The on-again, off-again tariff policy of the Trump administration has wreaked havoc across the global economy, including the travel industry. Until Wednesday’s 90-day suspension of reciprocal tariffs, the American dollar was showing signs of weakening, hotels faced higher operating costs and travelers were nervous about booking. Even before reciprocal tariffs were imposed, the Conference Board’s […]
As new U.S. tariffs upended financial markets and sent foreign governments scrambling to respond, President Trump on Wednesday morning remained ebullient, posting at one point on Truth Social: “BE COOL!” “Everything is going to work out well,” he maintained amid the unfurling chaos. “The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!” For Mr. […]
The tariff whiplash continued on Wednesday, with President Trump pausing “reciprocal” tariffs on most countries for 90 days while imposing still higher tariffs on China. The steep China tariffs could ripple through the U.S. economy: Many of the consumer electronics and much of the discounted clothing that Americans buy are shipped from China, and higher […]
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Experts dispute claims dire wolf brought back from extinction There is a magnificent, snow-white wolf on the cover of Time Magazine today – accompanied by a headline announcing the return of the dire wolf. This now extinct species is possibly most famous for its fictional role in Game […]
Apr 10, 2025, 12:07 AM ET Inter Miami CF head coach Javier Mascherano hailed Lionel Messi for his impact in the team’s 3-1 comeback win Wednesday against LAFC in the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal series, as the captain scored the defining goal. Though LAFC entered the game with a 1-0 lead […]
Members of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been subjecting women and girls to “horrific” sexual violence and gang rape, as part of their strategy in the country’s civil war, according to Amnesty International, a global rights group. In a 30-page report published on Thursday, Amnesty accused the RSF of inflicting “widespread sexual violence […]
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is edging closer to signing a new deal at Anfield, a source confirmed. Salah, alongside teammates Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, is out of contract at the end of the season. While a source has told ESPN Real Madrid are “very optimistic” of landing Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer, there […]
I am a veteran with PTSD, depression, anxiety and marital discord. The Veterans Affairs Department has been paying for me to see a therapist. At my last session, I shared with my therapist that I’d had a sexual dream about her. I did not share any specifics about the dream, and I did not say […]
Delta Air Lines on Wednesday became one of the largest American companies to warn that President Trump’s escalating trade war was weighing on its business and the global economy. Speaking before Mr. Trump reversed many of the tariffs he had just imposed on most countries, Delta’s chief executive, Ed Bastian, said a recession was possible […]
For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face of the financial chaos that he created and resisting calls for him to rethink his approach. “I know what the hell I’m doing,” he told Republicans on Tuesday as the massive tariffs he had imposed sent global markets into a tailspin. “BE […]