41 m. ago Terrifying moment man runs for his life from rampaging polar bear after his desperate attempt to shoot the beast failed

Residents of the tiny village of Pyramiden had been trying to scare off bears after one had been spotted sniffing around residents' snowmobiles.

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44 m. ago Adidas cautions over higher prices and halts outlook upgrade due to tariff woes

The German sportswear giant said prices will rise in the face of cost increases from Donald Trump’s move to raise trade tariffs on goods into the US.

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73 m. ago GM posts strong Q1 results, but will reassess expectations for 2025 due to auto tariffs

General Motors posted strong financial results for its first quarter on Tuesday, but says it will “reassess” its full-year financial outlook due to auto tariffs

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75 m. ago ’Nowhere to turn’: Small businesses dependent on imports from China are feeling more desperate

The Trump administration raised tariffs on goods from China to 145% in early April

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77 m. ago Despairing wives reveal the red flags that proved their marriages were doomed YEARS before divorce

The truth is, marriages don't usually end in a big explosion. They end in a hundred tiny moments - the eye rolls, the heavy silences, the thoughtless acts so minor we barely even register them.

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1 hour ago Trump’s first 100 days marked with lowest approval rating of any US president in decades: Live

President Trump brushes off his historic approval ratings lows and condemns the polls as ‘FAKE’ as he marks his 100th day in office

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2 h. ago Chaos is Trump’s calling card. But reality is biting back | Lloyd Green

In his first 100 days, the president has taken a sledgehammer to institutions and the constitution. We can only guess what’s nextIn nearly 100 days on the job, Donald Trump has outlasted Liz Truss and a fabled head of lettuce. That’s a fact, not an achievement. Like the hapless British prime minister, the 47th president blazes a trail of wreckage. Chaos is his calling card. If, when and how the carnage ends is anyone’s guess.The US simultaneously wages economic war on its allies and China. Tariffs soar. It’s as if Trump forgot the words “Smoot-Hawley” and “Great Depression”. The president risks higher inflation and a recession for an idealized yesteryear that never quite was. Back on Earth, markets signal potential capital flight and stagflation.Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump live updates: President’s first 100 days in office marked by deportation crackdowns and trade wars

Trump brushes off his plummeting approval rating and condemns the polls as ‘FAKE’ as president celebrates 100th day in office

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4 h. ago Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency

The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportationsLaw-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have shocked the United States and the world. On the eve of his inauguration, Trump promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”, and what followed has been a whirlwind pace of extreme policies and actions that have reshaped the federal government and the US’s role in the world. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago HSBC warns over possible hit from significantly higher global tariffs

The global banking giant increased provisions for loans expected to turn sour by 202 million US dollars (£150.7 million) in the first quarter.

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4 h. ago Starmer risks clash with Trump by plotting 'reset' with EU that hails free trade, backs Ukraine's territory and condemns attacks on Paris climate deal

Keir Starmer is scrambling to seal a trade deal with the US that can blunt the impact of brutal tariffs.

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4 h. ago HSBC sounds alarm on trade war; Trump to soften blow of automotive tariffs – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe architect of BP’s failed green energy agenda will leave the embattled oil company within months as it continues its retreat from low-carbon investments following this morning’s sharp fall in profits (see last post).The oil company said Giulia Chierchia, the executive in charge of BP’s sustainability ventures, would step back from her role from 1 June 2025 to “pursue other opportunities” outside the company. She will not be replaced. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Canada's Mark Carney says 'Trump will never break us' as Liberal Party pulls off stunning election victory

Mark Carney’s Liberal Party pulls off stunning election victory after Trump’s annexation threats and tariffs consume campaign

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6 h. ago HSBC raises bad loan provisions and expects ‘muted’ lending from tariffs

Bank announces $3bn share buyback programme that will begin next month

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8 h. ago The EU can’t replace the US as a global player until it sheds its own colonial thinking | Shada Islam

Eurocentric assumptions and bullying resource-grabs are justified causes of outrage in the global southDonald Trump has disrupted the global economy with his disastrous tariff wars and appears hell-bent on gutting transatlantic relations. I am hoping he has also unwittingly injected new life into the EU’s struggle to wean itself off overreliance on Washington.A vast network of trade and aid agreements connects the EU with more than 70 countries. The union could become an important standalone global actor and even thrive in a multipolar world. But it must first shed its Eurocentric worldviews, complacent policymaking and double standards.Shada Islam is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons Project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Asian shares advance after a quiet day on Wall St, despite tough talk on tariffs

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet finish ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data

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9 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: first results come in as Trump told to ‘stay out of our election’

Canadians go to the polls after US president’s tariffs and talk of country becoming 51st US state upended electionCanada election 2025: latest results as Mark Carney seeks to stay on as PMA record number of people – 7.3 million – have already voted during an early voting period that was held last weekend. That topped the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early at the last federal election in 2021.All ballots in a Canadian federal election are counted by hand in front of witnesses, and the final results are validated over a period of time then made available online. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Trump signs orders stepping up immigration crackdown and ‘unleashing America’s law enforcement’ – US politics live

Executive orders target sanctuary cities, give legal help for police accused of misconduct and require truck drivers to speak EnglishHere is an extract from The Atlantic’s piece on Trump’s first 100 days – in an interview secured after initially being canceled by the president over previous reporting from the journalists, who then reached the president on his cellphone – detailing some of the key development’s of his second term so far.The president seemed exhilarated by everything he had managed to do in the first two months of his second term: He had begun a purge of diversity efforts from the federal government; granted clemency to nearly 1,600 supporters who had participated in the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those caught beating police officers on camera; and signed 98 executive orders and counting (26 of them on his first day in office). He had fired independent regulators; gutted entire agencies; laid off great swaths of the federal workforce; and...

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11 h. ago Canada election 2025 live: Most polls close after Trump’s tariffs dominate campaign

The Liberal Party – led by current prime minister Mark Carney – are seeking to extend their decade in power and beat Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party

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12 h. ago Tortured by acid reflux? Now a tiny 'cube' could banish the problem for ever, as one patient tells us: 'I finally feel normal again!'

As I reached my 50s, I started experiencing extreme discomfort and pain in my chest whenever I swallowed most solid foods.

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