An Algerian court has sentenced an 80-year-old writer to five years in prison after accusing him of undermining the country’s territorial integrity. Boualem Sansal was arrested last year after saying in an interview with a far-right French media outlet that, during the colonial era, France gave too much land to Algeria and too little to […]
The wheels come off Global stocks have run into a ditch on Thursday. The sell-off comes as President Trump doubled down on his threat to roll out 25 percent tariffs on auto imports beginning next week — and duties on auto parts shortly afterward — potentially upending an industry built on a complex global supply […]
A House lawmaker points to text messages by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a hearing on March 26. The hearing, held by the House Intelligence Committee, addressed Trump administration officials inadvertently including a journalist on a high-level Signal group chat in which plans to bomb Houthi targets in Yemen were discussed. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide […]
Mexico deployed thousands of National Guard troops to the border to deter migrants from reaching the United States. South Korea said it would invest $21 billion in expanding U.S. manufacturing. Japanese officials descended on Washington, offering to invest $1 trillion in the United States and buy more American natural gas. None of that was enough […]
President Trump said in a middle-of-the-night social media post early Thursday that he would come after the European Union and Canada if they banded together to “do economic harm” to America, opening a new front in the unfolding trade war. “If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jase Richardson recently told the type of story everyone is familiar with. About being a kid, counting down the clock, imagining the winning shot. Only Richardson’s version was probably unlike yours, or mine, or maybe anyone’s. The specifics involved border on obsessive. When he was around 5 or 6, Richardson imagined […]
Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Gareth Bryer BBC Wales News Beacon Park Boats/As You See It Media The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is set to mark its 225th anniversary this year There are fears one of Wales’ most popular canals could start to dry up within a week, prompting calls for the Welsh […]
André Onana intends to stay at Manchester United even if he receives an offer from Saudi Arabia, a source has told ESPN. Onana has been linked with a summer move to the Saudi Pro League after a mixed season at Old Trafford. United head coach Ruben Amorim is looking to revamp the squad ahead of […]
Tesla could be a winner from the auto tariffs announced by President Trump on Wednesday — or at least suffer less than its competitors. Tesla, whose chief executive, Elon Musk, has taken a leading role in the Trump administration, makes all the cars that it sells in the United States in California and Texas. That […]
Jack Lau Global China Unit, BBC World Service Getty Images Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have taken control of two major cities in eastern DR Congo in the past two months China’s efforts to build up huge business interests across Africa have been accompanied by a careful policy of maintaining neutrality – but the conflict in the […]