The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills. The firings threaten to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which was created by Congress in 1981 and helps to offset high utility bills […]
Germany had hoped that a new government would revive its stagnant economy, but President Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are stoking worries that Europe’s biggest economy will fall short of its 0.3 percent growth expectations this year. Jörg Kukies, Germany’s finance minister, met with the U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, and U.S. trade representatives in Washington […]
PGMOL has admitted that Everton defender James Tarkowski should have been sent off through a VAR review in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday night. Tarkowski was booked by referee Sam Barrott for an 11th-minute challenge on Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, and the VAR, Paul Tierney, opted not to advise that it shouldn’t be upgraded […]
Laptop computers from Taiwan, wine from Italy, frozen shrimp from India, Nike sneakers from Vietnam and Irish butter. These products are found in homes across the United States, a testament to America’s enduring role as a champion of free trade and its standing as the most lucrative market for goods from around the world. They […]
Phil Harrison Reporting fromBrookland, Romney Marsh BBC The vending machines at The Old Tractor Shed Farm Shop sell local produce until 21:00 BST each day A Kent farm shop has turned to technology to sell local produce out of hours. The Old Tractor Shed Farm Shop in Brookland has installed three vending machines which continue […]
Tariffs on imported vehicles took effect Thursday, a policy that President Trump said would spur investments and jobs in the United States but that analysts say will raise new car prices by thousands of dollars. The 25 percent duty applies to all cars assembled outside the United States. Starting May 3, the tariff will also […]
With the new tariffs announced on Wednesday in Washington, President Trump has now imposed additional tariffs on Chinese goods of 54 percent — an extremely heavy burden that will cause companies to look elsewhere for suppliers. Mr. Trump added a 34 percent tariff on imports from China, to take effect on April 9, on top […]
Markets around the world shuddered on Thursday after President Trump announced across-the-board 10 percent tariffs on all U.S. trading partners except Canada and Mexico, as well as even higher tariffs on dozens of America’s other main trading partners. Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index outside normal trading hours, slumped […]
The nation’s most polluting coal-burning power plant has asked President Trump to exempt it from stricter limits on hazardous air pollution after the administration recently invited companies to apply for presidential pollution waivers by email. The aging Colstrip power plant in Colstrip, Mont., emits more harmful fine particulate matter pollution, or soot, than any other […]
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC This is the last picture of Wayne with his wife Stella (right) and children Emily and Ashley (left), taken on the day of his death It’s 10am, and in a little over two hours, Wayne Hawkins will be dead. The sun is shining on the […]