Trump’s baseline 10% tariff on all imports from many countries has begun, with higher levies on 57 trading partners to start next week
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the White House on Monday to discuss recently announced tariffs with US president Donald Trump, three Israeli officials said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
The impromptu visit was first reported by Axios, which said that if the visit takes place, the Israeli leader would be the first foreign leader to meet Trump in person to try to negotiate a deal to remove tariffs.
Continue reading...Israel says soldiers fired on ‘terrorists’ in ‘suspicious vehicles’ but footage shows clearly marked ambulances
Mobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Saturday was recovered from the phone of Rifat Radwan, one of the men killed, appears to have been filmed from inside a moving vehicle. It shows a red fire engine and clearly marked ambulances driving at night, using headlights and flashing emergency lights.
Continue reading...More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’
Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, is now adddressing the crowd in Washington DC.
We see the foundations of our society, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, the very safety nets that people have fought for, for generations, to ensure that our country lives up to its promise, are being targeted by the billionaires and the oligarchs and the corporations.
This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives, our healthcare, to our schools, to our thoughts, to our very free speech under the false banner of patriotism and freedom …
We are not only the liberals who believe in liberty, we are not only the progressives who believe in progress. We are the conservatives who will defend the land, the air, the water, the climate system, the constitution, the Bill of Rights, social cecurity, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act … the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Clean Water Act …
Everything that their party of nihilists and authoritarians wants to tear down in the next few weeks, we are going to conserve and defend for future generations of America.
Continue reading...Group plans to hold demonstrations in London against UK arms sales to Israel every Tuesday and Saturday in April
About 40 Youth Demand protesters were told to move on by the police during a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday.
The campaigners began gathering at Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Saturday morning and made their way to King’s Cross station.
Continue reading...French prime minister calls for rival gatherings to be held in a spirit of ‘calm, mutual respect and responsibility’
France’s far right is hoping for a massive public show of support tomorrow in a “people’s protest” against Marine Le Pen being barred from standing for president in 2027.
The Rassemblement National (National Rally – RN) party called for a nationwide demonstration under the banner “Save Democracy” after Le Pen was found guilty in a €4m (£3.4m) embezzlement trial.
Continue reading...Fuelled by social media, a global boom is outstripping production of the powdered green tea
The appearance of the vivid-green powder elicits smiles and appreciative sounds, and anticipation among dozens of tea lovers. Their hand-milled batches now ready for whisking with hot water, they will soon be rewarded for their patience.
The foreign tourists attending a matcha-making experience in Uji, near Kyoto in western Japan, are united in their love of the powdered, bitter form of green tea the Japanese have been drinking for centuries, and which is now at the centre of a global boom.
Continue reading...2 min: Forest – who deliberately kept their hosts waiting before kick-off, forming a huddle that went on a bit longer than was absolutely necessary – are kicking towards the Holte End in this first half.
Forest get the ball rolling. But only after a knee is taken: there’s no room for racism.
Continue reading...Nick Rockett led home an extraordinary one-two-three for trainer Willie Mullins at 33-1 in Saturday’s Grand National. Ridden by the trainer’s son, Patrick, Nick Rockett beat last year’s winner I Am Maximus with Grangeclare West third.
The winning horse is still registered in the ownership of Stewart and Sadie Andrew, and though Sadie died of cancer in December 2022, she had been the one who wanted a horse in training with Willie Mullins as they were from the same part of Ireland.
Continue reading...Young people whose debts outweigh their assets are at risk of experiencing blighted earnings, and even poorer health
Gen Z and young millennials are battling a “negative wealth” problem due to growing debt burdens that limit their life chances, according to a new analysis from the Fairness Foundation.
The thinktank says negative wealth, where debts outweigh assets, is linked to lower wages and worse health in later life, and that ministers should reintroduce the Child Trust Fund to give young people a greater stake in society.
Continue reading...Anonymous donations made to Molly Rose Foundation, set up after UK teenager took her own life after viewing harmful material on social media
Meta and Pinterest have reportedly made significant donations to the Molly Rose Foundation, a charity set up to campaign for internet safety.
The foundation was set up in the name of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing harmful material linked to suicide and self-harm on social media platforms.
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