A woman has set up a community pantry at the front of her house in Hull to help people who are struggling and needing food. Sarah Dolan set up the Avenues and Dukeries Community Pantry using a cabinet donated by a Perth Street neighbour. She said it was quickly filled with food and toiletries after […]
James Diamond BBC News, Bristol Mike Gilmore BBC News, Bristol Reporting fromThe Downs, Bristol BBC The number of van dwellers in Bristol has quadrupled in the last five years Plans to move one of the UK’s biggest van-dwelling communities are under way amid growing tensions with people who live nearby. At least 60 caravans and […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. — When the Masters begins on Thursday, there’ll be no shortage of top contenders. Scottie Scheffler is seeking to become the first back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods more than 20 years ago, and only the second to win three times in four years (Jack Nicklaus, of course, was the first.). Rory McIlroy is […]
Anthony Zurcher North America correspondent in Washington•@awzurcher EPA Donald Trump announced a massive tariff plan last week that would have upended the global economic order as well as long-established trading relationships with America’s allies. But that plan – or at least a significant part of is – is on ice after the president suspended higher […]
Donald Trump has said there will “always be transition problems” and “difficulty” as markets fell again amid continued uncertainty over the US president’s global tariff war. His statement on Thursday comes hours after the White House said that tariffs on China would reach 145% for some products due to a pre-existing 20% levy imposed on […]
The Chinese internet giant ByteDance has made some of the world’s most popular apps: TikTok and, in China, Douyin and Toutiao. In the United States, TikTok claims 170 million users. But in China, about 700 million use the domestic version, Douyin, and 300 million scroll the headlines on Toutiao, a news app. Every video that […]
After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and somewhat surprising response: “So what?” The question underscored the Trump administration’s argument that America has the upper hand in a trade war with China given how reliant its economy is on exports to the United States. […]
Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Getty Images More than half of the growth of solar in 2024 was in China. More than 40 percent of the world’s electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024, according to a new report from think-tank Ember. But carbon dioxide emissions, which warm the planet, have risen to […]
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Chris Baraniuk Soaring cocoa prices are spurring cocoa-free treats The first thing I notice is the lack of a strong aroma. There’s no familiar, powerful waft of cocoa when opening this bag of sweets, the packet of biscuits, or the caramel-filled truffles. And as I taste each one as part of […]
Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images A new type of drug for one of the most common kinds of advanced breast cancer is now available on the NHS in England. Some 3,000 women a year could benefit from capivasertib after a clinical trial showed it can slow progression of the disease, and shrink tumours in […]