‘Capitulation Day’? How Trump changed his mind on tariffs
"Liberation Day" just gave way to Capitulation Day.
"Liberation Day" just gave way to Capitulation Day.
The government will fund any further local inquiries into the grooming gangs scandal that are deemed necessary, Sir Keir Starmer has said.However, the prime minister said it is his "strong belief" that the focus must be on implementing recommendations from the Alexis Jay national review before more investigations go ahead.Politics latest: 'Our position hasn't changed' on tariffs, says ministerIt follows a row over whether Labour is still committed to the five local inquiries it promised in January, after safeguarding minister […]
Weezer bassist's wife shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder | Ents & Arts News | Sky News The 51-year-old was alleged to have pointed a handgun at officers who were pursuing a hit-and-run suspect through her back garden.Thursday 10 April 2025 09:09, UK Image: Jillian Lauren was shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Pic: Getty Why you can trust Sky NewsA US author - the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner - has been shot and […]
The market rollercoaster of the past week - the tariffs, the jeopardy, the brinkmanship - has highlighted the remarkable nature of an interconnected world we take for granted.There are many frontlines in this global trade war and the port of Duluth-Superior is one. It is a logistical and an engineering wonder.In the northernmost part of the United States, near the border with Canada, there is no seaport anywhere in the world as far inland as this.The sea is more than […]
A new spit test for prostate cancer which can be done at home may be better than current testing methods, a study suggests.Experts have developed a simple saliva test which analyses genetic variants in a man's DNA, which appears to perform better than the current method for assessing prostate cancer risk.Currently, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test is used to check for prostate conditions, including prostate cancer or an enlarged prostate.Routine testing is not currently available on the NHS, but […]
The amount of electricity needed to power the world's data centres is expected to double in the next five years, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report.Most of the increase is being driven by the development and use of increasingly powerful AI models.By 2030, data centres could consume 945TWh (terawatt hours) of electricity each year, the report found - three times more than the entire UK.The rise in demand, predicted to be highly concentrated around the world's tech and […]
Along the thin strip of beach and woodland known as the Vistula Spit which marks the northernmost demarcation between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, there is not much in the way of a border.
Chalk this one up to the bond vigilantes. This is the term used periodically to describe investors who push back against what are perceived to be irresponsible fiscal or monetary policies by selling government bonds, in the process pushing up yields, or implied borrowing costs.Most of the focus on markets in the wake of Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on the rest of the world has, in the last week, been about the calamitous stock market reaction.This was previously something […]
"All options" remain on the table over the future of British Steel, the chancellor has said, as fears mount over the company's plant in Scunthorpe.The government is actively considering nationalising British Steel after Jingye, its owner in Scunthorpe, cancelled future orders for the iron ore, coal and other raw materials needed to keep the furnaces running.The decision has led to fears the Scunthorpe plant, the last blast furnaces left operating in Britain, could be forced to close as early as […]