- Trump Administration Pushes Forward With Tariffs Based on Forced Labor Laws The New York Times
- Some groups ask US trade agency for new duties, import bans to fight forced labor Reuters
- Trump Tariff Tracker – April 27, 2026 (via Passle) Baker Botts
- White House Readies New Tariffs Advanced Manufacturing
- Trump's latest tariffs in court: Are they about to be blocked? Peterson Institute for International Economics
While peace talks dawdle, Trump’s war on Iran is transforming the Middle East – Washington Times
- While peace talks dawdle, Trump’s war on Iran is transforming the Middle East Washington Times
- Two months into the Iran war, almost everybody is a loser CNN
- Opinion | The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It. The New York Times
- Opinion | It’s Way Too Early to Declare Defeat in Iran WSJ
- Let’s Hope America’s Dumbest War Doesn’t Become Its Most Tragic The New Republic
Trump announces 25 percent tariffs on European Union cars, trucks
US president says EU ‘not complying’ with current trade deal, launches new tariffs to begin next week.
Starmer says Polanski ‘is not fit to lead a political party’ after Golders Green police criticism
Green leader apologises for sharing post that said officers were ‘repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head’ and says he had did so ‘in haste’
Keir Starmer has condemned Zack Polanski as “disgraceful” and unfit to head a political party after the Greens’ leader shared a social media post critical of the way police tackled the suspect in the Golders Green stabbings.
The prime minister said any criticism of the police involved in the arrest was unfair on officers having to make split-second decisions in a moment of potentially grave danger.
Continue reading...French PM fuels row with trip to buy baguettes
Sébastien Lecornu visited a boulangerie on Labour Day, defying unions who say 1 May must remain a mandatory rest day.
Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day, in photos – AP News
- Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day, in photos AP News
- May Day protests across Europe and Asia turn into anti-American, anti-Israel political battlegrounds Fox News
- What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war AP News
- What to know about May Day as workers face rising costs due to Iran war PBS
- May Day marked by protests, celebrations, arrests dw.com
Poll finds 61 percent of Americans believe attacking Iran was a mistake
Poll finds that Americans are concerned about impact of the war on the cost of living and sceptical of success thus far.
UK defence firm Ultra Electronics to pay £15m after SFO bribery investigation
Company accepts it failed to prevent bribery in connection with contracts in Algeria and Oman sought through agents
The British defence company Ultra Electronics has accepted responsibility for a failure to prevent bribery and agreed to pay £15m after an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
The penalties are part of a deferred prosecution approved by the high court on Friday, after an investigation opened in 2018 when the company referred itself to the UK law enforcement agency a month after corruption allegations were published by Algerian media.
Continue reading...Zayn Malik cancels US tour and cuts UK dates after hospital bed photo shared
The former One Direction singer has taken to Instagram to update fans as he cuts his world tour dates
US warns shippers against paying Strait of Hormuz tolls, ‘donations’
Latest warning comes as Iranian state media reports Tehran has presented new peace proposal to US.
Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.
Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
The French nun was pushed over and kicked in the apparently unprovoked assault, amid a rise in harassment of Christians in the city by Jewish extremists.
Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bid
Andy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.
Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection, has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid.
Continue reading...Michael Jackson’s biopic and what it leaves out
A new biopic revisits Michael Jackson - but what’s left out of his story, and who decides his legacy?
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled – WIRED
- The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled WIRED
- Zambia: RightsCon cancellation is a blow to freedom of expression ARTICLE 19 - Defending freedom of expression and information.
- Zambia cancels digital rights summit over China Taiwan tension Semafor
- Scrutinizing Zambia's New Cyber Law Regime in the Shadow of RightsCon Tech Policy Press
- The postponement of RightsCon: Another case of the dragon’s hold on Africa? Index on Censorship
Attack on French nun in Jerusalem draws widespread condemnation
Israeli foreign ministry denounces ‘shameful act’ after video shows man pushing woman to ground and kicking her
A video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry.
In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over with force, so that the victim comes close to hitting her head on a block of stone. After walking away a few paces, the attacker, who appears to be Jewish, returns to kick the nun as she lies on the ground and only stops when a passerby intervenes.
Continue reading...UAE exit from OPEC signals closer alignment with US interests, experts say
UAE wants to supply more oil than its OPEC quota and that could help push down prices once the Strait of Hormuz opens.
Hard choices test breakaway climate summit – Politico
- Hard choices test breakaway climate summit Politico
- Could Santa Marta climate talks mark ground zero in push to ditch fossil fuels? The Guardian
- Santa Marta: Key outcomes from first summit on ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels Carbon Brief
- Governments start daring to say the energy F-words Financial Times
- The World Met to Talk Climate Change. The U.S. Wasn’t Invited. The New York Times
Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.
Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.