The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors millions of dollars to travel to Ukraine appeared to be a clip from E!News, though it never appeared on the entertainment channel. In fact, the video first surfaced on X in a post from an […]
Large crowds call for Fico to resign after visit to Moscow. Tens of thousands of people have filled streets across Slovakia, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico, citing a policy shift for closer ties with Russia. Protesters across the country on Friday chanted, “Resign, resign,” “Slovakia is Europe” and “Russian agent” with […]
Oliver Smith BBC business reporter Volt Lyle and James Metcalfe run e-bike company Volt and have a factory in Milton Keynes A government decision to scrap tariffs on Chinese e-bikes coming into the UK has been described as a “kick in the teeth for British manufacturing”. Border taxes were imposed on Chinese e-bikes following Brexit, […]
The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months. The revised figures should provide a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market, but they could also sow confusion. The monthly job figures are based on two surveys, one of employers and one of households. Those surveys are […]
President Trump indicated he was ready to broaden his trade war on Friday, saying that he would announce reciprocal tariffs on other countries next week. Such a measure would raise the levies the United States charges on imports to match what other countries charge on American products, a move that could trigger new trade fights. […]
When Andreas Fichtner unspooled a fiber-optic cable into a deep hole in Greenland’s ice, he wasn’t expecting to discover a whole new way that glaciers move. Even when the cable started sending back data, his first reaction was skeptical. “Rubbish,” Dr. Fichtner, a professor of seismology and wave physics at the Swiss university ETH Zurich, […]
At the end of his third week bulldozing through the federal government, Elon Musk sat down to give Vice President JD Vance a 90-minute briefing on his efforts to dismantle the bureaucracy. Mr. Musk was not alone. Invited to join him on Thursday morning in Mr. Vance’s stately ceremonial office suite in the Eisenhower Executive […]
EPA US President Donald Trump has suspended tariffs on small packages from China, after his sudden order ending duty-free treatment for shipments worth less than $800 left the US postal service and other agencies scrambling to comply. The postal service temporarily stopped accepting packages from China as a result of the order, only to reverse […]
Spring training is around the corner, and the free agent market has been stripped of its universal impact. What’s left — with very few exceptions — are players who would barely move the needle on one roster but fill a specific need on another. So, let’s find those guys some uniforms and get on with it. […]
The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way. The tech giant itself cannot view it. Legally, the notice, served by the Home Office under the Investigatory Powers Act, cannot […]