Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has briefly engaged in his first international tariff dispute. And the target wasn’t China, Mexico or Canada – frequent subjects of his ire – it was Colombia, one of America’s closest allies in South America. Colombia’s offence was refusing to allow two US flights carrying deported…
Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will withdraw from the West African nation, further reducing the military influence of the former colonial power in the region. In an end-of-year address, Ivory Coast’s President, Alassane Ouattara, said the move was a reflection of the modernisation of the country’s armed forces. Separately, Senegal, which last month…
A new U.S. rule that requires hotel and short-term lodging companies to disclose so-called “junk fees” starts Monday. Announced by the Federal Trade Commission in December, the rule takes direct aim at the widely loathed charges, which can appear as “resort,” “destination” or “hospitality service” fees and purport to grant perks that travelers either don’t…
Oct 26, 2024 07:55 AM IST The scholarship covers course fees, a grant for living costs and a travel allowance. Awards are made for the duration of fee liability for the course Somerville College announced the launch of the Dr Gita Piramal Scholarship, in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) and…
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said Tuesday she hopes the incoming Trump administration will not let Amazon and Facebook parent Meta off the hook from pending antitrust lawsuits by her agency with a “sweetheart deal.” But, “I can’t predict what future people in my position are going to do,” Khan said on CNBC’s “Squawk…
Outside the Macclesfield factory of AstraZeneca. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday said that it will invest $2.5 billion in a research and development center in Chinese capital Beijing. The new hub is expected to take AstraZeneca’s Beijing workforce to around 1,700 employees. Don’t miss AstraZeneca’s CEO…
Before he entered a relationship with the world’s most famous musical artist, Travis Kelce dated a succession of mere mortals. We don’t mean that as an insult to any of Travis’ exes. We’re sure they’re all perfectly nice women in their own right. But it’s hard to measure up to a world-famous billionaire and wildly…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers the keynote address during the Nvidia GTC 2025 at SAP Center on March 18, 2025 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other…
The most wonderful time of the year always comes with a full slate of basketball matchups … which means it’s also TMZ Sports‘ cue to present the wives and girlfriends of the NBA’s Christmas Day games!! The first matchup is at the iconic Madison Square Garden where the New York Knicks will host the San…
An imposing bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, Peru’s Spanish conqueror, has been returned to a spot near its former location in Lima’s main square, 22 years after it was removed, in an apparent attempt to rehabilitate the conquistador’s controversial legacy. Weighing 7 tonnes and standing 5 metres tall, the Italian Renaissance-inspired sculpture of Pizarro astride…
