A man skiing with his son was among the victims on Friday, bringing the region’s avalanche death toll this season to at least 21.
Category: 3. Europe
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Avalanches kill five in Austrian Alps, officials say
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Republicans quietly celebrate the demise of Trump’s tariffs. That relief might not last.
Republicans quietly breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Supreme Court struck down U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Friday — but that feeling may prove fleeting.
The court’s decision to upend Trump’s global tariffs comes as affordability concerns and the cost…
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Trump’s economy decelerates as shutdown, consumer spending drag on growth
U.S. President Donald Trump was having a hard time selling Americans on his vision for the economy when it was expanding at a rapid clip. Now, growth is starting to decelerate.
The Commerce Department on Friday estimated that the economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.4 percent during the…
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Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom
Since then a torrent of condemnation has come down on the main party on the radical left, La France Insoumise, and on its leader, veteran firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon. LFI – or France Unbowed – has a bloc of some 70 MPs in the 577-member National Assembly.
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How ordinary lives were turned upside down
Some ran towards the borders; others, to the enlistment offices. “I froze, trying to master my fear,” says Oleh, a publishing graduate and former NGO worker. “I am not a military man, I have never seen myself like that, and I did not understand how ordinary people could stand in the way of such…
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Trump launches new 10 percent global tariff after Supreme Court ruling
President Donald Trump announced he will enact a new 10 percent global tariff following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down many of his original tariffs on Friday.
Trump said at a press conference he will maintain many existing tariffs and impose the new tariffs under a different…
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Trump attacks Supreme Court justices after he is handed a major tariff loss
President Donald Trump admonished justices who struck down sweeping tariffs on Friday, accusing the six members of the Supreme Court of being “afraid of doing the right thing.”
The president said at a press conference hours after the court’s ruling that he’s “ashamed” for the…
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What happens to billions in tariff money already paid? Supreme Court leaves refunds unsettled.
In striking down a large chunk of President Donald Trump’s tariffs Friday, the Supreme Court set up a new legal battle over the $130 billion-plus the government has collected from those duties.
The justices, in their 6-3 ruling, did not order the Trump administration to provide refunds to…
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UK agrees drone defence plan with four EU allies
The scheme will seek to take inspiration from Ukraine’s drone manufacturing programme.
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EU’s €90B plan to fund Ukraine in jeopardy as Hungary blocks deal – POLITICO
Hungary’s threat to veto the loan is a major setback for Ukraine, whose coffers will begin running low on cash from April. Kyiv will struggle to sustain its war effort without fresh funds, leaving it at a disadvantage in ongoing peace talks with Russia.
The first signs of trouble began…
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