5 h. ago Army immediately suspends Fort McCoy commander after astonishing insult to Trump, Vance and Hegseth

A senior Army commander was suspended after the Wisconsin fort she ran failed to post photos of Donald Trump, JD Vance and Pete Hegseth on her base's chain-of-command board.

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69 h. ago Trump rebrands Covid health website to promote ‘lab leak’ theory

The new site features a photo of President Donald Trump walking between the words “lab” and “leak” under a White House heading

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4 d. ago Lizzo shows off dramatic weight loss in cheeky lingerie photos after taking aim at Trump

Lizzo showcased her dramatic weight loss while posing in skimpy lingerie in new Instagram photos on Thursday.

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4 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Trump's tariffs could be tough to crack for a German nutcracker maker focused on the US

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to become a tough nut to crack in an unlikely place — a small Germany company producing painstakingly hand-crafted nutcrackers that are snapped up by American collectors.

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5 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Trump tariffs threaten the survival of the centuries

Mohammad Yousuf Dar and his wife, Shameema, sit cross-legged before their loom, deftly tying consecutive knots to create the floral patterns of the famed Kashmiri carpets that are now threatened by the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs.

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5 d. ago Trump's tariffs could be tough to crack for a German nutcracker maker focused on the US

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to become a tough nut to crack in an unlikely place — a small company whose factory nestled deep in the hills of eastern Germany produces painstakingly hand-crafted nutcrackers that are snapped up by American collectors

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8 d. ago Democrat Gretchen Whitmer tries to distance herself from Oval Office visit

Michigan governor criticized for appearance, including for blocking her face with binders while her photo was takenThe Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer – considered to be a 2028 White House Democratic contender – was trying to distance herself from a recent Oval Office appearance alongside Donald Trump, which saw her get photographed while blocking her face with binders.Whitmer visited the Republican president on Wednesday alongside a bipartisan delegation to discuss a northern Michigan ice storm, the state’s defense assets and tariffs, among other issues. Following the meeting, Whitmer was brought into the Oval Office where she – as the New York Times described – “stood glumly” during a press conference that saw Trump sign several executive orders that targeted his political opponents. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Furniture exporters in Malaysia race to beat Trump's 90

In southern Malaysia, furniture manufacturers are in a race against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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1 week ago PHOTO ESSAY: Workshops empty, Bethlehem carvers fret over second Easter with no tourists

Bethlehem workshops where carvers toil over small pieces of olive wood sit empty these days.

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1 week ago Chinese meme machine mocks Trump and JD Vance with more AI videos of them as factory workers

Chinese accounts have been promoting video and photos ridiculing the so-called 'US Manufacturing Revival Plan' since Trump centred his tariffs on Chinese exports.

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1 week ago Trump claims TikTok deal still on the table as China tariffs threaten to derail agreement

Trump announced a 90-day pause on all reciprocal tariffs this week, except for those placed on China

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1 week ago AP PHOTOS: Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back

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1 week ago Trump’s tariffs may be reduced but their impact will be felt in the UK and beyond

We examine potential consequences of US president’s market chaos, which could reach every corner of global finance and economyDonald Trump may have stepped back from his huge tariff rises on every country, except China, which now faces 125%, but the impact of the market chaos is likely to continue in the UK and beyond. The rest of the world still faces a blanket 10% tariff on all US exports.While much of the focus has been the direct impact of the tariffs on physical goods, Trump’s actions threaten to reach every corner of global finance and the economy. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Photos: Forward New London protests against Trump's immigration policy

Photos: Forward New London protests against Trump's immigration policy  The Post-Crescent

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1 week ago China retaliates with 84% tariffs as Trump says ‘great time to move companies to the US’ – business live

Stock markets down in UK and across Europe after steep declines in Asia, while turmoil spreads to bond market China announces 84% tariffs on all US goods in response to Trump’s 104%Bank of England warns Trump tariffs threaten global growth and raise risk of ‘severe shocks’Today’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’My home country, Japan, is one of the safest places in the world to give birth: it has one of the very lowest mortality rates in Asia. A few years ago I had the opportunity to work on a story about midwives in Japan, and I became very interested in their role. In November 2023 I travelled to Badakhshan province in the northeast of Afghanistan, the country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Asia. I wanted to meet midwives there and see how they support women.The Badakhshan province is far from Kabul, with rugged terrain and poor transportation and medical infrastructure. In winter, heavy snowfall blocks roads for months. Women who are about to give birth are sometimes carried on donkeys escorted by family members or neighbours on multi-day trips to clinics. The literacy rate for wom...

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1 week ago Trump tariffs threaten global growth and raise risk of ‘severe shocks’, says Bank of England

Levies have heaped pressure on government finances and increased chance of ‘further sharp correction’, report warnsTrump imposes new tariffs on dozens of partnersDramatic sell-off of US government bondsBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have put global growth at risk, the Bank of England has warned, heaping pressure on government finances and increasing the likelihood of “severe shocks” to the financial system.The Bank’s financial policy committee (FPC) said its global risk environment had deteriorated and “uncertainty had intensified” since its last update in November, with US tariff announcements contributing to a “material increase in risks to global growth” and inflation levels. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We will have to raise prices’: gloom and resolve in Yiwu, on China’s trade war frontline

At the world’s largest wholesale market, vendors have reduced their exposure to the US but fear the repercussions of a global economic shockIf you have ever bought a Christmas decoration, a button, an electric shaver or any other cheap manufactured product, there is a good chance it came from Yiwu, a city in east China’s Zhejiang province that is home to the world’s largest wholesale market.Covering more than 4m square metres, tens of thousands of suppliers have booths in Yiwu International Trade City. As the US and China exchange increasingly hysterical rhetoric and threaten ever-higher tariffs, it is vendors at places like Yiwu who are at the frontline of the new trade war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago PHOTO ESSAY: Miami’s ‘Little Venezuela’ fears Trump's moves against migration

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1 week ago Trump Tariffs threaten 35,000 jobs, entire towns in South Africa's citrus sector, farmers group says

A farmers group says the new 30% tariffs set to be imposed on South Africa by the Trump administration will threaten 35,000 jobs in the country’s citrus-growing sector and the economies of entire towns

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