A kitchen fire ripped through the Herbivorous Butcher on Tuesday night, and the nation’s first vegan butcher shop sustained serious damage. No injuries were reported as firefighters arrived around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. The restaurant has closed as ownership assesses the damage with the intent of temporarily moving some production to St. Paul…
Reuters US President Donald Trump’s advisers defended sweeping tariffs on imports and vowed to stay the course, despite market turmoil and calls to avoid a trade war. In a series of television interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down recent stock market falls and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, insisted “tariffs are coming”. Bessent said…
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Watch: ‘The country is going to boom’ after tariffs, says President Trump Global stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad. The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) walks with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (R) during a welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 25, 2025. Yoshikazu Tsuno | Afp | Getty Images Japan and Brazil on Wednesday agreed to establish a framework for foreign policy and defense exchanges during a state visit…
