In a barrage of pronouncements on Wednesday the Trump administration said it would repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, protections for wetlands, and the legal basis that allows it to regulate the greenhouse gases that are heating the planet. But beyond that, Lee Zeldin, … Read more
Explorers have released footage of wreckage from the Western Reserve cargo ship in Lake Superior. The shipwreck was found in June 2024 using Marine Sonic Technology side-scan sonar. Subsequent remotely operated vehicle deployments confirmed the identity of the shipwreck, revealing the ship broke into two on 30 August 1892. The Western Reserve was one of … Read more
Two men have been arrested following seizures of €1.9m (£1.6m) worth of cocaine and cannabis in the Republic of Ireland. Gardaí (Irish police) intercepted a vehicle in Drogheda, County Louth, at about 09:00 local time on Wednesday. Searches were then undertook at a business premises in Drogheda and two residential properties in Drogheda and north … Read more
Canada’s Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney has said he is ready to negotiate a renewed trade deal with President Donald Trump, as long as there is “respect for Canadian sovereignty”. Carney made these comments during a visit to a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, as Canada unveiled C$29.8 billion ($20.7 billion) in reciprocal tariffs on US … Read more
Natalie Sherman Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images US President Donald Trump has pledged to impose more tariffs after his latest move to introduce import taxes on steel and aluminium entering the US prompted retaliation from the European Union (EU) and Canada. Trump said “of course” he would respond to the countermeasures, repeating his warning … Read more
The UK has revoked accreditation for a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse after two British officials were ordered to leave Russia on Monday. In the latest in a series of tit-for-tat expulsions, the UK Foreign Office said it was taking “immediate reciprocal action” after Moscow accused a British diplomat and the spouse of another … Read more
A US congressional hearing was abruptly adjourned after Texas Republican Keith Self twice called Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride “Mr McBride”, sparking a heated confrontation. She is the only openly transgender member of Congress. Massachusetts Democrat Williams Keating challenged Self, asking if he had “any decency”.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster season approaches. The new dismissals would come in addition to the roughly 1,300 … Read more
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 71-year-old former mafia boss on a motorway near Grenoble in south-eastern France. Jean-Pierre Maldera, described by French media as a “godfather” of the local mafia in the 1980s, was reportedly chased in his car and shot as he travelled up the A41 motorway on Wednesday morning. The … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency said that it was canceling $20 billion in grants for climate and clean energy programs that have been frozen for weeks, a move that was labeled illegal by nonprofit groups that were supposed to receive the funds. The money has been caught in an escalating controversy involving the E.P.A., the Justice … Read more