Beijing has accused the US of “double standards” after President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 per cent tariff on goods from China. “The relevant US statement is a typical example of ‘double standards,’” an unnamed Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said in a statement published online on Sunday, local time. However, it stopped short of…
Concentration in the S&P 500 has reached astonishing levels. As most investors are keenly aware, the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -2.71%) index has been hitting new all-time highs in 2025, extending a streak that has lasted since late 2022. A big part of this run has to do with several high-flying artificial intelligence stocks that investors can’t…
Toronto: Canada wants to “deepen economic cooperation” with India, the country’s foreign ministry said even as it’s Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu spoke with Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday. Shipping containers are stacked on a cargo ship at the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (AFP) In a readout…
Dear Wayne and Wanda, I’ve been on and off dating apps for a while. Typically when I’m tired of being single and/or hear someone else’s inspirational story about how they found love on an app, I dust off my profile and dive back in. Then I am inevitably discouraged by the options and lack of…
Where Donald Trump leads, Europe’s nationalists and far right follow. After a Truth Social post last month, when Trump announced the US would designate antifa, the decentralised anti-fascist movement, “a major terrorist organisation”, his international allies swung into action. That same day, the Dutch parliament, where the largest party is Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV, passed…
Just hours before President Donald Trump said that the United States would impose a new tariff of 100% on imports from China “over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying,” starting on November 1, China had opened an investigation into Qualcomm, one of America’s most important semiconductor companies. China’s State Administration for Market…
Tariff and trade worries as well as cautious consumer spending have pushed shares of UPS to a five-year low, while also lifting its dividend yield to more than 7.5%. One thing everyone can agree on is that it has been a tough couple years for United Parcel Service (UPS -2.72%). Based on its Oct. 8th…
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is…
Quick Read Granit Xhaka joined Sunderland as captain after leading Bayer Leverkusen to an undefeated Bundesliga title. Xhaka is eager for his first Tyne-Wear Derby, describing it as potentially the craziest of his career. Sunderland returned to the Premier League after eight years, with Xhaka’s leadership key to their adaptation. Xhaka scored for Switzerland vs…
Standing outside the pub, 36-year-old business owner Rachel took a final tug on her vape and steeled herself to meet the man she’d spent the last three weeks opening up to. They’d matched on the dating app Hinge and built a rapport that quickly became something deeper. “From the beginning he was asking very open-ended…