Goods from China are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports into USAfter Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Volkswagen, Germany’s largest carmaker, said that tariffs would have a “harmful economic impact” on American consumers, as well as the international automotive industry.German automakers say the tariffs will cause inflation for consumers. Continue reading...

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Ripley Castle near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, is on the market for the first time in the family's 700-year history, but interested buyers will have to fork out £21million and potentially compete with the likes of Donald Trump

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The comedian is now a staunch Donald Trump supporter and has settled in Florida

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Employees condemn ‘unprecedented and scary’ effort to push out those who had worked on diversity programsJeremy Wood thought he was safe from the shuttering of federal government diversity initiatives that he expected to start as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in.A Raleigh, North Carolina-based career civil servant in the US agriculture department, Wood had been among those tasked with implementing policies ordered by Joe Biden to curtail discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation and gender identity in the federal government. Continue reading...

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The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan says the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funds set aside to help Afghan people

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If Donald Trump targets the UK, it could retaliate in the form of tariffs targeted at symbolically important US products such as whiskey, blue jeans and motorbikes – hitting brands like Jack Daniel’s, Levi’s and Harley-Davidson

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The UK is likely to make a cut this week; Trump has made it very clear he wants his central bank to follow suitThe Bank of England is preparing to announce a cut in UK interest rates on Thursday, with central banks around the world facing increased scrutiny as Donald Trump ramps up his attacks on the US Federal Reserve.Trump wants lower borrowing costs to boost the economy, even though the US has maintained the highest rate of growth in the G7 richest nations for several years and has every prospect of topping the G7 poll in 2025. Continue reading...

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Trudeau slammed Trump for betraying Canada as he announced that his country would put matching 25 per cent tariffs on up to $155billion in US imports, including alcohol and fruit.

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The US President has announced sweeping new tariffs on all goods imported into America from China, Mexico and Canada.

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The Mexican-American singer shared an emotional video of herself sobbing over Donald Trump’s deportation orders. It wasn’t self-indulgent, argues Emma Clarke – it makes her human. But it’s also high time liberals dried their eyes and took action

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a 25 per cent tax on £85.9bn worth of US goods

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Goods from country are to face an extra 10% levy from Tuesday alongside additional 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian importsOver in the UK, the home secretary Yvette Cooper said that Trump’s tariff plans could have a “really damaging impact” on the global economy and growth.The Labour cabinet minister said the UK wanted to break down trade barriers, not put them up. Continue reading...

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Canada will retaliate against President Donald Trump's new tariffs with 25% levies on a raft of U.S. imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday.

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The meeting comes as U.S. and Arab mediators begin the daunting work of brokering the next phase of an agreement to wind down the war in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of militant-held hostages.

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The Army has released the name of the third soldier who died Wednesday when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet near the D

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Prominent banker Mark Garney labelled Donald Trump a “bully” after the president signed executive orders implementing 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada.

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The US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, indicated multiple operatives were killed and no civilians were harmedThe US military has conducted airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African country during Donald Trump’s second term as president.Trump said on Saturday that he ordered strikes on a senior IS attack planner and others from the organisation. Continue reading...

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Justin Trudeau has issued a plea to Canadians after Donald Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada.

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"These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump posted on social media. "The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians."

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Research into ‘dark personality traits’ has always focused on men. But some experts believe standard testing misses the ways an antisocial personality manifests itself in womenPicture a psychopath. Who do you see in your mind’s eye? Chances are it’s a man. And chances are your answer would be similar if you were asked to picture a narcissist. From Charles Manson and Ted Bundy to Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump, most famous people we consider psychopathic or narcissistic are male. That’s even the case for fiction – think Hannibal Lecter, Patrick Bateman or Norman Bates.Scientists long assumed that women were simply too wonderful to be significantly psychopathic or narcissistic, and didn’t bother to study the possibility much, according to Ava Green from City St George’s, University of London. But research over the past few decades is increasingly challenging this stereotype, suggesting women can have a dark streak, too. Much like in autism or ADHD, such traits just expre...

