5 h. ago Trump says talking to Fed boss Powell is like ‘talking to a wall’ in latest attack

Attack comes day after Federal Reserve announced it won’t be lowering interest rates

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33 h. ago Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen

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47 h. ago China chides US over ‘serious negative impact’ of Trump tariffs as trade talks set to begin

China’s vice-premier He Lifeng will meet US treasury secretary Scott Bessent in Switzerland between 9 and 12 MayChina has vowed to “safeguard international fairness and justice” in upcoming talks with the United States in Switzerland, the first meeting between the two countries to discuss trade war that has roiled the global economy since US president Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs last month.China’s vice-premier He Lifeng will meet US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on the sidelines of meetings in Switzerland between 9 and 12 May. US trade representative Jamieson Greer will also attend. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Watch in full: Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney meet for crunch trade talks

Watch as Donald Trump welcomes Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

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59 h. ago Watch live: Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney meet for crunch trade talks

Watch live as Donald Trump welcomes Mark Carney to the White House on Tuesday, 6 May, for the first time since the newly elected Canadian prime minister won the federal election.

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66 h. ago Trump’s talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it’s already doing damage – to Hollywood | Peter Bradshaw

The US president’s bizarre talk of 100% levies on films from ‘foreign lands’ combines trolling with a hazy grasp of factsAnother day, another bizarre, mischievous, headline-hogging pronouncement from the US president.Steve Bannon famously advised him to flood the zone with shit – a Maga-Maoist permanent revolution of provocative, toxic nonsense. Trump is flooding the zone with tariffs, then he pauses, walks back and climbs down on tariffs, and then adds more tariffs. The latest is his bizarre plan to hit movies made in “foreign lands” with 100% tariffs. He has solemnly announced his grave concern that Hollywood was “dying” at the hands of foreigners like the UK, who give tax breaks to multinationals. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Albanese holds ‘warm’ talks with Trump on Aukus and tariffs after election win

Anthony Albanese is first Australian prime minister in decades to win a second straight term

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6 d. ago US steps back from peace talks, saying it won’t mediate between Russia and Ukraine

JD Vance says ‘this isn’t our war’ as state department warns envoys will stop flying around the world ‘at drop of a hat’

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6 d. ago China says it is ‘evaluating’ US offer for talks on Trump tariffs

Beijing warns Washington that any attempt to use talks as pretext to engage in coercion and extortion won’t work

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6 d. ago ‘He loves us and he’s doing it’: Trump fans’ faith undimmed by first 100 days

Despite plunging opinion polls, for those attending a campaign-style rally in Michigan the president is delivering In Trump they trust. While pundits and protesters have called it 100 days of hell, talk to Donald Trump’s most faithful supporters and you will hear them use words such as “amazing”, “fantastic” and “ecstatic” about his presidency.The Trump base, that amorphous group that has long intrigued pollsters, remains rock solid in its support for the 78-year-old and quite ingenious in finding new ways to eulogise his leadership. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago China says it's evaluating US overtures for trade talks, but tariffs remain an obstacle

China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks

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7 d. ago US has approached China seeking talks on Trump tariffs, says state social media

Development may be indication China is softening on beginning negotiations over American 145% tariffsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US has approached China seeking talks over Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media has said, potentially signalling Beijing’s openness to negotiations.“The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue,” Yuyuan Tantian reported in a post published on its official Weibo social media account, citing anonymous sources. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump starts talking about Harlem when asked about Harvard funding freeze

Donald Trump began answering a question about Harvard University by speaking about Harlem, a neighbourhood in New York City, as he joined a NewsNation town hall via phone on Wednesday night (30 April).

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7 d. ago US and Ukraine finally sign minerals deal as Donald Trump makes key concession

The deal appears to contain some important concessions by Washington and comes days after Trump and Zelensky held talks at Pope Francis’s funeral

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8 d. ago EU readies ‘plan B’ should Trump walk away from Ukraine talks

Top diplomat Kaja Kallas says Europe can maintain sanctions on Russia if Washington starts lifting its own

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9 d. ago Top Trump adviser struggles to soothe investors in talks after market tumult

Stephen Miran met hedge funds and big asset managers after tariffs sparked Wall Street turmoil

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9 d. ago Top Trump adviser struggled to soothe investors in talks after market tumult

Stephen Miran met hedge funds and big asset managers after tariffs sparked Wall Street turmoil

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9 d. ago Trump’s assault on climate make UN talks an ‘uphill battle’, says Cop30 chair

Environmental rollbacks and tariffs makes meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do LagoCrucial United Nations climate talks this year will be a “slightly uphill battle” due to economic turmoil and Donald Trump’s removal of the US from the effort to tackle global heating, the chair of the upcoming summit has admitted.Governments from around the world will gather in Belem, Brazil, in November for the Cop30 meeting, where they will be expected to announce new plans to deal with the climate crisis and slash greenhouse gas emissions. Very few countries have done so yet, however, and the world remains well off track to remain within agreed temperature limits designed to avert the worst consequences of climate breakdown. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago UN climate talks will be ‘uphill battle’ amid Trump rollbacks, says Cop30 chair

Tariffs and environmental cuts will make meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do LagoCrucial United Nations climate talks this year will be a “slightly uphill battle” due to economic turmoil and Donald Trump’s removal of the US from the effort to tackle global heating, the chair of the upcoming summit has admitted.Governments from around the world will gather in Belem, Brazil, in November for the Cop30 meeting, where they will be expected to announce new plans to deal with the climate crisis and slash greenhouse gas emissions. Very few countries have done so yet, however, and the world remains well off track to remain within agreed temperature limits designed to avert the worst consequences of climate breakdown. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago With Canada’s stunning electoral rebuke and doubts over China trade talks, has Trump’s bluster reached its expiration point?

ANALYSIS: Mark Carney’s condemnation of the United States’s ‘betrayal’ is a sign that the world is no closer to submitting to Trump’s trade demands, writes John Bowden

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