Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter, BBC News Co-op The Co-op has admitted breaching rules to prevent rival supermarkets from opening nearby more than 100 times. The UK’s competition watchdog found Co-op had breached an order which limits supermarkets’ ability to prevent nearby land being used by rival retailers across England, Scotland and Wales. Blocking other grocers […]
Tesla’s sales in Germany plunged in February, part of a wider slump across Europe that has undercut the company’s share price and highlighted anger at the political activities of Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive. Sales of Tesla cars in Germany, Europe’s largest market for electric vehicles, dove 76 percent in February compared with a […]
Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The failure of Zambia’s government to intervene against “blatant violations” of environmental laws is worsening the exposure of a high number of children to severe health risks, mostly lead poisoning, at a shuttered […]
On Monday, ABC said the Oscars audience declined by about 8 percent this year compared with last year, citing Nielsen data. Well, it turns out the awards show did not suffer from an audience decline after all, the network said on Tuesday. The Academy Awards attracted 19.7 million viewers, strong enough to eclipse last year’s […]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on immigration and border priorities, on Feb. 6, 2025, in Washington. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat delivered the Democrats’ Spanish-language rebuttal to President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night, with a significant […]
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said President Donald Trump will “probably” announce a deal to reduce tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Wednesday. “Both the Canadians and Mexicans were on the phone with me all day today trying to show that they’ll do better” on reducing the flow of fentanyl into the US, Lutnick […]
Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump threatened economic upheaval for consumers and businesses in the United States on Tuesday as the country’s biggest trading partners struck back, raising fears of a burgeoning trade war. Canada and China swiftly condemned the U.S. tariffs and announced retaliatory tariffs against American exports. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said […]
President Trump had been hammering Panama for weeks over its most valuable asset, the Panama Canal, saying, without evidence, that China operated the waterway. There seemed to be no way Panama could get Washington off its back. On Tuesday, Wall Street intervened. An investment group led by BlackRock, a giant American asset manager, said it […]
Brahim Diaz winner gives Real Madrid a slender first leg lead over rivals Atletico in Champions League last 16 clash. A superb goal from Brahim Diaz helped Real Madrid maintain its dominance of the Madrid derby on Europe’s biggest stage with a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Atletico in the first leg of their Champions […]
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a request for Pete Rose to be removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list, which could lead to his eventual selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. According to reports published last Saturday, Manfred met with Rose’s daughter, Fawn, and his former lawyer Jeffrey Lenkov about reinstatement […]