Trump’s tariffs threaten Kashmir’s carpet-weaving legacy amid price hikes
The 28-percent US tariff means the imported carpets will become significantly more expensive for American consumers.
Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban
US Department of Homeland Security tells Harvard to comply with Trump's demands or lose visas for foreign students.
Vance: US vice-president to visit India amid escalating trade war with China – BBC
- Vance: US vice-president to visit India amid escalating trade war with China BBC
- Vance, Second Lady to Visit India and Italy on Weeklong Trip Bloomberg.com
- For thousands of Indians working in the US, JD Vance’s visit is crucial The Times
- Vice President JD Vance, Usha Vance to visit Italy and India CBS News
- JD Vance gears up to talk economic priorities during trips to Italy, India Fox News
Herro, Heat scorch Bulls to advance in NBA play-in, Mavericks upset Kings
Heat and Mavericks stay in the hunt for NBA's final Eastern and Western Conference playoff spots with dominant wins.
Cash-strapped Hamas can’t pay fighters as Israeli offensive hits funding sources — report – The Times of Israel
- Cash-strapped Hamas can’t pay fighters as Israeli offensive hits funding sources — report The Times of Israel
- Hamas in financial crisis, unable to pay terrorists after Israel cuts Gaza aid - report The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas nears bankruptcy in Gaza: Halts salaries and has difficulty recruiting new fighters Ynetnews
- Exclusive | A Depleted Hamas Is So Low on Cash That It Can’t Pay Its Fighters - WSJ WSJ
- “Cash became a commodity”: The liquidity crisis compounding suffering in Gaza The New Humanitarian
Zoe Daniel says team had nothing to do with Climate 200-backed robocall criticised by Coalition
Liberal senator says voters in teal seats receiving aggressive ‘push polling’ calls, but company behind poll says it complied with guidelines
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The independent MP Zoe Daniel has said her campaign team had nothing to do with a phone survey the Coalition has criticised as “push polling”, a criticism rejected by the company responsible for launching it on behalf of Climate 200.
Nine Newspapers has published the audio of a robocall authorised by the polling company uComms, which provides a favourable overview of Daniel’s record in parliament before asking how a person would vote on 3 May.
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Continue reading...China and Malaysia say important to maintain peace and stability in South China Sea – Reuters
- China and Malaysia say important to maintain peace and stability in South China Sea Reuters
- Xi arrives in Malaysia with a message: China’s a better partner than Trump Al Jazeera
- Xi Jinping meets Malaysian leaders on Southeast Asia tour DW
- Xi says China will stand with Southeast Asian countries in face of economic shocks AP News
- China’s Xi ends Malaysia visit with jet, chip deals before heading to Cambodia South China Morning Post
A third of UK school staff report ‘physical underdevelopment’ in poor students
A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household items
A third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy basic household items such as cookers, bedding and clothes for pupils whose families are struggling.
A survey of more than 14,000 school staff, published at the National Education Union’s annual conference in Harrogate, found that this rose to more than half of those teachers working in deprived areas, with warnings that things “can only get worse” after recent benefit cuts.
Continue reading...GPs in England will be able to claim £20 for every time patient is not sent to hospital
Surgeries will be able to claim money if doctors refer patients to an out-of-hospital setting in bid to cut waiting lists
GPs in England will be paid £20 each time they decide not to send a patient to hospital under a government scheme to help reduce the NHS waiting list.
Family doctors will be able to claim the money if they instead refer patients for tests and treatment in an out-of-hospital setting, such as a health clinic, or to see a community-based specialist.
Continue reading...Australia to woo US’s ‘smartest minds’ disfranchised by Trump research cuts
New talent program aims to attract academics fleeing US as administration slashes higher education funding
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The “smartest minds” in the United States will be beckoned to Australia with a new talent program aiming to capitalise on academics disfranchised by the Trump administration’s research cuts.
The Australian Academy of Science announced the global talent attraction program on Thursday, warning the nation needed to “act swiftly” to capitalise on the opportunity.
