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Yafang Zhou, 59, was removed by ‘system of ropes and pulleys’ by first responders who crawled in to save herA San Diego woman who was last seen on 25 March was found in a storm drain on Monday, and succumbed to her injuries shortly after.A Palomar medical center doctor pronounced Yafang Zhou, 59, dead at about 4.15pm Monday, just hours after first responders extracted her from the drain. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/san-diego-woman-storm-drain Author : Cecilia Nowell Publish date : 2025-04-09 21:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As fears of a global recession continue in the wake of Donald Trump’s tariffs, Keir Starmer insists the UK should keep a cool head. But with markets in turmoil and a looming economic crisis, does the prime minister need to be bolder? John Harris asks the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff.Plus, he speaks to Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, about whether people should ‘buy British’ to combat the tariffs.--Listen to John discuss how music helped him connect with his autistic son on the Today in Focus podcast here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/apr/04/how-the-beatles-helped-my-autistic-son-find-his-voice-podcast-- Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/apr/09/trump-triggers-global-meltdown-while-starmer-scrambles-politics-weekly-uk Author : Presented

Exclusive: Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire pushes to set limits on special government employees in response to Musk’s White House roleA Democratic senator has introduced a bill that would prohibit awarding government contracts and grants to companies owned by special government employees, taking aim at Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO.The bill, authored by Jeanne Shaheen, the longtime Democratic New Hampshire senator, is an attempt to prevent conflicts of interest and was crafted in response to Musk’s role in the White House, where Donald Trump has designated him a special government employee, according to a Senate aide. Special

Presumed future chancellor says coalition has ‘strong plan’ after negotiations as polling shows popularity of far-right AfDEarlier today I brought you Donald Trump’s comments overnight on “major” tariffs to be announced “very shortly” on pharmaceuticals (9:20).My colleague Lisa O’Carroll looked at the risks such measures could pose for Europe:Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on US drugs imports.Drugmakers’ shares across Europe and India, another foreign drugs hub, slipped on Wednesday after

Labour say the attraction will bring an estimated £50bn boost to the economy while Tories claim they deserve credit for the new parkOne person probably more enthusiastic than most about the prospect of Universal opening a theme park in the UK is the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey. He is a great fan of outdoor activity-related photocalls, and he’s been at it again today, and the Gloucester Ski and Snowboarding Centre in Matson, Gloucestershire.Almost 40 MPs and peers have signed a letter organised by Jeremy Corbyn calling for an independent inquiry into the government’s role in the war in Gaza.Many

Singer Rubby Pérez who was performing at Jet Set club and municipal governor among the dead in Santo DomingoSearch efforts continued early on Wednesday after nearly 100 people died in a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic.The popular Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was performing at the Jet Set nightclub for hundreds of people when the collapse occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday, was one of those killed, according to his manager. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/dominican-republic-nightclub-roof-collapse-death-toll Author : Agence France-Presse in Santo Domingo Publish date : 2025-04-09 09:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHealth minister grilled on Labor’s $1bn mental health packageThe health minister, Mark Butler, says Labor will not technically be building new mental health centres under its $1bn mental health promise.We’re not building them. This is to fund the operations of these centres. Generally, they will rent existing premises.They won’t be brand-new buildings. What we

Northeast Atlantic mackerel populations depleted, and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other optionsMackerel stocks are nearing a “breaking point”, experts have said as the fish is downgraded as a sustainable option.People should be eating herring instead, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said, because mackerel continues to be overfished by countries including Norway and the UK. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/mackerel-stocks-near-breaking-point-because-of-overfishing-say-experts Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter Publish date : 2025-04-09 04:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Australian and Asian stock markets fall after as Trump presses ahead with plans to hit China with huge retaliatory tariffsToday’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/apr/09/stock-share-markets-us-china-trade-trump-tariffs-business-news-live-updates Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-04-09 01:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Keir Starmer hails visitor attraction – set to open in 2031 – as a way to bring jobs and growth to regionFirst Beijing, and now Bedford: a “transformative” new British tourist magnet is coming to the home counties – just off the A421.A former brickworks will be the site of a new multibillion-pound theme park from the entertainment behemoth Universal, the government confirmed on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/apr/09/universal-chooses-bedford-to-be-location-of-its-first-theme-park-in-europe Author : Esther Addley Publish date : 2025-04-08 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

State is fourth in the US to create such a system, recognizing a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peopleNew Mexico became the fourth state in the nation to create an alert system for missing Indigenous Americans after its governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed legislation creating a “turquoise alert” on Monday.The act, which passed both chambers of the state legislature unanimously during the state’s recent legislative session, symbolizes the growing attention that a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people – most often women and girls – has received in recent years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/new-mexico-indigenous-missing-alert Author :

US president had threatened to impose extra levies unless China withdrew its 34% retaliatory tariffs todayThe European Union still wants to avoid a trade war with the United States despite Donald Trump’s administration’s rejection of the “zero for zero” offer on all industrial goods put forward by Brussels, an EU spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday.White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Monday that the European Union needed to lower its non-tariff barriers, including those created by value-added taxes and food safety regulations, if it wanted to reach a deal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/08/donald-trump-threatens-tariffs-50-per-cent-china-us-politics-latest-updates-news Author : Marina Dunbar

PM appears at Commons liaison committee with questions to also focus on international affairs and defenceHalf of Britons (51%) think the government should impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the US, according to polling by More in Common, a campaign group. Last week, just before the Trump tariffs were announced, YouGov published figures suggesting 71% of Britons would favour retaliatory tariffs against the US.Yesterday YouGov also released polling suggesting that only around a third of voters think Keir Starmer and the government played a significant role in ensuring the US tariffs imposed on the UK are relatively low. Continue reading...

