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Stock markets fall after US tariffs spark trade war fears

Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Stock markets around the world fell following the introduction of tariffs by President Donald Trump on goods entering to the US from China, Canada and Mexico. Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 20% tariffs against China. Canada and China announced their […]

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He Fought Claims of Harm From Infant Formula. Now He Regulates It.

The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies. Kyle A. Diamantas joined the F.D.A. last month to lead the food division, leaving the law […]

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Can anything be salvaged from Man United’s mess of a season?

Ian DarkeMar 3, 2025, 08:51 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer […]

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Where Being Gay Is Punishable by Death, Aid Cuts Are ‘Heartbreaking’

In the weeks since President Trump signed an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, Andrea Minaj Casablanca’s phone has been inundated with desperate pleas for help. A counselor who works with nonprofits catering to members of Uganda’s embattled L.G.B.T.Q. population, she has fielded urgent requests from people seeking H.I.V. medications, therapy sessions […]

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What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Canada

There is the theory that President Trump is still bitter about his Canadian hotel ventures that went bust. Some, on social media, have speculated that a 2019 photograph in which Justin Trudeau appeared poised to kiss Melania Trump, the first lady, at a Group of 7 gathering in France, left Mr. Trump with a grudge […]

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The revellers making Trinidad’s carnival more sustainable

Anselm Gibbs Reporter, Port of Spain Anselm Gibbs Carnival costumes are elaborate affairs at what many dub “the greatest show on Earth” From dazzling costumes to exuberant parties, Trinidad’s carnival is often dubbed “the greatest show on Earth”. But some of its elements are not exactly eco-friendly and the festivities are estimated to produce 3.4 […]

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UK death rate ‘reaches record low’

Christine Jeavans Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Improvements in death rates largely reflect better health at older age groups The UK death rate reached a record low last year, according to exclusive analysis carried out for BBC News. Mortality experts looked at death certificates registered in 2024 and found that deaths per head of […]

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