Apple CEO Tim Cook inspects the new iPhone 16 during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple shares skyrocketed 15% on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on his administration’s “reciprocal tariffs,” which would have affected the company’s production…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is hearing a case brought by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of being “complicit in the genocide” during the current civil war. The two-year conflict, which has pitted Sudan’s army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has led to tens of thousands of deaths and forced more…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 09, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global bond yields largely reversed course on Thursday as equities rebounded on a historically volatile week for markets driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy….
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 09, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Global bond yields largely reversed course on Thursday as equities rebounded on a historically volatile week for markets driven by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy….
EY has been fined almost £5m for “serious breaches of standards” over its audits of Thomas Cook in the years before the travel company’s devastating collapse in 2019. The UK’s audit watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), said EY and one of its partners, Richard Wilson, had admitted to failings related to their assessment of…
Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates, speaks to members of the media while departing a meeting with House Budget Committee Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 25, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary pullback on reciprocal tariffs…
Zimbabwe’s government has announced an initial pay-out of $3m (£2.3m) to white farmers whose farms were seized under a controversial government programme more than two decades ago. It is the first payment to be made under the 2020 compensation agreement signed between the state and the local white farmers in which Zimbabwe committed to pay…
U.S. Treasury yields moved lower on Thursday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump enacted a 90-day tariff reprieve on most countries, reversing a sharp sell-off in bonds. At 4:50 a.m. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield was lower by over 10 basis points to 4.288%, and the 2-year Treasury yield also dropped just…
GPs in England are failing Black people living with HIV owing to stigma associated with the virus and a lack of information, according to a report by a leading charity. The report, which surveyed 142 Black people living with HIV in London, found that almost a fifth (19%) of respondents said they had avoided going…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says at least 155 Chinese citizens are fighting for Russia in the war. His comments come after two Chinese fighters were captured earlier this week – marking Kyiv’s first official allegation that China was supplying Russia with manpower. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Zelensky reiterated his claim that there are “many…
