news2shortsNumber of Brits crossing Atlantic down 14.3% from 2024 – and the travel industry fears decline could continue After backpacker Rebecca Burke was arrested and locked up for nearly three weeks by US immigration officials in February, she started urging people not to travel to America. Britons seem to have listened: UK residents visiting the … Read more
President Donald Trump ramped up steep tariffs against Chinese imports to the U.S. this week while alleviating them for other countries during trade negotiations this week. He also signed a series of executive orders aimed at repealing Biden-era restrictions. The Trump administration announced Wednesday it would lower reciprocal tariffs on other countries, while also revealing … Read more
Fallout from Trump’s trade war is forcing some Guardian readers to cut back or stock up on items from food to cars A few weeks ago, Dane began stocking up on “paper products”, “cases of paper towels, toilet paper”, “piddle-pads” for their shih-tzu, and his wife upgraded from an iPhone 8 to 14. The 73-year-old … Read more
Video captured one person robbing corpse on idling train before another person robbed and sexually assaulted it A man sexually violated a corpse on a New York City subway train after stealing from the body, becoming the second of two people to rob that particular dead person, authorities said recently. One of the more grotesque … Read more
Smartphones and computers are among many tech devices and components that will be exempted from new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, according to new guidance from U.S.
Juventus and USA midfielder named in probe, per reports Investigation focuses on poker and non-soccer betting United States midfielder Weston McKennie is among 13 soccer players being investigated for illegal online betting in Italy, according to widespread media reports. A new investigation by Milan prosecutors stems from evidence given by Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Fagioli … Read more
Announcement on Friday said tariffs would not apply to devices and other electronics such as memory cards Donald Trump’s presidential administration is exempting smartphones and computers from the 125% levies imposed on imports from China as well as other reciprocal tariffs. The announcement was made late on Friday in a US Customs and Border Patrol … Read more
My resident blue tit is grumpy, and with avian numbers decreasing at an alarming rate who can blame him? Brian sits, puffed up with his own importance, glowering at me through the kitchen window. He wants to come in and occasionally lunges at the window to make his point. I’m not even sure what he … Read more
The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexities Donald Trump’s tariff strategy has at least one biblical connection: like the peace of God, it “passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7). Rival attempts to extract a rationale from the chaos include the idea that … Read more
Order allows armed forces to take ‘direct roll’ in securing southern border, which Trump memo says ‘is under attack’ Donald Trump has authorized the military to take control of land at the US-Mexico border as part of the president’s broader efforts to crack down on undocumented immigration. The authorization came late on Friday in a … Read more
