World leaders should be ashamed of their neglect of people whose lives were “hanging by a thread” at a time of surging violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the international charity leader Jan Egeland has said. In a stinging attack on aid cuts and the “nationalistic winds” blowing across Europe and the…
Donald Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including the UK, has come into force after 48 hours of turmoil. US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses at 12.01am ET (04:01 GMT), with higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners due to start…
During the coming weeks and months, many more people may be able to buy a property they would previously assumed was out of their price range. One of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders, Santander, has loosened its affordability rules to enable customers to borrow more, with other banks and building societies almost certain to follow suit.…
The guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 after an illness, his family said, paying tribute to the Grammy-nominated blind musician. Amadou and his wife, Mariam Doumbia, formed a group whose blend of traditional Malian music with rock guitars and western blues sold millions of…
The Chinese company that controls the Port of Darwin has accused Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton of treating it like “a political football” in the middle of a federal election campaign. Federal Labor and the Coalition have both announced that if elected on 3 May they would end Landbridge’s long-term lease of the Port of…
Parents with children in neonatal care will gain a day-one right to paid leave and pay in a move hailed as “a lifeline for parents” with sick babies. From Sunday, the measures will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave and pay, on top of maternity and paternity leave. Neonatal care…
After President Donald Trump’s new tariffs crushed global stocks for a second consecutive day, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said next week’s earnings reports will provide a first look at how CEOs are dealing with the fallout. Big bank earnings headline the upcoming week, alongside inflation data. No matter what the numbers reveal, though, Cramer said the…
Wall Street suffered its worst week since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis five years ago as investors worldwide balked at Donald Trump’s risky bid to overhaul the global economy with sweeping US tariffs. The US president doubled down on his plan on Friday, insisting he would not back down even as the chairman of…
A federal judge on Friday afternoon ordered the US to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison. The wife of the man, who was flown to a notorious Salvadoran prison had earlier joined dozens of supporters at a rally before a court hearing on Friday, where his lawyers had asked the…
Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to extend the TikTok ban deadline. This is the second time the president will have delayed the ban or sale of the social media app, and will punt the deadline to 75 days from now. The TikTok deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals…
