President Trump’s steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them. Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up. Source link
Month: May 2025
Hundreds of lawyers call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza war
Frances Mao & Natasha Preskey BBC News Getty Images Aftermath of an Israeli strike at Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City on 26 May Hundreds […]
Norway ship refloated after near miss with house
A large container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway last week has been refloated. Johan Helberg, who owns the house […]
US Stocks Rally on the ‘TACO Trade’
The tongue-in-cheek term adopted by analysts and commentators describes how markets tumble on President Trump’s tariff threats, only to rebound when he relents. Source link
Country ‘on brink’ of health disaster as cholera spreads
War-torn Sudan is now “on the brink” of a public health disaster as cholera and other deadly diseases spread, aid group, the International Rescue Committee […]
Ronnie Dugger, Crusading Texas Journalist, Dies at 95
As founding editor of The Texas Observer, he fought bigotry and exposed corporate greed, political chicanery and government corruption. Source link
French MPs back law to allow assisted dying
French MPs have voted to allow some people in the last stages of a terminal illness the right to assisted dying. The National Assembly approved […]
In Speech to Canada’s Parliament, King Charles Describes a ‘Dangerous and Uncertain’ World
The king was invited to open Canada’s Parliament as a subtle rebuke to President Trump’s economic and annexation threats against Canada. Source link
U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the vaccine would not be included as part of the immunization schedule for healthy children. Source link
Southwest Airlines Sets Baggage Fees
Until now, it was the only major U.S. airline that allowed passengers to check two bags at no extra cost. On May 28, most passengers […]