U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks to members of the media while arriving for trade talks at Lancaster House in London, UK, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. and China have reached an agreement on trade, representatives from both sides said after a second day of high-level talks…
The Trump administration has brought back to the United States a Guatemalan man who was wrongfully deported to Mexico, albeit to an uncertain future, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Trina Realmuto, a lawyer for the man, known only by his initials, O.C.G., said that she expected him to remain in federal custody as the administration…
Peru’s government has abandoned a plan that reduced the size of a protected area around the country’s ancient Nazca Lines, after criticism the change made them vulnerable to the impact of informal mining operations. Peru’s culture ministry said on Sunday that it was reinstating with immediate effect the protected area covering 5,600 sq km (2,200…
The proclamation President Trump signed this week banning travel to the United States by people from a dozen countries makes exceptions for athletes, coaches and support staff for “major sporting events,” including the World Cup and the Olympics. What qualifies as a major sporting event remains to be seen. Mr. Trump’s proclamation, issued on Wednesday,…
A fire on a cargo ship carrying electric vehicles that contain highly flammable lithium-ion batteries was burning off Alaska’s coast on Wednesday night, more than 24 hours after it broke out, the U.S. Coast Guard and the ship’s manager said. A deck carrying electric vehicles began smoking on Tuesday afternoon when the ship, the Morning…
Public health bodies should launch alternatives to commercial period tracker apps, experts have said, as a report warns women’s personal data is at risk of being harvested by private companies. Smartphone apps that track menstrual cycles are a “goldmine” for consumer profiling, collecting information on everything from exercise, diet and medication to sexual preferences, hormone…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday said he thinks it’s necessary to review stocks that have captured the attention of the younger investors but aren’t always highlighted by Wall Street analysts. “I think relevance dictates that we cover the companies that are treated as irrelevant or even pariahs by the gray beards around here,” he said….
Twenty people in Europe, the United States and South America have been arrested as part of an investigation into an international network that produced and distributed child sexual abuse material, Interpol said on Friday. The policing organization said the network was also thought to extend to Asia and the Pacific region. The arrests, which took…
The tiny nation of Suriname, on South America’s Atlantic coast, has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. A majority of those deaths involve a single substance: paraquat, a pesticide widely used for weed control that is lethal to humans in amounts as small as one swallow. Pesticides are among the leading means…
Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes are being “retraumatised” by the prospect of losing benefits in the UK if they accept compensation from the Irish state, Westminster has been told. The warning comes amid a campaign backed by representatives of almost every political party in the UK and figures including Steve Coogan, who starred…
