President Trump’s tariffs have been good for China’s economic growth. At least they were over the first three months of the year, as the country’s factories raced to ship exports ahead of the trade restrictions. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday that the country’s gross domestic product grew 1.2 percent from the last […]
President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A Maryland federal judge wants to find out if government officials are acting in “bad faith” in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly sent […]
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would no longer reserve a regular slot in the presidential press pool for three independent newswires that have participated for decades, including The Associated Press. The move is the latest effort by the White House to exert more control over the dedicated press corps that reports on its […]
BBC Listen to this article The US has “dropped the ball” on chip manufacturing over the years, allowing China and other Asian hubs to steam ahead. So said Gina Raimondo, who at the time was the US Commerce Secretary, in an interview with me back in 2021. Four years on, chips remain a battleground in […]
The popularity of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes has fallen ahead of a UK-wide ban on their sale on 1 June, a study has found. Researchers believe vape users are switching to refillable and rechargeable vapes in anticipation of the ban. The percentage of people aged 16-24 who mainly use disposable vapes has dropped by nearly […]
Apr 15, 2025, 03:38 PM ET ROME — The toll from clashes between violent fans and police at the weekend’s Rome derby includes 24 law enforcement officers injured, seven arrests and at least 40,000 euros ($45,000) in damaged garbage dumpsters. Officials in the capital were still trying to sum up the damages after fans on […]
Victims of sophisticated online scams are often dealt a double whammy. Not only is their money forever gone, but these stolen sums often generate giant tax bills when the funds are emptied from taxable retirement accounts. Many of these victims are often left wondering what sort of recourse they might have. Tax regulators recently provided […]
The percentage of American children estimated to have autism spectrum disorder increased in 2022, continuing a long-running trend, according to data released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among 8-year-olds, one in 31 were found to have autism in 2022, compared with 1 in 36 in 2020. That rate is nearly […]
This week, the actress Brooke Shields posted an image of an action-figure version of herself that came with a needlepoint kit and a pet terrier. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, imagined her own figurine accompanied by a gavel and a Bible. These hyper-realistic dolls are nowhere to be found in toy stores, at […]
James Landale, Natasha Booty & Mayeni Jones BBC News BBC Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee a camp in Darfur in the wake of the most recent attacks A high-level international conference is under way in London to find “a pathway to peace” in Sudan, in the words of one of […]