Hong Kong firm to sell stake in Panama ports amid Trump pressure
Deal with US finance giant BlackRock, valued at almost $23bn, comes amid push to curb perceived China influence CK Hutchison Holdings, the Hong Kong-based logistics...
Month : March 2025
US consumers warned to brace for higher prices due to Trump’s tariffs
Prices ‘highly likely’ to rise almost immediately, retailers say, after 25% duty hits exports from Mexico and Canada Trump’s Congress speech – latest updates Americans...
Campaigners celebrate court ruling to ‘decolonise’ Kampala
After a five-year campaign, landmarks and streets honouring British colonialists will be renamed to reflect Ugandan culture Campaigners have welcomed a court ruling to remove...
Chile’s perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant
Astronomers deeply concerned that darkest, clearest skies in world will be compromised by proposed facility nearby In the Atacama desert, the driest non-polar region on...
King Charles ‘determined to play part’ in diplomacy as he welcomes Trudeau
Monarch keen to put his soft power to use amid Trump’s incendiary rhetoric on Canada and tension over Ukraine King Charles is “very conscious” of...
World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts
UN food agency received half its budget from US last year and is accelerating merger plan as a result of funding cuts The UN’s World...
Jubilant Brazilians hail I’m Still Here’s Oscar as landmark in fight for justice
Walter Salles’s dictatorship-era movie turns focus on dark time in country’s history and more recent coup attempt Ahead of the Oscars ceremony, Brazil’s Fernanda Torres...
Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’
UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age For more than half a century, the midlife crisis...
I’m Still Here wins Oscar for best international film, becoming first Brazilian film to do so
Brazil’s official entry beats beleaguered French favourite Emilia Pérez to the podium Anora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winners I’m Still...
US tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Tuesday but may not be 25%, commerce chief says
‘That is a fluid situation,’ Howard Lutnick says in first indication that administration may not impose full tariffs Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said...