The move has sent shockwaves through a region of US strategic importance that had respected Trump as tough on Beijing Vietnam had tried to appease Donald Trump: tariffs on US goods were reduced; regulations were passed to allow Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its Starlink in the country. The prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, even joked in January that he would happily “play golf all day long” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Florida if it could “bring benefits to my country and my people”.The strategies do not appear to have worked. Trump has inflicted an extraordinary 46% tariff on Vietnam

Prime minister and Coalition leader go head-to-head in debate hosted by Sky News. Follow livePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastDutton makes opening remarksPeter Dutton is now giving his opening remarks, saying it has been a tough three years for Australians. He says the government has made a number of mistakes, “starting with the voice ”:Almost 30,000 small businesses have gone broke … when you go to the supermarket now, you’re now paying 30% more for groceries, paying about 32% more for your electricity

FTSE 100 up as investors hope reports of planned US trade talks with Japan mean it will be open to negotiationsBusiness live –latest updatesEuropean stock markets opened higher on Tuesday in early signs of a rebound from the punishing global sell-off triggered by US trade tariffs.Stock markets in the UK and across the EU were in positive territory in early trading on Tuesday, as some investor optimism returned after heavy falls as a result of Donald Trump’s “liberation day’” tariff announcements last Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/markets-trump-tariffs-ftse-100-us-trade Author : Lauren Almeida Publish date : 2025-04-08 07:44:00 Copyright for

Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies loomsTariff market reaction –live updatesChina’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said the US president’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/08/china-vows-to-fight-to-the-end-against-latest-trump-tariff-threat Author :

Just 4% of Australia’s rental properties, or less than one in 20, are occupied by international students, the property council saysElection 2025 live updates: federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal coverageDutton keeps blaming migration for the housing crisis. But can it really be that simple?Peter Dutton claims cutting at least 80,000 new international students from Australian higher education institutions will make it easier for you to find a rental property, saying Labor’s high migration intake has fuelled the housing crisis.It would mean space for 115,000 at publicly funded universities and up to 125,000 overseas students in VET sector

Beijing vows to safeguard its interests after Trump promises steeper tariffs if China doesn’t retract planned countermeasures, as markets brace for further volatilityTrump threatens additional 50% tariffs on China over retaliatory leviesJapan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has now risen 5%, news reports are saying.The jump comes after financial markets across the globe posted a third day of losses on Monday as investors worried that steep trade barriers around the world’s largest consumer market could lead to a recession. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/apr/08/stock-markets-nikkei-dow-ftse-100-asian-market-today-trump-china-tariffs-threat-business-news-live-latest-updates Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-04-08 00:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Albanese to announce $1bn mental health package to be directed into Medicare and youth specialist centres. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor defends Coalition policy U-turns on work from home and job cutsAngus Taylor has conceded that a proposal to ban working from home for public servants was “the wrong policy” but has accused Labor of a “scare

USCCB says ‘heartbreaking’ decision comes after Trump administration cut funding for refugee resettlementThe US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced on Monday that it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the “heartbreaking” decision follows the Trump administration’s abrupt halt of funding for refugee resettlement.The break will inevitably result in fewer services than Catholic agencies were able to offer in the past to the needy, the bishops said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/bishops-trump-funding-cuts-children-refugees Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-04-07 18:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

President poised to further impose taxes after Beijing announced a 34% tariff on US imports as global markets fallUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on imports from China on Wednesday unless the country rescinds its retaliatory tariffs on the United States by Tuesday.The news comes on the third day of catastrophic market falls around the globe since Trump announced his trade war last Wednesday with tariffs on the US’s trading partners. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-china-tariffs Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2025-04-07 16:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

EU trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič says bloc in a ‘tough spot’ with 70% of exports being subjected to tariffs Outgoing German economy minister Robert Habeck is not mincing his words this morning in response to a question on US tariffs and how they were calculated.He says:“The calculations, from my point of view, are nonsense. Even the basis of the calculation is nonsense. The assumption that a trade budget surplus or deficit is a problem in itself, is a wrong estimation, because in the end, globalisation serves all economies, and especially the American economy, has huge growth figures in GDP, better

US economic council head denies tariffs were part of strategy to crash financial markets and pressure fed to cut interest ratesFearing legal repercussions, online harassment and professional consequences, student journalists are retracting their names from published articles amid intensifying repression by the Trump administration targeting students perceived to be associated with the pro-Palestinian movement.Editors at university newspapers say that anxiety among writers has risen since the arrest of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, who is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention fighting efforts to deport her. While the government has not pointed to evidence supporting its decision

Prime minister to focus on car industry, which has been hit by 25% tariffs on exports to US, but manufacturers say ‘greater action almost certainly needed’The Green Alliance thinktank welcomed the fact that the government has not not changed the headline goal of 2030 for the year when the sale of petrol and diesel cars must end (apart from micro-volume supercar brands, like McLaren and Aston Martin – which are now exempt). But it has expressed concern that the changes announced today will slow progress towards making the car industry fully electric.Shaun Spiers, its executive director, said:We welcome the prime