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Continue reading...China seeks reset with EU amid Donald Trump’s trade war – Financial Times
- China seeks reset with EU amid Donald Trump’s trade war Financial Times
- Why Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China The New York Times
- China pounces as Trump turns on Europe The Telegraph
- Europe on alert to track any wave of diverted Chinese imports Journal of Commerce
- EU’s ‘trade bazooka’ was meant for China. Could the US be hit instead? South China Morning Post
Ex-UK defence minister ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s attitude to Putin and Russia
Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civilians
Pronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant Shapps said the US president calling a Russian missile strike that killed dozens in Ukraine last weekend a “mistake” was an example of “weasel language we used to hear … from the IRA” terrorist group.
“All anybody needs Putin to do is get the hell out of a democratic neighboring country,” Shapps told the One Decision podcast, regarding attempts to end the war in Ukraine that has raged since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Continue reading...Ministers in ‘active conversation’ with UK drug firms over potential tariffs
Government seeks ways to shield industry from possible US levies amid concern over effect on medicine supply
Ministers are having an “active conversation” with UK pharmaceutical firms about the potential impact of US tariffs, amid calls for an emergency taskforce to make sure the supply of medicines is not disrupted.
The UK government has been trying to head off the threat of tariffs to the pharmaceuticals industry, which exports about £7bn of goods to the US – just behind the £8.3bn of car exports.
Continue reading...Venice’s €5 tourist fee returns – and will double for last-minute day-trippers
City authorities still hope the scheme, which made an unexpected €2.4m last year, will help tackle overtourism
Venice’s entrance fee will resume from Friday, with the main novelty this year being that last-minute day-trippers will pay double.
Last year, as part of an experiment aimed at dissuading day visitors during busy periods, Venice became the first major tourist city in the world to charge people to enter.
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,148
These are the key events on day 1,148 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Temu and Shein drop US ad spending as they face tariffs on even small sales
E-tailers also hiking prices after Donald Trump ends ‘de minimis’ exemption for cheap shipments from China and Hong Kong
Temu and Shein are cutting back their spending on US social media advertising as they lose an exemption on tariffs for many of their shipments from China and Hong Kong.
The online e-tailers, both of which ship low-priced China-made goods direct to US shoppers, had been on an ad spree until recently. But under an executive order from Donald Trump, as of 2 May their sales valued at under $800 will no longer be exempt from US tariffs.
Continue reading...Sydney hospital where two children died recently is at risk of failure, scathing report finds
Report accusing Northern Beaches hospital of not taking sufficient actions to stop risks comes as parents of baby who died after waiting for caesarean speak out
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A controversial hospital where two children have recently died is accused of failing to meet healthcare standards and is at risk of failure.
In a scathing report from the New South Wales auditor general, the operators of Sydney’s Northern Beaches hospital are accused of not taking sufficient actions to stop clinical safety risks.
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Continue reading...Russian missiles hit Sumy civilians as military held ceremony, soldier says – The Washington Post
- Russian missiles hit Sumy civilians as military held ceremony, soldier says The Washington Post
- Palm Sunday Attack Leaves Sumy Residents Doubtful of a Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire The New York Times
- Analysis: Trump calls Sumy missile strike a ‘mistake.’ But Russia’s war seems to be raging on exactly to Putin’s plan CNN
- In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, life goes on despite the constant threat of attack AP News
- US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine Bloomberg.com
Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely – Politico
- Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely Politico
- Why Israel is expanding its frontiers into Gaza, Lebanon and Syria AP News
- Israeli troops will remain in Gaza buffer zones indefinitely, Defense Minister Katz says Fox News
- Memories and Mourning as Israel Annexes Rafah Inkstick
- Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says BBC
Canada party leaders grilled in election debate on how to tackle Trump
Frontrunner Mark Carney was tested in Wednesday's French-language debate, the first of two match-ups before the 28 April election.