Largest US retailer Walmart warns of price hikes because of tariffs
Walmart is a bellwether of US consumer health and its statement is a signpost of the impact of the trade war.
Month: May 2025
UK’s Starmer seeking third countries to set up asylum seeker ‘return hubs’
PM’s plans compared to Conservatives’ controversial Rwanda deportation policy, which he had dismissed as a ‘gimmick’.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to send delegation for Russia talks after Putin no-show
Volodymyr Zelenskyy sends team led by defence minister for talks with Russian delegation in Turkiye’s Istanbul.
New ‘long COVID’ study zeroes in on possible biological cause of brain fog
Millions of “long COVID” patients coping with debilitating “brain fog” and chronic fatigue, who are looking for answers to what’s at the root of their
Pope Leo XIV didn’t say Trump’s immigration policies trampled on ‘teachings of the church’
The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump’s policies “a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology.”
Pope Leo XIV never encouraged people to ‘be woke’
“Woke means awakened by compassion,” the meme read, “Be awake. Be loving. Be woke.”
US Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
The case centres on whether lower courts have the power to block Trump’s orders nationwide
Are Lana Del Rey and Lizzo Engaged in TikTok Feud?
While their alleged exchange sparked online reactions from fans, neither artist actually posted any combative messages.
Blank questions, power cuts and a suicide: Nigeria’s exams fiasco
Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university.
Iran using criminal gangs for hit jobs abroad, court papers show
Organised gangs are paid to carry out attacks and kidnappings, evidence uncovered by the BBC reveals.
Gambia probes sale of ex-leader’s luxury cars, cows and boats
An investigative report says some state officials sold Jammeh’s assets to themselves at low prices.
Tourists watch as a massive chunk of ice breaks off Argentinian glacier
The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 metres tall
Cassie faces cross-examination on Day 4 of Combs sex trafficking trial
R&B singer Cassie said ex-boyfriend Sean (Diddy) Combs’s infidelity was a painful part of their combustible, nearly 11-year relationship, as the music mogul’s defence team began cross-examination
The all-female free divers of Jeju Island have a ‘superpower’ in their genes
The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. “It’s like a superpower,” says one of