A bitter price hike in US coffee shops after tariffs
Higher prices are worrying independent US coffee shops, which import almost all their beans.
UN: 36 recent Israeli strikes on Gaza killed only women, children
UN investigators examined recent Israeli strikes on Gaza and found that the only people killed were women and children.
Italy sends 40 asylum seekers awaiting deportation to Albania
Forty men of various nationalities arrive onboard an Italian navy ship in the northern port of Shengjin in Albania.
Why is evidence of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza disappearing?
Israel’s siege and tech censorship are erasing evidence of Gaza’s war crimes faster than they can be saved.
European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism – Financial Times
- European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism Financial Times
- International travel is declining, and it's costing the US: 'It's shaking everything up' USA Today
- Opinion | Does anybody want to visit the U.S. right now? The Washington Post
- ‘It’s like our friend started a fist fight with us’: These Europeans are skipping US travel CNN
- World Travelers Are Rethinking Vacation Plans to the US Bloomberg
UK woman says she was arrested after confiscating her daughters’ iPads
Vanessa Brown called police response in Cobham, Surrey, ‘a complete overreaction’ that left her ‘catatonic’
A history teacher has said she was arrested and blocked from seeing her daughters after she confiscated their iPads.
Vanessa Brown, 50, described her “unspeakable devastation and trauma” after spending seven-and-a-half hours in a cell on 26 March after a claim that she had stolen two iPads.
Continue reading...‘The end of an era.’ What next for global trade? – Financial Times
- ‘The end of an era.’ What next for global trade? Financial Times
- Did Trump’s tariffs kill economic populism? The Guardian
- America just entered its post-globalization era GZERO Media
- Does Trump Want to Destroy the Global Economy? compactmag.com
- The world order of the last few decades may be over — what emerges could include China CBC
Trump’s tariffs: Short-term damage or long-term ruin?
What does Trump aim to achieve by making it costlier for the rest of the world to sell their goods in the US?
Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine – The New York Times
- Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine The New York Times
- Prince Harry's 'worst fears' realized in UK security battle Fox News
- As Trump's envoy meets Putin, Prince Harry's visit echoes Europe's embrace of Ukraine NBC News
- 'Further market turmoil' and 'Harry's secret visit' BBC
- Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine CNN
South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot’s controls – CBS News
- South Africa helicopter crash blamed on penguin in cardboard box that hit pilot's controls CBS News
- Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa BBC
- Unsecured Penguin Causes Helicopter Crash After Hitting Pilot's Controls in Freak Accident People.com
- South African helicopter crash blamed on penguin in a box NBC News
- Helicopter Crash Blamed on ‘Unsecured’ Penguin in a Box VICE
Noel Clarke ‘precisely the man’ depicted in Guardian’s reporting, high court told
Closing submission from Gavin Millar KC says actor’s legal team tried to portray an ‘elaborate conspiracy theory’
Noel Clarke has been shown to be “precisely the man” depicted in the Guardian’s articles accusing him of sexual misconduct, vindicating its journalism, the high court has heard.
In closing submissions in the former Doctor Who actor’s libel claim against Guardian News and Media (GNM), Gavin Millar KC said Clarke had been forced to come up with an “elaborate conspiracy theory” to try to rebut the “overwhelming evidence” against him.
Over 15 years, he used his power to prey on and harass female colleagues.
He sometimes bullied female colleagues.
He engaged in unwanted sexual contact, kissing, touching or groping.
He engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour and comments.
He was involved in professional misconduct.
He took and shared explicit pictures and videos without consent, including secretly filming a young actor’s naked audition.
Continue reading...Ukraine allies pledge €21bn in fresh military support to Kyiv – BBC
- Ukraine allies pledge €21bn in fresh military support to Kyiv BBC
- Europe pledges new military support for Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin France 24
- Ukraine allies promise €21bn in military support for Kyiv The Guardian
- Allies pledge €21B in weapons for Ukraine while denouncing Russian attacks politico.eu
- Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually The New York Times
Government scrambles to save British Steel as firm faces crisis within crisis
Union leaders have welcomed moves towards public ownership but it is not an auspicious environment for nationalisation
Blast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the Industrial Revolution. This weekend, parliament will sit for the first Saturday in decades as it tries to keep the last two furnaces running for a bit longer.
Keir Starmer has recalled MPs to discuss emergency powers to direct steel companies, including British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks, to “preserve capability and ensure public safety”. The move would be short of nationalisation, but it would give the government more influence on the steel industry than at any point since Margaret Thatcher.
Continue reading...Red Cross chief says Gaza is ‘hell on earth’ as Israeli assault continues – BBC
- Red Cross chief says Gaza is 'hell on earth' as Israeli assault continues BBC
- UN chief says Palestinians in Gaza in ‘death loop’, demands end to blockade Al Jazeera
- U.N. says Israel’s aid blockade has opened ‘floodgates of horror’ in Gaza The Washington Post
- Gaza 'hell on earth' as hospital supplies running out, warns head of Red Cross Reuters
- ‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month CNN
Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members
‘Average man from Derbyshire’ shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child’s birth was used to deport migrants
A British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his tattoo was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Earlier this week, 44-year-old Pete Belton, who lives in the English county of Derbyshire, told the BBC that he was stunned to find a photo of his forearm tattoo featured in a DHS document among nine images of tattoos intended to assist in “detecting and identifying” TdA members.
Continue reading...Labour MPs urge ministers to focus on rebuilding trading relationship with EU
Call to prioritise reset with Europe comes after top adviser to Trump downplays prospect of US tariffs being reduced
Ministers should focus on rebuilding bridges with the EU, Labour politicians have said, after a senior adviser to Donald Trump downplayed the prospect of a breakthrough with the US.
MPs said the government should “prioritise our trading relationship with the EU” and “get a sugar rush of growth” instead of banking on the prospect of preferential treatment from Washington.
Continue reading...Mexico to send water to Texas farmers as US treaty threat grows
Mexico’s failure to keep up 81-year-old water-sharing treaty has sparked a diplomatic spat with the US
Mexico will make an immediate water delivery to Texas farmers to help make up its shortfall under a treaty that has strained US relations and prompted tariff threats by Donald Trump, said Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, on Friday.
Mexico is looking for alternatives to comply with the 81-year-old water-sharing treaty with the US, Sheinbaum said in her regular news conference. A proposal had already been sent to US officials, she said.
Continue reading...US pastor kidnapped during church service in South Africa
Police say four armed and masked men abducted the pastor in his car on Thursday evening.
Trump’s tariffs: A simple illustrated guide to 15 economic terms to know
What do terms like tariffs, trade deficits, trade wars, bonds, and recession mean in simple language?
Supreme Court rules Trump officials must ‘facilitate’ release of man deported to El Salvador
The government has said Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in error, but has resisted returning him to the US.