1 hour ago Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade

Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islandsTariffs send US markets tumbling to worst day since Covid crashTrade tariffs imposed on tiny Australian territories that are either uninhabited or claim to have no trading relationship with the US appear to have been calculated based on erroneous trade data.The data relates, at least in part, to shipments mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island, or Heard Island and McDonald Islands, instead of their correct countries of origin, the Guardian can reveal. Among the erroneously-labelled shipments over the past five years from the island territories are shipments of aquarium systems, Timberland boots, wine and parts for a recycling plant. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Federal judge rules action against NEA unnecessary after it backed off bans on gender ideology

A federal judge has denied a motion to block the National Endowment for the Arts from barring funds to artists whose projects promote gender ideology, saying the agency no longer was doing that

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5 h. ago Who was Andrew Pierce's favourite monarch and stars in their own Ladybird book?

This week, Andrew Pierce answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

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6 h. ago Idiot YouTuber tourist rowed 25 miles in dinghy to offer world's most isolated tribe 'deadly' Coke

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, who has previously filmed himself mixing with the Taliban, travelled to the North Sentinel Island in a bid to meet the most dangerous tribe in the world

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6 h. ago Idiot YouTuber rowed 25 miles in dinghy to offer world's most isolated tribe 'deadly' Coke

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, who has previously filmed himself mixing with the Taliban, travelled to the North Sentinel Island in a bid to meet the most dangerous tribe in the world

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8 h. ago Penguins, pay up: Trump slaps tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica

It’s unclear why the White House targeted the remote islands

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9 h. ago Large South Carolina wildfires contained as teens charged with starting blaze with cigarettes

Two wildfires that started close to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained

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9 h. ago Love Island star 'completely broken' as she tragically announces the death of her best friend

A Love Island star has been left 'completely broken' as she tragically announced the death of her best friend on Thursday.

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10 h. ago Mother of Manchester Arena victim welcomes royal assent for Martyn’s Law

Figen Murray campaigned for the law change in memory of her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett.

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10 h. ago Danish PM tells US ‘you cannot annex another country’ on visit to Greenland

Mette Frederiksen, who met island’s new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic securityThe Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: “You cannot annex another country.”Speaking onboard an inspection ship in front of a military helicopter, alongside Greenland’s new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and Greenland’s outgoing prime minister, Múte B Egede, Mette Frederiksen switched from Danish to English to address the diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Inside Patsy Palmer's life away from EastEnders from LA move to Love Island link

EastEnders star Patsy Palmer is best known for playing Bianca Jackson in the BBC soap and as she continues to appear on our screens, let's take a look at her life off camera...

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11 h. ago What will Trump do when his tariffs backfire? | Nils Pratley

The US president’s tariffs are almost certain to have dire consequences and he is not impervious to market decline or public opinionSo much for the idea that “liberation day” would free financial markets from their fear of the unknown. Publication of precise tariff rates, went a cheerful line of advance thinking, would at least allow investors to assess the probable trade effects on the basis of hard information. True optimists clung to the idea that Donald Trump would not wish to risk a truly severe market reaction.That narrative was blown apart when the president reached for his pub-style display of wares. This really was a case of going back to the tariffs rates of the 1920s or 1930s. Not even the penguins of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands were spared. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Love Island's Jess Spencer 'completely broken' after tragic death of best friend

Love Island star Jess Spencer has announced the devastating news of her best friend Estera's death with a heartbreaking tribute, shared with her social media followers

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12 h. ago Donald Trump puts tariffs on uninhabited islands home only to penguins

The islands have no human inhabitants and no imports or exports

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12 h. ago Trump imposes tariffs on remote islands near Antarctica home only to penguins

The US president has imposed tariffs on a number of tiny territories, some of which do not even have human inhabitants.

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13 h. ago UK's 'cheapest' seaside town where there are beautiful beaches and few visitors

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland has previously been named the cheapest seaside town in the UK with the average house price coming in at £117,895 - and it's also remarkably quiet

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13 h. ago American tourist arrested for sailing to remote island and giving can of Coke to world's most isolated tribe

The man was detained in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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14 h. ago Scottish island hit with yet another ferry repairs blow as vessel delayed again

Ageing vessel not now due back in service until end of May after unprecedented 16-month absence

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14 h. ago US tourist arrested for leaving a can of Coke for untouched tribe on a remote island is a wannabe travel influencer who spent time with the Taliban

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, creates YouTube videos under the username Neo-Orientalist. He seemingly teased his visit to North Sentinel Island online five months before making the journey.

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14 h. ago Grand National horse Willy De Houelle dies as Rachael Blackmore has scary fall

Champion trainer Willie Mullins had made a spectacular start by winning the first three races on Thursday but Willy De Houelle was a casualty in the second race

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