Pope Francis has been laid to rest in Rome following solemn, hours-long funeral rites at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, bringing to a close his sometimes turbulent 12-year leadership of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. The Argentinian pontiff, who died earlier this week from a stroke and cardiac arrest at the age of 88, was buried … [Read more…]
Throngs of mourners are gathering in Vatican City and lining the streets of Rome on Saturday to give a final send-off to Pope Francis, who will be remembered as a champion of migrants and the poor, and for his efforts to reshape the Catholic Church. His funeral Mass is being held on the steps of … [Read more…]
Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine are “very close to a deal” with “most of the major points agreed” – as he called for the two sides to meet. Shortly after arriving in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral, the US president said high-level officials should now meet to “finish [the deal] off”. “A good day … [Read more…]
A body has been found after an 11-year-old girl went missing in the River Thames, police have said. The Metropolitan Police said they were alerted to a body in the River Thames in Maritime Quay around 9am on Sunday morning. Officers said the body is yet to be formally identified, “however, the family of Kaliyah … [Read more…]
US President Donald Trump’s administration has exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from “reciprocal” tariffs, including the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports. In a notice, US Customs and Border Patrol said that the goods would be excluded from Trump’s 10% global tariff on most countries and the much larger Chinese import tax. … [Read more…]
China retaliated Friday to higher U.S. tariffs, slapping 125% levies on U.S. goods, but signaled it would apply no further measures in the future. “If the U.S. continues to increase tariffs on Chinese exports, China will not respond,” China’s Ministry of Finance said in a statement announcing the new levies, in a sign that Chinese … [Read more…]
President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs but a trade war with China has escalated. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%” as … [Read more…]
After Trump’s new 104% tarrif on China, hits back with 84% tarrif at on US goods China hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump singling out the world’s second-largest economy for tariffs of more than 100% by raising additional duties on American products to 84% on Wednesday, deepening the trade war between the two superpowers. Beijing … [Read more…]
China vowed on Tuesday to “fight to the end” against U.S. tariffs as some citizens railed against President Donald Trump after he singled out Beijing for further levies, setting the stage for a standoff between the world’s two largest economies. If Trump sticks to his plan for an additional 50% tariff on China unless it withdraws … [Read more…]
China has announced a slew of countermeasures against tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, including additional tariffs of 34 percent on all goods and curbs on the export of some rare earths, deepening an escalating trade war. Trump on Wednesday announced that China would be hit with a 34-percent tariff, on top of the … [Read more…]
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar – with at least 43 workers reported to be trapped in a collapsed building after the impact was felt as far away as Bangkok. Footage shared by local media shows the under-construction building in the Chatuchak area crashing to the ground as people run away from the scene. … [Read more…]
A British man in his 70s has died after being hit by a vehicle in Kenyan President William Ruto’s motorcade. The victim was named by Kenyan police as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick who died on Ngong Road in Nairobi on Thursday. A police spokesperson said a pedestrian who was “a foreign national”, had died following an … [Read more…]