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The two countries hope the accord will boost trade between them by 25.5 billion pounds. The United Kingdom and India have signed a trade agreement that will reduce tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky, cars and spices and allow more market access for businesses. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the agreement on Thursday…
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the “Winning the AI Race” AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images A trade agreement between the European Union and U.S. could be imminent, however with no guarantees Brussels continues to prepare retaliatory…
US officials are ‘optimistic’ that an agreement could be imminent. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that negotiations between the European Union and the United States over a long-running trade dispute are making progress. Speaking in Berlin on Wednesday ahead of a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron, Merz said, “We have been hearing in…
Hongkongers are increasingly pampering their pet cats, according to a survey that estimates the local market is worth HK$2.4 billion (US$305.7 million) a year thanks to owners who spend an average of about HK$2,000 a month on their feline companions. The Exhibition Group, organiser of the Hong Kong Cat Expo 2025, said on Wednesday the…
When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was in China earlier this year for his third meeting with Xi Jinping since returning to office in 2023, he hailed the relationship between the two countries as “indestructible”. That proximity will likely increase even more following United States President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 50 percent…
President Donald Trump discussing a U.S.-Japan trade agreement with a Japanese delegation and top White House aides in the Oval Office, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Source: @Scavino47 via X | The White House President Donald Trump‘s art of the deal seemed to play out in real time on Tuesday. Trump announced what he called a…
Saturday Night Live’s Marcello Hernández, who went viral in 2024 for his sketch persona Domingo, recently made his red carpet debut with his girlfriend, Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral. Hernández, who previously sparked romance rumours with celebrities like Sabrina Carpenter and Kaia Gerber, attended the New York premiere of the upcoming Adam Sandler-led film Happy Gilmore…
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he has struck a “massive” trade deal with Japan following months of fraught negotiations. Under the agreement announced on Tuesday, the US will impose a 15 percent tariff on Japanese exports and Japan will invest $550bn in the US, Trump said. “We just completed a massive Deal…
With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. In the wake of the deadly crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad in…