Toy makers, children’s shops and specialty retailers are pausing orders for the winter holidays as the import taxes cascade through supply chains. Factories in China produce nearly 80 percent of all toys and 90 percent of Christmas goods sold in America. The production of toys, Christmas trees and […]