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Trump’s latest tariffs ‘are real’ unless deals improve, economic adviser says
Kevin Hassett says talks are ‘ongoing’ after US president announced 30% tariffs on goods from EU and Mexico Donald Trump has seen some trade deal offers and thinks they need to be better, Kevin Hassett, the White House economic adviser, said on Sunday, adding that the president will proceed with threatened tariffs on Mexico, the…
The Last of Us Science Adviser Says COVID Changed How We View Zombie Stories
Behind the Scenes on the Science of The Last of Us By Nisha Gaind & Nature magazine A scene from The Last of Us showing Cordyceps fungus growing out of the body of a human it has infected. The year was 2013, and the release of a hotly anticipated zombie-apocalypse video game was on the…
US Covid adviser Fauci has his security protection revoked by president
President Donald Trump has revoked security protection for former top US health official Anthony Fauci, who has faced death threats since leading the country’s Covid-19 response. “You can’t have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government,” Trump told reporters, when asked about the decision on Friday. “It’s very…
Siddiq refers herself for probe by standards adviser
Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the PM’s standards adviser after controversy over her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. It comes after the minister was named last month in an investigation into claims her family embezzled infrastructure funding in the country. Siddiq had faced growing calls for an investigation after…
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right AfD
Supported by The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party AfD, as Germany prepares for elections. By Christopher F. Schuetze Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, shocked many in Germany last week…