Three Americans convicted for their role in a failed coup in Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been sent home to the US to serve the rest of their jail terms. The three were originally sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were commuted to life in prison last week. US … Read more
BBC Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are crippling for major Chinese exporters like the fast-fashion giant Shein China has called for the world to unite against Trump’s tariffs as the country’s exporters reel from crippling new US levies that have risen to 104%. “Global unity can triumph over trade tyranny,” declared an editorial in the … Read more
In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to swim downstream and rebuild the salmon population. They are part of an ecosystem that affects tribal, commercial, and recreational fishing and are a main source of food for endangered killer whales. But … Read more
Hard hats are back. So is “beautiful, clean” coal. President Trump signed four executive orders on Tuesday to try to bolster the country’s declining coal industry, including the lifting of restrictions on mining and burning of the dirtiest fossil fuel. In addition to waiving air pollution limits and other regulations on coal imposed by the … Read more
Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in north-east China, state media report. The blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out on Tuesday night local time and was extinguished in about two hours. Nineteen people survived the fire and were taken to hospital for observation, reports say. Authorities are … Read more
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. On a warm, sunny day last July, Cara Buckley traipsed through a former hog farm in Iowa. Ms. Buckley, a reporter on the Climate desk of The New York Times, was there to meet the … Read more
Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Getty Images Trump’s tariffs are a blow for countries like Vietnam that rely heavily on exports US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs targeting most of the world are now in effect – and outside China, no other region has been hit as hard as South East Asia. Near the … Read more
India’s central bank has cut interest rates by 0.25% amid a spate of downgrades to growth following Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced repo rates from 6.25% to 6%, a second cut since February when rates were brought down after nearly five years. The repo rate is the level at … Read more
For 20 years, Rj LaMendola found peace while paddling in the water on his surfboard. But last month off the coast of Southern California, the ocean turned hostile after a sea lion lunged at him, bit him and dragged him off his board. “It looked possessed,” Mr LaMendola wrote in a Facebook post, saying the … Read more
A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say. Four people died – including two British tourists – and several more were seriously injured when the two aircraft hit each other in January 2023, near Sea World on the Gold Coast. An … Read more