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Category: WORLD

Trade war: US raises tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods
BUSINESSWORLD

Trade war: US raises tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods

The US has more than doubled tariffs on $200bn (£153.7bn) worth of Chinese products, in a sharp escalation of their…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/05/2019
Australia’s A$50 note misspells responsibility
WORLD

Australia’s A$50 note misspells responsibility

Australia’s latest A$50 note comes with a big blunder hidden in the small print – a somewhat embarrassing typo. The…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/05/2019
Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Sussex name son Archie
WORLD

Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Sussex name son Archie

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Introducing him to the cameras earlier…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/05/2019
Trade war: Trump says China ‘broke the deal’ in trade talks
WORLD

Trade war: Trump says China ‘broke the deal’ in trade talks

US President Donald Trump said China “broke the deal” in trade talks, ramping up hostilities ahead of negotiations between the…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/05/2019
Colorado shooting: Teenager killed in high school attack
WORLD

Colorado shooting: Teenager killed in high school attack

A teenager has been killed and seven others injured after two pupils allegedly opened fire in a US school. The…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/05/2019
World markets tumble amid US-China trade tensions
WORLD

World markets tumble amid US-China trade tensions

Stock markets around the world have slumped after US President Donald Trump’s unexpected threat to impose new tariffs on Chinese…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/05/201908/05/2019
Brexit: UK will take part in European elections, says David Lidington
WORLD

Brexit: UK will take part in European elections, says David Lidington

The UK will have to hold European elections, despite hopes from the government a Brexit deal would be done by…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/05/2019
US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq amid Iran tensions
WORLD

US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq amid Iran tensions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made an unscheduled, fleeting visit to Iraq, amid growing tensions with Iran. Mr…

byFaraz Shauketaly08/05/2019
Royal baby: Meghan gives birth to boy, Harry announces
WORLD

Royal baby: Meghan gives birth to boy, Harry announces

The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a boy, the Duke of Sussex has announced. A beaming Prince Harry…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/05/2019
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar
WORLD

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo: Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis have been freed. Wa Lone, 33 and…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/05/2019

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