Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said on Tuesday a consortium including BlackRock Inc would buy an 80% stake in a unit that controls ports in Panama for an equity value of $14.21bn. The sale of 90% interest in Panama Ports Company, which owns and operates the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, comes as the US … Read more
Mexico president vows to respond to tariffs on Sunday Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said she will outline her country’s response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on Sunday, Reuters reports. While China and Canada quickly announced plans for retaliatory levies on US goods, Mexico has so far held off, but Sheinbaum said she would detail tariff and … Read more
Americans have been warned to brace for higher prices within days after Donald Trump pulled the trigger on Monday and imposed US tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, and hiked tariffs on China. Global stock markets came under pressure again on Tuesday, with leading indices falling sharply – and the benchmark S&P 500 losing … Read more
Taiwan’s government has promised its most advance semiconductor technology will not be moved to the US under a new $100bn (£79bn) deal signed between the chip maker TSMC and Donald Trump, amid accusations that it is allowing the island’s national security to be undermined. The government said the deal must still go through government assessments, … Read more
Warning: this article contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing A man accused of killing his housemate in a “brutal attack” and scattering his body parts across parks and nature reserves in Greater Manchester sent text messages from the dead man’s phone in an effort to cover up the murder, a court has … Read more
Jagtar Singh Johal, the British human rights activist accused of terrorism has been acquitted on all charges in a case in Punjab, after a court rejected the allegations against him made by Indian authorities. Johal has been held in detention for seven years awaiting judgment, but must remain in prison since he is facing eight … Read more
Invasive Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different species of insects in Europe, including many which are important pollinators, researchers have warned. The findings, from tests of the guts of more than 1,500 larvae, raise new concerns over the “extra threat” the hornet poses to native insects already under pressure from farming, changes in land … Read more
Which Australian radio station pays men twice as much as women? Which bank has a pay gap nearly double the national average? And which large supermarket chain pays the best?* The answers to these questions – and many more – have been laid bare after the government’s Women’s Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published its second … Read more
Campaigners have welcomed a court ruling to remove British colonial monuments from Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and to rename streets that honour “crooks and historical figureheads”. In last week’s high court ruling, Justice Musa Ssekaana directed the city authorities to remove the names of British figures from streets, monuments and other landmarks. They include Maj Gen … Read more
Viewership for the telecast of this year’s Oscars ceremony was down 7% from 2024, according to figures from Nielsen. After three consecutive years of growth, viewership slipped to just over 18m in the US, across network ABC and the Oscars’ new online partner, Hulu – whose stream was dogged by problems. The ratings – which … Read more