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Apple chief executive Tim Cook has warned that Donald Trump’s tariffs will increase costs by $900mn in the quarter to the end ...
Elements of a long-awaited package of reform to tackle England’s struggling social care system might not be rolled out for a ...
Trump on April 2 imposed a minimum additional tariff of 10 per cent on almost all countries, while proposing extra “reciprocal” duties for some trading partners, including 20 per cent on the EU. Trump ...
The newly inaugurated president Trump took just two weeks to publicly link US support with access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth ...
American Airlines, Emirates and Qatar Airways all have an outsized business class floorspace on their Boeing long-haul aircraft. For the sake of a good night’s sleep, this raises the emissions per ...
A first-hand account from the UAE’s longest-serving female minister about hosting the World Expo and transforming the emirate ...
Gillian Tett’s article (“The Trump plan for oil”, Opinion, March 29) illustrates very well how many of Trump’s postulates are illusory. There ought to be a word for it. May I tentatively suggest: ...
The CIA has released two Chinese-language videos on YouTube and other social media channels in a campaign to sow ...
Reducing aid is taking the wrong path. In 1990, 38 per cent of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. Now, it’s 8.5 per cent. The world has moved forward, but our common job is not yet done.
Luxury department store Harrods has been targeted by cyber criminals, making it the latest major UK retailer to fall victim ...
Yuyuan Tantian, an account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, said in a social media post on China’s Weibo platform on ...
Behind the scenes a new generation of more specialised agents is starting to take shape.