Will McCallum, the environmental campaign group’s UK head, and the others, disguised as delivery riders on bicycles with trailers, Greenpeace said, tipped the dye into the high-security embassy’s semi-circular pond. McCallum and the others were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause criminal damage, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The […]
Britain will provide 350 million pounds of the amount from its 4.5-billion-pound military support package for Ukraine this year, with Norway contributing further funding, Britain’s ministry of defence said. The funding comes as British defence minister John Healey chairs a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels along with his German counterpart Boris […]
The anxiety has sparked a rush into safe havens, sending the Swiss franc soaring to a decade high against the dollar, and gold to a new peak after a brief but massive relief rally following U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to temporarily lower tariffs on many countries. The selloff in U.S. Treasuries picked up pace […]
New orders for the two imported models are also no longer available on the U.S. automaker’s WeChat mini programme account. Meanwhile, Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Thursday amid growing concerns over Trump‘s ongoing trade battles. All three main US stock indexes suffered deep losses, losing most of the gains they made a day before. […]
Trump made the comments during a Cabinet meeting opened to press. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during the meeting that as they settle deals with countries, it will bring more certainty on trade policy. Trump claimed victory over Europe in the US tariffs war but acknowledged a “cost” to his surging trade offensive against […]
Politicians, athletes, and other prominent local figures had gathered at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo earlier this week for a concert by merengue singer Rubby Perez. The event turned tragic when the roof suddenly collapsed after midnight on Tuesday. Emergency crews were on site sorting through the rubble with heavy machinery early on […]
The United States was Vietnam’s biggest export market in the first three months of the year, but President Donald Trump hit it with a 46 percent duty as part of a global trade blitz announced last week. Trump paused the stiff new tariffs on Wednesday, and Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc suggested the […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has attempted to crack down on pro-Palestinian protests over U.S. ally Israel’s devastating military assault on Gaza after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’s deadly October 2023 attack. “Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds […]
Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the developments in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen as well as the Russian-Ukranian conflict, the Saudi foreign ministry reported without giving further details. The Saudi foreign minister was expected to discuss the status of Yemen’s Houthis during meetings with U.S. government officials, the source […]
Brent futures fell 77 cents, or 1.18%, to $64.71 a barrel by 0320 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 65 cents, or 1.04%, to $61.70. Following the tariff pause for most countries, the benchmark crude contracts had settled 4% higher on Wednesday after dropping as much as 7% during the session. Trump, […]
