When President Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world, he launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system created in the aftermath of World War II. Mr. Trump’s move, announced Thursday and set to begin as soon as April, represents a bet that the United States […]
Qatar’s investment vehicles are cooling their interests in France, sources have told ESPN, including the majority owners of Paris Saint-Germain. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) — the country’s sovereign wealth fund, which has an estimated €500 billion of assets — and PSG’s majority ownership group, Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), have already slowed down their investments […]
Reuters Businesses and airlines say Heathrow is the most expensive airport in the world Airlines and hoteliers say Heathrow’s funding model should be reformed before any investment is made in the proposed third runway. Businesses want a fundamental review of the regulations set by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) that govern what Heathrow can charge. […]
For the past five years, Molly Culver, owner of Molly Oliver Flowers in Brooklyn, has mounted a quiet battle against the goliath of Valentine’s Day flowers: the rose. Classically red, multilayered, prickly and velvety, millions of roses, most imported from overseas, will be sold for the annual day of love. But Ms. Culver is among […]
Football very rarely goes to plan. AC Milan’s new strike force were supposed to quickly start scoring a lot of goals. Feyenoord selling their best player was supposed to mean their season was over. Bayern Munich were supposed to crumble away from home again. Oh, and VAR was supposed to eradicate horrendous refereeing decisions. As […]
Clive Myrie Chief presenter ‘It’s going to be a long night’: Watch as Clive Myrie finds corridors filled with beds at London hospital It’s just before 10:00 GMT at the Royal Free Hospital in north London. Raymond Dubbery is 81 and suffering from pneumonia. His hair thinning, he’s frail and very thin. The skin hangs […]
Liverpool manager Arne Slot must wait to discover the extent of his ban after he was sent off amid fractious scenes at the end of Wednesday’s Merseyside derby. Slot approached referee Michael Oliver after a melee between the two sets of players following the full-time whistle had seen Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucouré and Liverpool’s Curtis Jones […]
AUBURN, Ala. — Pastor Carl McKay goes back with the Broome family of Plant City, Fla. So far back, he was there for the earliest inklings of the Broome family. “I was picking my daughter up from the rec center and out comes John (Broome) and Julie (Murray) holding hands,” McKay said of two people […]
TikTok is again available on the US app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed enforcement of a ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform until 5 April. The popular app, which is used by more than 170 million American users, went dark briefly last month in the US as the ban […]
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Huang et al/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli The facial markings of the fish resemble those of San, the warrior princess from Princess Mononoke A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli’s landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings. […]