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Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
Trump Administration News Analysis Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong For the two men at the forefront of a trade war that has begun to rupture ties…
Rachael Kirkconnell Shares Biggest Lesson From Matt James Breakup
The Bachelor‘s Rachael Kirkconnell revealed what her breakup with Matt James taught her about herself and what she’s looking for in her next partner. Rachael Kirkconnell may not have found her happily ever after with Matt James, but she did walk away wiser and more empowered. Two months after she and the Bachelor alum broke up,…
Jana Kramer Confesses Her Biggest Plastic Surgery Regret
One Tree Hill alum Jana Kramer discussed her past cosmetic work, including getting breast implants, and shared that she regrets having the procedure to appease anyone other than herself. Jana Kramer has to get something off her chest. The One Tree Hill alum recently shared insight into her past cosmetic procedures, including Botox and getting…
The Ugandan arts centre bringing harmony to Africa’s biggest refugee camp
The Bidi Bidi performing arts venue offers more than 250,000 refugees the chance to sing, play, dance – and dream of a peaceful future The sound of a flute floats towards five young men in the 1,000-seat Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre theatre in Uganda – the country that hosts the highest number of refugees…
Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest
Trump Administration News Analysis President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger has written about the Middle East and diplomacy for many years. President Trump took the world aback…
Biggest US trading allies brace for a ‘game of chicken’ with Trump’s tariffs
Canada and Mexico draw plans to mitigate effect of duties Trump has threatened, possibly sparking a trade war America’s biggest trading partners are bracing for Donald Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on their exports after the US president repeated his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with new duties. Officials in Ottawa and Mexico City…
Europe’s biggest battery farm to be built on coal mine, developers say
Work is under way to create what has been described as Europe’s largest battery storage project at Coalburn in South Lanarkshire. Developers say the two huge neighbouring battery farms – one at the site of a former opencast coal mine – will store enough electricity to power three million homes. Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)…
Bezos’ Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket
By Scott Neuman A massive new rocket developed by Blue Origin, the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and ready for its maiden flight as early as Friday, the company has confirmed. “This is our first flight and we’ve prepared rigorously…
Special educational needs the biggest issue for schools, says Ofsted
Special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is the “biggest issue” affecting schools in England, Ofsted’s chief inspector has said. Sir Martyn Oliver told the education committee that the Send system’s high costs and poor outcomes represented a “lose-lose situation”. Government figures for the 2023/24 academic year showed more than 1.6 million children had Send, an…
How Myles Smith wrote 2024’s biggest British hit
Rising pop star Myles Smith can still remember the first time he felt famous. “This might sound trivial,” says the singer, “but I was playing a concert where I asked the audience, ‘Does anyone have cookies?’ “And within about 10 minutes, the whole dressing room was full of cookies. “It was the best thing ever.”…
Coalition talks between Austria’s two biggest centrist parties collapse
Chancellor Karl Nehammer to step down after failure to form government without far-right Freedom party Talks between the two biggest centrist parties in Austria on forming a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) have collapsed, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday, adding that he would step down in the coming days. The announcement…
Massive cleanup under way in Ghana after fire destroys one of world’s biggest secondhand markets
Thousands of traders face ruin after blaze razes two-thirds of Accra’s Kantamanto, which receives an estimated 15m used clothes from global north each week A huge cleanup operation is taking place after a fire devastated one of the world’s biggest secondhand clothes markets. Thousands of traders’ stalls were destroyed in the blaze that started at…
Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades
But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’ Ministers are to launch a historic independent commission to reform adult social care, as they warned older people could be left without vital help and the NHS overwhelmed unless a “national consensus” was reached…
Fixing UK social care will be biggest challenge yet for Louise Casey
Troubleshooter for four previous prime ministers is charged with saving troubled national care sector She is the no-nonsense civil servant from Portsmouth who was called upon by four prime ministers to tackle deep-rooted social issues, including rough sleeping, antisocial behaviour, victims’ rights and troubled families. Now Louise Casey has been tasked by a fifth to…
Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at trackway dating to nearly 166m years ago Gary Johnson was clearing clay with a digger at the Oxfordshire quarry where he works when he hit an unexpected bump in the limestone surface. “I thought, it’s just an abnormality in the ground,” he said. “But…
UK’s biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed
The UK’s biggest ever dinosaur trackway site has been discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire. About 200 huge footprints, which were made 166 million years ago, criss-cross the limestone floor. They reveal the comings and goings of two different types of dinosaurs that are thought to be a long-necked sauropod called Cetiosaurus and the smaller…
Nigeria celebrates ‘Africa’s biggest street party’
Christmas revellers descended on Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar this weekend for its festive carnival dubbed “Africa’s biggest street party”. The glitzy parade had floats and dancers from many of Nigeria’s different ethnic groups taking part. A month of celebrations in December draws many partygoers to Calabar, the capital of Cross River state and…
What were the biggest life lessons in 2024? Here’s what NPR listeners learned
By Brittney Melton In almost a blink of an eye, 2024 came and went. A lot of people are reflecting on the past 12 months. They may be thinking about what they accomplished – or didn’t – and what they learned along the way. Regardless of how big or small life’s lessons are, they can…
Eagles, ice & pyro – inside rugby’s biggest show
Harlequins have staged their Big Game spectacular at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium since 2008 Gallagher Premiership: Harlequins v Leicester Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham Date: Saturday, 28 December Kick-off: 18:00 GMT Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app, and read the match report on the BBC Sport…