President Trump, whose trade war with China has rattled financial markets and threatened to disrupt huge swaths of trade, suggested on Friday that he had been in touch with Xi Jinping, China’s president, even as Chinese officials insisted that no negotiations were occurring. In an interview with Time on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said Mr. Xi […]
Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from the N.S.F., and he is pressing Congress to halve the agency’s $9 billion budget. The Trump administration […]
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Daniel Sexton BBC News, South East Getty Images Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander previously said she was “minded to approve” the second runway expansion at Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport has said it will accept stricter limits on aircraft noise and has put forward what it called improved plans in response to the government’s approval for a […]
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures. Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of N.E.J.M., described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an […]
During impromptu remarks to reporters outside the White House on April 23, President Trump said the U.S. will “have a fair deal with China.” Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images We’ll be recapping what you need to know every Friday morning for the first 100 days of […]
Apr 25, 2025, 11:48 AM ET Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra will make his debut as an MMA fighter in a “showcase bout” in Paris on May 23 and the Manchester United legend has said he would like to take on Luis Suárez who “can even bite me.” The former left-back, 43, who won […]
Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Getty Images Law-breaking water company executives face tougher punishments, including possible prison sentences, under new powers that have come into force in England and Wales. Bosses who fail to co-operate or obstruct investigators looking into sewage spills can now be jailed for up to two years. The government said the […]
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. The move to allow exploration outside its national waters has been met by condemnation from China which said it “violates” international law. Thursday’s order is the latest issued by the US president to try to […]
Katty Kay US special correspondent Watch: Joe Manchin’s advice to Democrats for dealing with Donald Trump Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, Democrats are struggling with how to counter the White House juggernaut. Some are trying to revive the 2016 resistance. Some suggest “playing dead” in the hope that Trump flames out. But former […]