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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…
Worst week for US stocks since Covid crash as China hits back on tariffs
Stock market turmoil deepened on Friday, as China hit back at tariffs announced by Donald Trump, raising the likelihood of an extended trade war and damage to the global economy. All three major stock indexes in the US plunged more than 5%, with the S&P 500 dropping almost 6%, bringing to an end the worst…
Steepest drop for US stocks since 2020 as China and EU vow to hit back on Trump tariffs
Global stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest American firms, plunged 4.8% – its worst day since Covid crashed the economy in 2020. Nike, Apple…
M23 militia’s advance in eastern DRC has killed 7,000 since January, UN told
DRC prime minister tells human rights council fighting has left about 450,000 without shelter after camps destroyed About 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started renewed advances in January, the DRC’s prime minister has said. At a high-level meeting of the…
Jason Kelce Details Travis Kelce’s Growth Since Dating Taylor Swift
Jason Kelce explains how Travis Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift has impacted his younger brother and changed him for the better. Jason Kelce can thank Travis Kelce’s cheer captain for his growth. The They Call it Late Night host admitted that he’s seen quite a change in his younger brother since he and Taylor Swift…
Starmer first PM to join EU leaders’ meeting since Brexit
Sir Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels to join a gathering of European Union leaders – the first time a British prime minister has done so since Brexit. Starmer is heading over the English Channel for talks focused on defence and security co-operation and will also meet Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte. The trip is…
The U.S. just experienced its slowest annual sales of homes since 1995
Laurel Wamsley The final figures for home sales last year are in, and the story is quite grim: 2024 was the slowest year for existing home sales in nearly three decades. Existing-home sales last year totaled 4.06 million, the lowest on an annual basis since 1995, according to the National Association of Realtors on Friday.…
Israel has changed since Donald Trump’s last term – has he?
Donald Trump has made an impact on the Middle East even before he sits down in the Oval Office to start his second term as president. He cut through the delaying tactics that Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in alliance with his ultranationalist coalition partners, had used to avoid accepting the ceasefire deal that Joe…
Home Office says record number of refused asylum seekers deported since July
Labour’s description of 16,400 ‘immigration offenders and foreign criminals’ angers campaigners Keir Starmer has boasted of deporting a record number of refused asylum seekers and overseas criminals since scrapping the Rwanda scheme, using language that has dismayed human rights campaigners. The Home Office said on Thursday it had returned more than 16,400 “immigration offenders and…
Armie Hammer Lands First Movie Role Since Cannibalism Allegations
Armie Hammer, who faced allegations of rape and cannibalism rumors, has landed his first starring role in four years. Learn more about the Call Me by Your Name alum’s new gig. Armie Hammer is heading back to the big screen. More than one year after the Los Angeles Police Department ended their lengthy investigation into…
Pound falls as borrowing costs rise to highest since 2008
The pound has fallen to its lowest level for nine months after UK government borrowing costs continued to rise. The drop came as UK 10-year borrowing costs surged to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis when bank borrowing almost ground to a halt. Economists have warned the rising costs could lead to further…
Hadi Nazari: hiker missing in Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive
Hadi Nazari, 23, found after going missing two weeks ago, discovered two muesli bars at a hut while lost, police say A 23-year-old hiker missing since Boxing Day in the remote Kosciuszko national park has been found alive. Hadi Nazari stumbled into the path of a group of hikers at about 3.15pm on Wednesday, on…
First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands in Syria
By The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria — The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport. The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport, greeted by the passengers’ relatives and friends inside a terminal building. Ashad al-Suleibi, head of Syria’s Air Transport Authority,…
Ryan Reynolds Makes First Appearance Since Blake Lively’s Lawsuit
Ryan Reynolds stepped out for the first time since his wife Blake Lively filed a formal lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, attending the National Board Awards in New York City on Jan. 7. Ryan Reynolds is making time for a marvelous night out. The Deadpool actor stepped out for his first public appearance since news broke…
Search begins for British hikers missing in northern Italy since New Year’s Day
Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, were ‘planning on going off-grid’ during holiday in the Dolomites A search is under way for a pair of British hikers in the Dolomites in northern Italy who have been missing since New Year’s Day. Aziz Ziriat, 36, and Samuel Harris, 35, last sent messages home on 1…
UK long-term borrowing costs at highest since 1998 amid fears over weak growth
Yield rises above peak reached when Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022 caused turmoil in markets The UK government’s long-term borrowing costs have reached the highest level since 1998 amid investor concerns over Britain’s sluggish growth prospects and stubbornly high inflation. The yield – in effect the interest rate – on UK 30-year government debt rose…
Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime
Syria’s Civil War The country’s new leaders are pushing to restore a sense of normalcy. But Syria remains under a host of international sanctions imposed during the Assad regime. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from Jerusalem Syria’s main airport handled its first international flights on Tuesday since the fall of the government of former President Bashar…
UK house prices dip for first time since March, says Halifax
Britain’s biggest mortgage lender says say affordability could hamper further rises in the months ahead UK house prices fell by 0.2% month on month in December – the first monthly drop since March – according to Britain’s biggest mortgage lender. Data released by Halifax, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, also showed that the price of the…
Nikki Garcia Walks First Red Carpet Since Artem Chigvintsev Breakup
Nikki Garcia made her first public appearance since her split from ex-husband Artem Chigvintsev, walking the red carpet at the premiere of Netflix’s WWE Monday Night Raw in Los Angeles. Nikki Garcia is re-entering the ring. Less than two months after she settled her divorce and mutually dropped her dual restraining order with ex-husband Artem Chigvintsev, the…
32 dolphins have died since an oil spill near southern Russia, experts say
By The Associated Press Thirty-two dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, which separates the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group said Sunday. Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are “most likely related…
French magazine Charlie Hebdo marks decade since deadly gun attack with special issue
Exactly 10 years after the jihadist gun-attack that killed most of its editorial staff, France’s Charlie Hebdo has put out a special issue to show its cause is still kicking. Things changed for France on 7 January 2015, marking in bloodshed the end of all wilful naivety about the threat of militant Islamism. Brothers Said…
Australian bushfire smoke detected over Antarctica for first time since black summer
Particles recorded by scientists at the Chilean research station, the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, as recently as Sunday Smoke from bushfires in south-eastern Australia has been detected over Antarctica for the first time since the 2019-20 black summer fires. Scientists detected the smoke particles at the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, a Chilean research station on…
South Korea’s Acting President Has Only Been in Office Since Friday
South Korea Plane Crash After two impeachments of leaders in two weeks, the country is deep into a political crisis. By Choe Sang-Hun The plane crash is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who was appointed the interim leader only on Friday, as the country grapples with a political crisis…
Sudan: first aid convoy reaches besieged Khartoum area since start of civil war
Deliveries of vital food and medical supplies will help 200,000 families, say aid groups and local volunteers An aid convoy has reached a besieged area of Khartoum for the first time since Sudan’s civil war broke out in April 2023, bringing food and medicines in a country where half of the people are at risk…
Rushdie’s Satanic Verses returns to Indian bookshops after 36 years
Book banned since 1988 is ‘selling out’ after import bar was overturned due to missing paperwork Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses – which led to a fatwa threatening his life, forcing him into hiding for a decade – has finally returned to bookshops in India, the land of his birth. The novel, inspired…