BREAKINGBREAKING, The ceasefire has been called into question as Hamas claims Israel violated key provisions of the agreement. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to resume the war on Gaza unless Hamas releases the captives by Saturday. The ceasefire has been called into question after Hamas officials said Israel violated key provisions of the […]
US President Donald Trump has halted the enforcement of an anti-corruption law that allows the prosecution of Americans accused of bribing foreign officials. The law has been in place for around 50 years and prohibits US firms from trying to retain or win new business with other countries by bribing government figures. “It’s going to […]
Wall Street has not typically been accused of doing too much for women and minority groups. The financial services industry, after all, is one in which more major banks are named after the Morgan family than led by a female chief executive. So it meant something over the past half-decade or so when the biggest […]
Narumon Bowonkitwanchai/Getty Images By now, many economists are hoarse screaming that higher tariffs and a trade war will raise prices and hurt the U.S. economy. But many Americans aren’t listening. A recent poll by Quinnipiac University, conducted in late January, found that 42% of Americans believe tariffs will help the U.S. economy. The United States’ […]
The largest refinery in the Midwest will have an unpalatable choice if President Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian oil: Pay more for the crude that it transforms into gasoline and diesel, or slash production. Both options threaten to increase prices at the pump, albeit modestly if Mr. Trump sticks with the 10 percent rate he […]
Sharon Barbour Health Correspondent, North East and Cumbria BBC Samantha Dennison is at least the fourth generation of her family to have neuroferritinopathy, but her daughter has escaped it A woman who is at least the fourth generation of her family to suffer a “cruel” brain disorder, which leaves people trapped in their own bodies, […]
America has seen this movie before: President Trump, who imposed stiff tariffs on Monday on imported steel and aluminum, did so once before, in 2018. So domestic industries have a pretty good idea of how the story ends. Manufacturers of trucks, appliances and construction equipment scramble to find U.S. sources of metal inputs, keeping steel […]
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has claimed victory for his party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, although partial results suggest he is short of a majority. Kurti’s ruling Vetevendosje party has about 41% of the votes with 88% counted. He gained 50% in 2021. He said he was confident he would be able to form a […]
With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010. “I’ve discovered — I’ve led a team that has discovered — something that I’ve been thinking about for many years,” Dr. Wolfe-Simon said. She was at that time a visiting researcher with the U.S. Geological […]
BOREHAMWOOD, England — On a bitterly cold afternoon at Meadow Park, Championship side London City Lionesses — owned by businesswoman Michele Kang — proved they are a team ready to compete in the Women’s Super League (WSL), despite falling 2-0 to Arsenal in the FA Cup. While the result didn’t go their way — Arsenal’s […]