US President Donald Trump has said he is raising the global tariff he wants to impose to 15%, up from the 10% he had announced a day earlier. Mr Trump said in a social media post that he was making the decision “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, […]
Continue ReadingNasa’s new Moon rocket has suffered another setback, putting next month’s planned launch with astronauts in jeopardy, the space agency announced. Officials revealed the latest problem just one day after targeting March 6 for humanity’s first flight to the Moon in more than half a century. Overnight, the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump said on Saturday he will raise from 10 per cent to 15 per cent a temporary tariff rate on US imports from all countries, which he imposed after the US Supreme Court ruled against his signature tariff programme based on an economic emergency law. Infuriated by the high court’s ruling, Trump […]
Continue ReadingA student from Gaza has described how leaving her family to come to Ireland was the “hardest decision of my entire life”. Ghada Ashour, a speaker at Saturday’s National March for Palestine in Dublin, told the Press Association she left Khan Younis last September to study for a master’s degree in Ireland. She said her […]
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl has been named the best-selling album globally in 2025 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Her 12th studio album topped the IFPI’s general albums chart, sales chart for physical releases and paid downloads, and vinyl sales chart, having been released in October last year, as […]
Continue ReadingIsraeli air strikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including local commanders, officials said. The Lebanese health ministry put the death toll at 10, but did not distinguish between militants and civilians. The Hezbollah officials said eight militants were killed in strikes near the village of Rayak in north-east […]
Continue ReadingA Belgian collector who put up for online auction a series of Second World War photographs showing the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad, signed a preliminary agreement with Greece on Friday and has withdrawn the photos from sale, Greece’s culture ministry said. Greece is seeking to obtain the photos […]
Continue ReadingBarcelona’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi remains years away from completion. A crane placed the upper arm of a cross atop the Tower of Jesus Christ, the church’s soaring central piece, which now stands 566 feet above the city, the church […]
Continue ReadingAn Austrian court has convicted a man of manslaughter caused by gross negligence, after his girlfriend froze to death as the couple attempted to climb the country’s highest peak last year. The 37-year-old defendant was given a five-month suspended sentence and a 9,600-euro (£8,380) fine in a verdict handed down by the Innsbruck state court […]
Continue ReadingQuentin Griffiths, who co-founded British fast-fashion retailer ASOS, has died after a fall from a balcony in Thailand, Thai police said on Friday. Police told Reuters that Griffiths, 58, had fallen from the 17th floor of an apartment block in the seaside resort city of Pattaya on February 9th. The police went to the scene […]
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