Apr 30, 2025, 05:05 PM ET Birmingham City broke the English Football League (EFL) record for most points in a season, after a 2-0 away win against Blackpool on Wednesday took the club to an unprecedented 108 points. The club, minority owned by Tom Brady, had already secured the League One title and promotion back […]
Trump’s price war At a rally in Michigan last night, President Trump declared that “we’re ending the inflation nightmare.” But corporate chiefs are bracing for the opposite, revealing a split-screen view of the future that has sharpened as trade uncertainty grows. Companies have warned for weeks that tariffs could scramble supply chains, force them to […]
Will Grant BBC Mexico correspondent BBC Alberto Salagan “really felt lost” when he was deported from the US to Mexico When Alberto Salagan was deported from the US in January it was the first time he’d stepped foot in Mexico since he was a baby. Born in the coastal resort of Acapulco, his parents took […]
A loophole that has allowed American shoppers to buy lots of cheap goods from mainland China and Hong Kong without paying tariffs and filling customs forms is closing on Friday. Prices have already gone up. Orders for many imported goods from retailers like Shein and Temu could dwindle as consumers balk at the higher prices […]
Getty Images Lauren Drew, 32, from Port Talbot, plays Celine Dion in Titanique the musical in London’s West End When Lauren Drew was offered the role of Celine Dion in Titanique in London’s West End, she did not have to think twice. For the Port Talbot-born musical star, a lifelong fan of the “queen of […]
One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty-two days of losses. More than $6.5 trillion wiped from the value of public companies. For financial markets, the 7 percent drop in the S&P 500 is the worst start to a presidential term since Gerald R. Ford took over from […]
Apr 30, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Chicago Stars FC announced on Wednesday that the club has fired Lorne Donaldson as head coach after the Stars lost five of their first six games of the season. “We are grateful to Lorne Donaldson for the culture, respect and sense of self-belief he helped build within our squad,” […]
During President Trump’s first U.S.-Chinese trade war in 2018, American companies flocked to Vietnam to sidestep escalating tariffs, and the country became increasingly critical to their bottom lines. But in Mr. Trump’s escalating trade fight across the globe, Vietnam has become a new target. Tensions were so high that there were doubts about whether American […]
Apr 30, 2025, 11:14 AM ET The North Carolina Courage on Wednesday added a new chief soccer officer who has had success as City Football Group’s head of coaching support during Manchester City’s rise under manager Pep Guardiola. Now, Dr. Ceri Bowley will take on his first role at the top of a technical staff […]
European carmakers, including Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Volkswagen, said Wednesday that the chaos and upheaval caused by the tariffs introduced by President Trump had left them struggling to assess the impact and unable to plan for the future. After years of sluggish demand and high inflation, Europe’s carmakers headed into 2025 with a raft of new […]