The British government eased rules on carmakers requiring them to shift toward selling electric vehicles, as officials sought to blunt some of the pain caused by new auto tariffs on foreign cars sold in the United States. British officials said on Sunday that they would keep the requirement to stop the sale of new gasoline […]
Stock markets across Europe and Asia plunged on Monday as fears over the global impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs deepened. The FTSE 100 opened more than 5% lower, following its steepest fall in five years on Friday. Germany’s Dax plummeted 10% in the first few minutes of trading, before recovering ground, after […]
The government has announced a relaxation of electric vehicle (EV) sales targets to help the car industry in the face of recent tariffs from the US. A ban on producing new petrol and diesel cars will still come into effect in 2030, but manufacturers will now have more flexibility on annual targets as well lower […]
Graham HunterApr 7, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Barcelona are too young, inexperienced and daring in their high defensive line — they are not ready for this test of all tests. Real Madrid are struggling, tired […]
SAN ANTONIO — J’Wan Roberts extended his hands. Settle down, he begged. Yes, this was impossible. Yes, this whole swirling, bizarre night was on the verge of alchemy. Yes, this was about to be the night that Houston pulled off a comeback so stunning, so jarring, that it will take everyone — specifically those souls […]
U.S. oil prices fell sharply, briefly dipping below $60 a barrel on Sunday — their lowest level in almost four years — as the economic fallout from President Trump’s latest round of tariffs reverberated around the world. Crude oil now costs around 15 percent less than it did last Wednesday, just before Mr. Trump revealed […]
When President Trump unveiled major new tariffs on Wednesday, one big economy that he did not target was Russia. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday that Moscow was spared because sanctions imposed on the country after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 mean that U.S.-Russian trade had effectively stopped. North Korea, […]
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent BBC Stephanie Swann works and cares for her son Carers can now work for longer without losing a key payment – as the state pension and benefits rise for millions of people. While pensioners are receiving a bigger increase than the current rate of price rises, benefits are going […]
Charlie Haynes BBC Investigations, East Midlands BBC Jayne Evans is one of hundreds of “placeholder” resident doctors who do not know where they will be based Jayne Evans has completed four years at medical school in London – but says she is still being left in the dark about where her first permanent NHS position […]
Financial markets were hit by another wave of selling on Sunday evening, with investors and economists grappling with rising odds of a severe economic downturn caused by President Trump’s significant new tariffs on imports. Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to bet on the index before the official start of trading on Monday, […]