Markets shuddered on Friday as the trade war between the United States and China continued to escalate. On Wall Street, at the end of an extremely volatile week, the S&P 500 index opened with a small drop and then climbed about half a percent higher. The Stoxx Europe 600 index slipped about 0.2 percent. Earlier […]
Helen Briggs BBC environment correspondent•@hbriggs Getty Images Starlings are known for their noisy chatter and distinctive swirling flights known as murmurations Fewer starlings are visiting UK gardens, according to the conservation charity, the RSPB. It says its Big Garden Birdwatch, which took place over the last weekend in January, recorded the lowest number of starlings […]
Wall Street’s biggest firms on Friday attempted the tricky two-step of revealing the toll of President Trump’s whiplash tariff policy without outright criticizing a man who has repeatedly lashed out at the financial world for slights both real and imagined. “The economy is facing considerable turbulence,” Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, said in a […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding the release of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil stand outside his immigration court hearing in Newark, N.J., on Friday, March 28, 2025. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil who was detained in early March by U.S. immigration officials, is facing possible deportation for actions the […]
When Congress voted to normalize trade relations with China at the beginning of this century, U.S. manufacturers braced for a stream of cheap goods to begin flowing into U.S. ports. Instead, they got a flood. Imports from China nearly tripled from 1999 to 2005, and American factories, with their higher wages and stricter safety standards, […]
Tesla has stopped accepting new orders in China for two car models that it imports from a factory in the United States, after the Chinese government imposed steep tariffs on American imports. On Friday, Tesla’s website in China removed the “order” button from the Model S sedan and Model X sport utility vehicle. Customers still […]
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 […]
It may surprise some to learn that New York is the most forgetful city when it comes to ride shares. So says Uber, which has released its ninth annual Lost & Found Index — a hilarious, surprising and occasionally gross list of stuff riders left behind in cars last year. (Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and […]
On Thursday, researchers unveiled the most precise measurement yet of a neutrino, scaling down the maximum possible mass of the ghostly specks of matter that permeate our universe. The result, published in the journal Science, does not define the exact mass of a neutrino, just its upper limit. But the finding helps bring physicists closer […]
The UK economy grew by more than expected in February, according to the latest official figures. The economy expanded by 0.5%, with the services sector having a strong month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Economists had predicted growth of just 0.1%, but the ONS said several factors contributed to the surprise rise which […]