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Donald Trump has taken to 'Truth Social' to share a lengthy rant about ISIS terrorists where he 'quotes' an iconic line from Liam Neeson classic 'Taken'

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Boos were heard throughout the rendition that was sang by the Ottawa-based singer Mandia at a sold out arena with nearly 20,000 spectators.

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Until now, the military has limited itself to a supporting role at the border: surveilling for illegal crossings by ground and air, repairing vehicles and building barriers

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Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, announces tit-for-tat 25% tariffs and warns of impeded access to ‘vital goods critical to US security’The leaders of Canada and Mexico have hit back after Donald Trump signed an order authorizing dramatic tariffs on their goods, along with imports from China.Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, on Saturday night made a televised address announcing concrete measures including a tit-for-tat 25% tariff phased in across $155bn worth of American products. Trudeau said Trump had put US consumers’ and industries’ access to much-needed Canadian critical minerals and resources including oil, energy and timber under threat, and promised to work with Canada’s provinces to review dealings with the United States. Continue reading...

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The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term

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The day after Donald Trump's inauguration, the mayor of this northeastern blue city defied progressives with a bid to reclaim her streets from hordes of homeless zombified drug addicts.

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When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’Every day, the world seems to get stupider and stupider and our leaders seem to get nastier and nastier. Nobody expects empathy or accuracy from Donald Trump but, even by the extremely low standards to which he is held, his reaction to the tragic mid-air collision in Washington DC that killed 67 people on Wednesday night was shocking. Continue reading...

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President Donald Trump issued a major attack against a senior ISIS attack planner on Saturday, while also slamming former President Joe Biden for 'not acting quickly enough.'

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When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’Every day, the world seems to get stupider and stupider and our leaders seem to get nastier and nastier. Nobody expects empathy or accuracy from Donald Trump but, even by the extremely low standards to which he is held, his reaction to the tragic mid-air collision in Washington DC that killed 67 people on Wednesday night was shocking. Continue reading...

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US bank, world’s biggest bullion dealer, says it will deliver raw material against contracts that will expire in FebruaryUS banking giant JPMorgan plans to deliver $4bn of gold bullion weighing more than 937 tons to New York this month, before an anticipated escalation of Donald Trump’s trade-rebalancing tariff moves planned for Saturday.The US bank, the world’s biggest bullion dealer, said it would deliver the hefty raw material, weighed as 30m troy ounces of gold, or 1.875m lbs, against contracts that will expire in February. Continue reading...

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Donald Trump yesterday oversaw some of the most chilling - and probably illegal - actions ever taken by a US President. Also, he emptied some reservoirs for no reason

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Fans tuning in to The Last Leg on Channel 4 on Friday night were stunned when Succession actor Brian Cox did not censor his thoughts - or language - about President Donald Trump

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The wave of attacks by Vladimir Putin - which led to power cuts in multiple regions - came soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow.

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It had become a crowded and competitive field. But last week, Suella Braverman snatched the award for the most cringe-making attempt to ingratiate herself with Donald Trump.

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Questions grow about air safety in the US capital as Donald Trump says Black Hawk chopper was 'flying too high' at time of collision

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Donald Trump's 12th day back in office saw him take his biggest gamble yet with the economy and empty a couple of reservoirs for no reason, as well as oversee some deeply troubling - likely illegal - actions

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A deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter left Kansas’ largest city grieving

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Economists fear full-on, tit-for-tat trade war as US also imposes tariffs on Mexico and ChinaMark Carney, the favourite to replace Justin Trudeau as the Canadian prime minister, has vowed that his country is “going to stand up to a bully” after Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on goods coming in from Canada.There are now 25% tariffs on goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexico, while China is being hit with tariffs of 10% on imported goods, leading some economists to fear the outbreak of a full-on, tit-for-tat trade war. Continue reading...

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The Trump White House has issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month around the same time the Defense Department issued guidance declaring “identity months dead.”

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As London is in the grips of a gold shortage, many are blaming Donald Trump for it; here's why  The Economic Times

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