The boss of US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly says there is no looking back from Donald Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from the rest of the world. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, David Ricks described it as a watershed moment in US economic history, “I think it’s a pivot in […]
If you are reading this, you likely know who Paige Bueckers is. Maybe you are also familiar with Lauren Betts, Maddie Booker and MiLaysia Fulwiley. But Meg Aronowitz, a senior vice president of production for ESPN and the company’s point person for its women’s basketball coverage, cannot afford to make a similar supposition. When the […]
Wycliffe Muia & Damian Zane BBC News AFP Jeans form a part of Lesotho’s textile exports to the US Lesotho was slapped with the White House’s highest tariff rates in the list released by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Americans bringing goods in from the small southern African country will have to pay an […]
Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano questioned the referee’s decision to give LAFC player Nathan Ordaz a yellow card during the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal series at BMO Stadium on Wednesday night, saying it would have prompted a red card “here and in China and the moon.” In the first half, […]
After listening to hundreds of hours of ape calls, a team of scientists say they have detected a hallmark of human language: the ability to put together strings of sounds to create new meanings. The provocative finding, published Thursday in the journal Science, drew praise from some scholars and skepticism from others. Federica Amici, a […]
One of the four head coaches left working in the men’s NCAA Tournament will win his first national championship Monday night. It could be Houston’s Kelvin Sampson in his 36th season of running a program at age 69. It could be Duke’s Jon Scheyer in his third at age 37. Auburn’s Bruce Pearl is on […]
Radhika Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair since 2017, said on Thursday she would step down after seven years of leading the magazine. Ms. Jones, 52, said in an email to Vanity Fair’s staff that she was leaving to take on new challenges, adding that she didn’t want to experience the “horror of staying too […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. As he had vowed, US President Donald Trump slapped reciprocal tariffs on over 180 countries. The US has imposed a 10% blanker tariff on all imports while charging higher rates for other countries. […]
Kate Whannel Political reporter Sam Francis Political reporter Getty Images Bourbon whiskey is among the US products that could face import taxes The UK government is drawing up a list of US products it could hit with retaliatory tariffs after President Donald Trump announced a wave of new import taxes. This is a toughening of […]
Decisions taken within the next few days will determine whether British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant stays open, the BBC understands. The plant’s Chinese owner, Jingye, has cancelled two cargo shipments of coking coal for the site’s two blast furnaces and it has not yet paid for iron pellets that are scheduled to arrive next week. Without […]