Bank of England (File Photo AP) LONDON: The Bank of England is widely expected to look past near-term inflationary pressures in the British economy and opt to cut interest rates on Thursday as a result of the potential shock to growth emanating from the tariff policies of the Trump administration. Most economists believe it’s a […]
JD Vance jokingly said fans coming to the US to watch FIFA World Cup would be deported if they overstay. Social media users said no body laughed at his joke. The Donald Trump administration has made sure that next year’s FIFA World Cup will not give a leeway to foreign visitors to overstay in the […]
Representative Image (AI) TEGUCIGALPA: The US Embassy in Honduras issued a warning on Tuesday about the threat of a mass shooting at three potential targets in the capital, including a school, a shopping mall and a government complex.The warning posted to the embassy’s account on X said it had received information that the attacks could […]
Pakistan will use the “full spectrum of power, both conventional and nuclear” in response to any Indian military action or interference with its water supply, its ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali said. His comments come amid spiralling tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following the April 22 terrorist attack in J&K’s Pahalgam that killed […]
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and border official Tom Homan Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, taunted Tom Homan on Friday after the border official threatened to report her to the Justice Department for guiding migrants about avoiding deportation.At a Queens town hall gathering, Ocasio-Cortez expressed her lack of concern regarding the immigration official’s statements following her office’s “Know […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Monday criticized a threat by US President Donald Trump’s administration to restrict livestock imports over a pest control row, fanning tensions between the major trade partners.Trump’s Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned in a letter released Saturday that Washington would restrict imports of live cattle unless Mexico acts to help control a […]
Jagdeep Singh says RCMP warned him about life threat possibly originating from a foreign government. Two days before the election and amid predictions that the NDP will do so badly that it can lose party status, Jagmeet Singh Saturday opened up about something that happened two years ago. He considered stepping down as the leader […]
Representative image (Picture credit: X/@LindsayH4) Florida’s St Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) received a bomb threat, after a note was discovered inside an Allegiant Air flight, prompting an evacuation and a temporary airport shutdown.After a thorough investigation, the airport returned to normal operations by Friday night.According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the Allegiant plane […]
Harvard defies Trump, faces $2.3bn federal funding freeze US President Donald Trump threatened to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, intensifying an ongoing battle between the White House and the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university. The move came after Harvard rejected a list of policy changes demanded by the Trump administration, including shifts in […]
JOHANNESBURG: Washington’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is of little comfort to southern African economies facing the collapse of a preferential trade deal and a 25-percent hike on car imports, analysts say.The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which provided duty-free access to the US market for some African products — had enabled certain sectors […]
