US stock markets were expected to stage a recovery on Monday after Donald Trump excluded imports of smartphones and laptops from his tariff regime late on Friday night. Shares in Apple and chip maker Nvidia were on course to soar after tariffs on their products imported into the US were lifted for 90 days. The…
Firing squads could become Idaho’s primary execution method under a bill headed to the governor’s desk this week. The Idaho senate passed the bill on Wednesday, and if signed by governor Brad Little, it will take effect next year. Currently, the firing squad serves as Idaho’s backup execution method if state corrections officials are unable…
It actually happened. The Liberals and Nationals are breaking up, ending a decades-long partnership of political convenience that has been necessary for conservatives to hold power. The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, informed the Liberal leader, Sussan Ley, mid-morning on Tuesday that the country party wouldn’t sign a new coalition agreement. The first and obvious question…
Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, answers a question at a press conference during the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 6, 2024. Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images China’s financial regulators on Thursday unveiled a slew of measures to urge large state-owned mutual funds…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist The U.S. men’s national team is aiming to win its eighth Concacaf Gold Cup title this summer. Now the Americans know their path. Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT squad learned the identity of its three group stage opponents during Thursday’s draw. The tournament co-hosts will face Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago and guest team…
Michael “Mike” Walter, MIT Health applications support generalist, passed away on Nov. 2 at age 46 after a battle with cancer. At home, Walter was a husband and devoted father to his two adolescent sons. But for 22 years, he was everyone’s friend and the smiling face at MIT Health who never failed to solve…
The 10-year Treasury yield climbed higher Friday, adding to its steep weekly rise, as dizzying trade moves by President Donald Trump caused investors to dump U.S. assets in favor of other global safe havens. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield advanced more 10 basis points to 4.495%. It earlier jumped to its highest level since Feb. 13. The 2-year…
US President Donald Trump meets with US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump said that tariffs will likely be more “lenient than reciprocal,” as the April 2 tariff deadline looms for a number of levies…
The spectacular remains of the first stegosaur to be described by scientists – discovered in a clay pit in Swindon in 1874 – are on display in the grand surroundings of the Natural History Museum in London. But 150 years on, a little piece of the Swindon Stegosaur has been returned to the Wiltshire town,…
A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s central bank on Tuesday said it would slow the pace of government bond purchases from April next year, while it also held the benchmark rate at 0.5% amid rising…
