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Anthony Albanese’s first appearance of the federal election campaign – a carefully planned, staged-managed roadshow – was not planned at all. As the prime minister’s vehicle moved through the Murrumba Downs shopping centre car park, a snap decision was made to hop out and greet gym goers on their Saturday morning workout. It was a … Read more
It had been a long and at times intolerable wait. But the South Korean constitutional court’s decision on Friday to oust Yoon Suk Yeol from office may have restored the public’s faith in their democracy. For 22 minutes, millions of South Koreans held their breath as the chief justice of the constitutional court, Moon Hyung-bae, … Read more
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Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift on Thursday afternoon, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on a cigarette and shook his head when asked about Donald Trump’s US tariff policies. “It’s just another nail in the coffin for the German car industry,” the … Read more
A glass factory in Wigan that produces fibreglass for electric cars and wind turbines faces closure and the loss of 250 jobs unless its Japanese owner can find a new partner or a buyer. In the latest blow to Britain’s industrial base, Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) announced a “strategic review” of its composites business Electric … Read more
The US added 228,000 jobs in March, far more than expected, as the US economy shook off the blow from the Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal workers. The figure was up from an adjusted 117,000 jobs added in February. Unemployment rose slightly to 4.2%. Economists anticipated 140,000 jobs would be added in March 2025, … Read more
Exchanging Easter eggs and tucking into a roast dinner are among the highlights of the spring holiday but Britons face paying more for this year’s celebrations after a sharp rise in the price of essentials such as chocolate, lamb and hot cross buns. A leg of lamb joint now costs on average £13.94 a kilo … Read more
The day after Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs, Lesotho’s garment workers feared for their jobs. Last year, Lesotho sent about 20% of its $1.1bn (£845m) of exports to the US, most of it clothing, as well as diamonds, under a continent-wide trade agreement meant to help African countries’ development via tariff-free exports. Now, all … Read more
A woman who killed her newborn baby 27 years ago while suffering from postnatal depression has been spared jail because her thinking was “substantially impaired” by mental illness. Joanne Sharkey, 55, was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility over the death of her … Read more
Good morning. Donald Trump’s barrage of tariff announcements has wiped trillions of dollars off the value of the world’s largest companies and supercharged recession fears, with London’s stock market opening on Friday morning at its lowest level since January. Wednesday’s dramatic import tax announcements of between 10% and 50% are being met with alarm around … Read more