BBCIt was early morning on 23 March when the police came to Yasin Akgul’s door in Istanbul – while his children were still in bed. Just hours before, the Turkish photojournalist had returned home from covering mass anti-government…
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Journalist arrests fuel fears for democracy
BBCYasin Akgul, a photojournalist for AFP, was arrested at his home -
Commission watching for Chinese steel and electronics imports amid trade war
As reciprocal tariffs kick in, the EU is expecting goods formerly destined for the US to seek EU markets, with Chinese renewables, steel and electronics topping a list of products the Commission is keeping its eye on.
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Trump is taking US-Russia relations on a rollercoaster ride
Steve RosenbergRussia Editor
ReutersIf I was writing a Russian language course for 2025, Lesson One would definitely contain the phrase for rollercoaster: Amerikanskiye gorki.
It means, literally, American Hills.
How appropriate.
After all, with President Donald Trump now operating the ride, and…
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What impact will new US tariffs have on the wallets of people in Europe?
The introduction of 20% customs duties on European products could lead to deflation, or lower prices, in Europe.
That would be caused by an increase in supply from China but also within the European Union.
“One of the factors that will lead to lower prices in the EU will of course be…
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Northern Ireland’s firms fear they’ll lose millions in Trump’s trade war – POLITICO
‘Unable to recover the tariff’
Northern Ireland’s unionist Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has also warned that the duty reimbursement scheme isn’t up to scratch. It is “not fit for purpose for businesses,” she said Thursday.
One of Manufacturing NI’s members,…
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Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
President Donald Trump insisted Friday that “MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE,” doubling down on his aggressive tariff policies amid plummeting U.S. stock markets.
“TO THE MANY INVESTORS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE,”…
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Going round in circularity: Most Brits confused by sustainability language, survey finds
A third of consumers admitted to ignoring what brands say about sustainability because it confuses them.
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Global sell-off worsens and Dow Jones tumbles as China hits back at US
Stock markets worldwide sunk even lower on Friday after China announced that it would impose a 34% tariff on imported goods from the US, matching the rate set by US President Donald Trump earlier this week.
Not even a better-than-expected report on the US job market, which is usually…
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Art Paris returns in full glory: Sunshine, sculpture, and a century of design in the Grand Palais
“This place is magnificent!” states Ghislaine Escande, a painter and visual artist who has been coming to Art Paris since the very beginning. And she’s not the only one to say so.
For its 27th edition, the modern and contemporary art fair is celebrating its return to the Grand…
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The 50-year-old code that reshaped the world: Bill gates on the ‘revolution’ that started Microsoft
Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology.
Although the code that Gates printed out on a teletype machine may look crude compared to what’s powering today’s…
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