Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during an Economic Club of Chicago event in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday issued his latest call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, following a better-than-expected jobs report…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday called China the leading candidate for the “chief-ripper-offer” on trade, and tried to downplay the possible economic impacts of…
South Korea’s Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (right) arrives at Incheon International Airport on April 23, 2025, as he departs for Washington for finance and trade ministers’ talks with the U.S. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea has asked for “calm” and “orderly” discussions with the U.S. on trade issues,…
Steel piled up at Guoyuan Port in Chongqing, China, on April 20, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China on Thursday said that there were no ongoing discussions with the U.S. on tariffs, despite indications from the White House this week that there would be some easing in the tensions. “At…
Former President Barack Obama is applauding Harvard University’s decision to refuse the White House’s demands that it change its policies or lose federal money, in his first social media post to criticise the Trump administration since at least Inauguration Day. President Donald Trump is freezing more than $2bn (£1.5bn) in federal funds for Harvard because…
The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has called a Saturday Night Live (SNL) sketch that impersonated her using exaggerated prosthetic teeth “mean and unfunny”. The British actress said the US comedy programme “punched down” on her and suggested the sketch was misogynistic. In a series of Instagram posts, Wood wrote that she was happy…
The Palestine Red Crescent Society has called for an independent international inquiry into Israel’s killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza. The organisation released the full video found on the phone of one of its eight paramedics who died when troops fired at a convoy of ambulances on 23 March, which it said constituted…
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to rally in the centre of Paris on Sunday in protest at a ruling that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years. Le Pen’s bid to become France’s next president in 2027 were dealt a dramatic blow on Monday, when…
A national protest meant to pressure Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign turned into a shutdown as citizens opted to stay away rather than take to the streets amid a heavy security presence. Only a handful of protesters took part in the planned march, spearheaded by a group of disgruntled war veterans who have accused…
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on March 28, 2025. Mike Bowers | Afp | Getty Images Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a national election for May 3 as the country grapples with high cost of living and rising U.S. tariffs. That kicked off…
