40 h. ago India strikes nine sites in Pakistan weeks after Kashmir militant attack – live

India confirms ‘precision strike’; Pakistan vows response to ‘heinous provocation’US president Donald Trump was just asked about the Indian missile strikes into Pakistani-controlled territory.“It’s a shame,” Trump told reporters. “We just heard about it.”In Ahmedpur East, we have information about the martyrdom of a child and 12 people injured Two civilians were martyred in Kotli.We know that a mosque was struck [in Ahmedpur]; ordinance landed on a house near it Parents and a child are stuck and being rescued. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Columbia University lays off nearly 180 after Trump pulled $400M over his antisemitism concerns

Columbia University is laying off nearly 180 staffers in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel $400 million in funding over the Manhattan college’s handling of student protests against the war in Gaza

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54 h. ago Barbie maker raises prices due to Trump tariffs as Ford warns of $1.5bn cost

Toy company Mattel says it will reduce imports into the US from China to below 15% by 2026Business live – latest updatesBarbie maker Mattel has said it will increase prices for some products in the US in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs while carmaker Ford said the US president’s measures would cost it about $1.5bn (£1.1bn) this year.The US represents about half of Mattel’s global toy sales, and the company imports about 20% of its goods sold in the country from China. Mattel said it would reduce imports into the US from China to below 15% by 2026. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Trump's 'mental decline' on display as he bumbles response to simple question about Alcatraz

People are concerned about the US President's mental faculties after he embarrassingly could not answer a question about reopening the infamous Alacatraz prison

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66 h. ago Trump passes the buck on image of him as the Pope and falsely claims all Catholics loved it

The president said that those that were offended by the image couldn’t ‘take a joke’ and that his wife – First Lady Melania Trump – thought the image was ‘cute’

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3 d. ago Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That’s malarkey | Steven Greenhouse

The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessorWhile Donald Trump delusionally asserts that “we’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days of any administration in American history”, last week’s economic news emphatically refutes that. Trump’s commerce department reported on Wednesday that the US economy – in a sharp and dismaying reversal – shrank in the first quarter of this year.That of course is when Trump returned to the White House, but Trump, true to form, denied that he was in any way responsible for the surprisingly bad economic news. Trump, who has spent his life blaming others and refusing to admit mistakes, was quick to blame Joe Biden for the downturn. The nation’s gross domestic product declined at a 0.3% annual rate in the quarter, after adjusting for inflation.Steven Greenhouse is a journalist and author focusing on labor and the workplace, as well as economic and legal issues Co...

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4 d. ago Rep. Jasmine Crockett says majority of GOP lawmakers think Trump’s tariffs are ‘crazy’

The Texas representative said that many of her Republican colleagues saw the ongoing chaos as a result of the president’s tariffs as ‘a problem’

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7 d. ago Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK manufacturers report falling export orders and China signals openness to US trade talks Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK, a lobby group for British manufacturing, said:UK manufacturers are caught in the eye of a perfect storm, with rising costs and international trade uncertainty undermining growth prospects. While actual changes in trade have been limited, the unpredictability, particularly around US tariff policy, is doing significant damage and paralysing decision makers. Many firms are delaying major investment decisions until greater clarity emerges, while being forced in the meantime to cut costs through redundancies while pushing through price increases.This has left manufacturing experiencing its most severe slowdown in years, with the UK at a competitive disadvantage compared to our European peers who are weathering current challenges relatively better. As a result, it is now vital that gover...

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7 d. ago China hints at openness to trade talks with US; Tesla denies board search for Musk successor – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Chinese state-controlled social media says US has approached China for trade talksLloyds Banking Group has reported a 7% drop in pre-tax profit to £1.5bn in its first quarter, and is bracing for the ripple effect from Trump’s tariffs on its balance sheet.The high street bank said that it has set aside £309m to account for possible bad debts, compared with previous guidance of £274m, as it added a £35m net charge to prepare for the possible impact on the economic outlook from President Trump’s tariffs.The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue.Yuyuan Tantian is not among China’s most authoritative state media outlets. The Global Times, which is owned by the newspaper of the governing Communist Party, People’s Daily, has often been first to report China’s next steps in trade disagreements over the past few years.Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson fo...

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7 d. ago Dave Portnoy isn’t buying Trump’s efforts to squirm out of responsibility for his bad GDP figures

U.S. Commerce Department data shows that the nation's GDP fell at an annualized rate of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025

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8 d. ago Gas explosion, arson ruled out as causes of northern China restaurant fire that killed 22, injured 3

Official reports say authorities in northern China have ruled out a gas explosion or arson as possible causes of a restaurant fire that killed 22 people and injured three others

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8 d. ago Readers give their verdict on Trump’s 100 days: ‘Extraordinary destruction’

The president promised an ‘extraordinary’ first 100 days in office but for many that has been true in all the wrong waysThe first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have polarized the United States and the world.Public opinion polls show the president’s approval rating is around 40% – having flipped from positive to negative since his inauguration. A vast majority of Americans are worried about a recession and how his trade war will affect the economy. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Amazon says it won’t display tariff costs after Trump called Bezos over ‘hostile and political’ move

Amazon denied that it would display costs associated with tariffs for products on its website after Trump expressed anger over the policy

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8 d. ago White House rips ‘hostile and political’ move by Bezos’ Amazon to display how much costs are for tariffs

Amazon reportedly plans to display rising costs that are associated with tariffs for products on its website

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9 d. ago 'Cruel' Donald Trump's decisions 'will cost lives' as he 'walks away from responsibility'

EXCLUSIVE: The first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency have seen his pal Elon Musk take to government spending with a chainsaw, a metaphor he felt the need to explain to everyone

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1 week ago Mike Myers says SNL Canada protest was ‘angry’ response to Donald Trump

‘It was not about me – it was about my country,’ ‘Austin Powers’ actor said

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1 week ago Trump says he thinks Zelenskyy is ready to give up Crimea despite previous comments

US president says face-to-face meeting at Vatican improved relations with Ukrainian president and demurs on trust in Vladimir PutinUS President Donald Trump has said he thinks Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to give up Crimea, despite his Ukrainian counterpart’s previous assertions on the Black Sea peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014.Speaking to reporters at an airport in New Jersey on Sunday a day after meeting with Zelenskyy at the Vatican, Trump said “Oh, I think so,” in response to a question on whether he thought Zelenskyy was ready to “give up” the territory. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chinese spies bugging lamp posts around major London landmark, fear Brit security chiefs

With global tensions at a peak, insider reports suggest China could be trying to gain intelligence from the UK government in unconventional ways, potentially bugging park benches and pubs

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1 week ago ‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystemIt is no laughing matter. The annual dinner for journalists who cover the White House is best known for American presidents trying to be funny and comedians trying to be political. But this year’s edition will feature neither.Instead the event in a downtown Washington hotel on Saturday night will, critics say, resemble something closer to a wake for legacy media still trying to find an effective response to Donald Trump’s divide-and-rule tactics and the rise of the Maga media ecosystem. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Apple to move production of US iPhones from China to India over tariffs – report

Experts have already warned the price of electronics generally, and not just Apple products, are likely to rise.

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