A trade war with China during President Trump’s first term hit American farmers hard. This time, it could be worse. On Tuesday, China’s Ministry of Finance said it would add tariffs of as much as 15 percent on a wide range of food imports from the United States, including chicken, wheat, corn and cotton. Beijing’s […]
Family handout Annabel Mackey was a “beautiful, positive and very happy little girl”, her father said A woman has been charged with the murder a two-year-old girl who died after being found in a village pond. Annabel Mackey was discovered unresponsive in Kingsley Pond, near Bordon, Hampshire, on 10 September 2023, shortly after she was […]
The Champions League gets serious this week as the round of 16 begins. To get to this point, 160 games have been completed — now there are just 29 left to play. But those 29 are the most consequential matches of the competition, the moments when each team’s key players must step up and perform. […]
Manchester City have been dealt another injury blow after Nathan Aké underwent foot surgery. The Netherlands defender was forced off at half-time of the 3-1 win over Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup on Saturday. Aké, who has been restricted to just 18 appearances in all competitions this season, had an operation on a long-standing […]
The High Street pharmacy chain Boots is asking customers to return packs of 500-milligram paracetamol tablets because a labelling error incorrectly states they are a different painkiller, aspirin. More than 110,000 packs, with the batch number 241005 and expiry date “12/2029” on the bottom, are affected. Customers can receive a full refund without a receipt. […]
US President Donald Trump’s latest move has left investors in a spin – for good reason. With the stroke of a pen, the tariffs he has imposed on Canada, Mexico and China have turned back the clock 70 years, erasing decades of globalisation. Tariffs, he says is a beautiful word, signalling jobs and riches for […]
Faarea Masud BBC Business reporter Getty Images Investment firm Abrdn will add the vowels back into its name after dropping them in a rebrand that was widely mocked. The firm said it will now be called aberdeen group. In the past it has been Aberdeen Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management. Its rebrand to Abrdn […]
Minutes after President Trump’s latest tariffs took effect, the Chinese government said on Tuesday that it was imposing its own broad tariffs on food imported from the United States and would essentially halt sales to 15 American companies. China’s Ministry of Finance put tariffs of 15 percent on imports of American chicken, wheat, corn and […]
Agency workers will be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero hour contracts as part of ammendments to the government’s employment reform bill, the BBC understands. The new rules will mean that agency workers will have to be offered a contract guaranteeing a minimum number of hours each week. It is one of a number […]
Sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China went into effect just after midnight on Tuesday, raising U.S. tariffs to levels not seen in decades and rattling foreign governments and businesses that depend on international trade. As of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the Trump administration added a 25 percent tariff on all imports from Canada […]