Then U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 4, 2025. Italian Government | Reuters Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday amid a tense trade standoff with the European Union over tariffs. Meloni’s visit to Washington…
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…
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the opening ceremony of the Siliconware Precision Industries Co. (SPIL) Tan Ke Plant in Taichung, Taiwan, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. An Rong Xu | Bloomberg | Getty Images A day after Nvidia revealed it would incur $5.5 billion in costs related to canceled…
A cargo ship sits outside of the Port of Elizabeth marine terminal seen from Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S., April 9 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Trade barriers can come in many forms. Tariffs are just one. Onerous licensing requirements, export restrictions and fines on shipping are other obstacles. Nvidia said Tuesday it would be taking…
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…
A flag of Japan flies near cargo containers at Tokyo’s Odaiba Waterfront on August 6, 2020. BEHROUZ MEHRI | Contributor | Getty Images Japan on Thursday reported a 3.9% rise in March exports compared to a year earlier, a month after exports saw their largest rise since May 2024. The growth missed expectations of a…
Washington Nationals pitcher Jorge Lopez was ejected from Wednesday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after a pitch near Andrew McCutchen’s head led to the benches briefly clearing. In the seventh inning, López hit the previous batter Bryan Reynolds with a pitch before facing McCutchen, who had to fall to the ground to avoid getting…
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu BBC News, Washington Watch: White House says man mistakenly deported to El Salvador will ‘never’ live in US again The White House has dug in on its refusal to return a man who US officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported last month from Maryland to an El Salvador mega-prison. Press secretary Karoline…
Tyler Herro scored 38 points, and the Miami Heat dominated the Chicago Bulls 109-90 on Wednesday night to advance in the Play-In Tournament. Herro scored 23 points as Miami grabbed a 71-47 halftime lead, and the Heat knocked the Bulls out of the Play-In for the third year in a row. They play at Atlanta…
The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties have been grilled about their response to US President Donald Trump and clashed over energy and housing in their first televised debate of the country’s election campaign. The French-language face-off marked a key moment in the election as it gave leaders a chance to woo voters in…
