Companies in March accelerated their orders for big-ticket long-lasting goods ahead of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs on U.S. imports, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. So-called durable goods orders soared a seasonally adjusted 9.2% on the month, up from a 0.9% gain in February and well ahead of the Dow Jones forecast for a 1.6%…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist Vancouver’s storybook run in the Concacaf Champions Cup continues. The Whitecaps will take a 2-0 aggregate lead back to Florida after shutting down Inter Miami and Lionel Messi on Thursday night in the first leg of the teams’ two-game, all-MLS semifinal series. U.S. men’s national team forward Brian White scored in…
Madeline Halpert BBC News, New York Getty Images The Atlantic editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a top-level group chat in March President Donald Trump will meet with The Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief who was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat with administration officials discussing air strikes against the Houthi group in Yemen. Trump said on…
Wild weather in Queensland has seen two people hospitalised after lightning struck their homes, while some Anzac Day services have been cancelled due to rain. A spokesperson for the Queensland ambulance service said paramedics had been called early on Friday morning to two incidents north of Brisbane. “Both patients were reportedly inside when the lightning…
California’s economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force. Governor Gavin Newsom touted new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showing California’s growth. The data shows California’s gross domestic product (GDP) hit $4.10 trillion (£3.08 trillion)…
Shedeur Sanders is still on the board. The New York Giants passed on the former Colorado quarterback twice, including with the No. 3 and the No. 25 pick in the NFL Draft Thursday night. Four other quarterback-needy teams — the Las Vegas Raiders (at No. 6), New York Jets (No. 7), New Orleans Saints (No….
China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the Moon – a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in a bitter trade war. Two Nasa-funded US institutions have been granted access to the lunar samples collected by the Chang’e-5 mission in 2020, the…
The Vatican will make final preparations on Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica to view his open coffin. Many of the 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs attending Saturday’s ceremony in St Peter’s Square, who include US president Donald Trump and…
U.S. Department Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum looks on during CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, U.S., March 12, 2025. Kaylee Greenlee | Reuters OKLAHOMA CITY — The Trump administration is considering investing in companies that mine and process critical minerals in an effort to end U.S. dependence on imports from countries including China, Interior Secretary…
Watch: Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko says conceding land to Russia could bring ‘temporary’ peace The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC that Ukraine may have to give up land as part of a peace deal with Russia, amid a growing pressure from President Donald Trump to accept territorial concessions. “One of…
