US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP President Donald Trump will impose tariffs on Saturday, February 1, on the United States’ three largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – the White House said, sparking concern for global … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as the two face a more geopolitically assertive US government led by Donald Trump, who criticised the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on the first day of his second term as president. On Monday, Trump’s return to the Oval Office was marked … Read more
Bang! Astronomers suspect that in the first second after the universe formed, the very first black holes also formed. These tiny though profoundly dense objects — think of an atom-sized particle wielding the mass of a mountain — are dubbed “primordial black holes.” But there’s a problem: There’s still no evidence they’ve ever existed. Now, … Read more
What caught my eye this week. With 2024’s decline in mortgage rates arrested – if not yet quite beaten-up for resisting said arrest – it is likely house prices will continue to go nowhere for a while. Especially given the higher stamp duty for buy-to-let landlords that came in with the October Budget. The now-5% … Read more
