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The left is rising, and the far right is reeling. Will I finally see the Finland I dreamed of? | Mike Watson

100+by Mike Watson / 2h

My adopted home has been a dark place of late. But in last week’s local elections, voters turned against cruel politics – and raised hopes of a more progressive future The Finns say “spring comes in swinging” – when winter gives way to spring, and green shoots meet the final flurries of snow, often well into April. In Finnish politics, too, some hope is beginning to emerge after a long, dark wint

How the anti-abortion movement embraced fringe ‘abolitionists’ and became more punitive

39by Carter Sherman / 2h

A movement that believes abortion should be treated as homicide has grown alongside a Republican penchant for punishment So far this year, lawmakers in at least 12 states have introduced legislation that would treat fetuses as people and leave women who have abortions vulnerable to being charged with homicide – a charge that, in several of these states, carries the death penalty. Once seen as pol

Richard Branson accuses Trump of ‘doing so much damage’ to the world

by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent / 1h

Virgin Atlantic founder says ‘erratic’ decisions from US president have been ‘awful for everyone’ Sir Richard Branson has attacked Donald Trump’s policies as “doing so much damage” to the world, adding that he did not believe the US president’s actions were backed by most Americans. The Virgin Atlantic founder warned that the “erratic and unpredictable” actions of the White House were undermining

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Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target

Hegseth shares classified info privately

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by Ben Makuch / 1h

Experts say Pentagon chief has endangered secrets of US defense department and given assistance to foreign spies As more develops about the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , and his repeated disclosures of sensitive military intelligence in unsecured Signal group chats, there are growing concerns his behavior has weakened the Pentagon in the eyes of its foreign adversaries and made him and his

New Jersey wildfire forces evacuations and reaches closed nuclear power plant

New Jersey wildfire threatens closed nuclear plant

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34by Guardian staff and agencies / 3h

Stretch of major highway shut as 3,000 people moved to safety and homes left without power A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey forced thousands of people to temporarily evacuate on Tuesday, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant. Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean county had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear powe

First Thing: US lawmakers decry ‘national disgrace’ of student detentions on visit to Ice jails

by Jem Bartholomew / 3h

Delegation reports poor conditions. Plus, Musk says he will step back slightly from Doge after Tesla profits slide 71% Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during

The Spin | Reborn in the USA: has cricket finally cracked the American market?

by Andy Bull / 3h

A lack of pitches, kit and coaching has held the sport back for far too long but Major League Cricket may be the answer If you look south from the Manhattan end of Brooklyn Bridge, you can just about imagine the cricket field that used to be beneath what is now the South Seaport – and, if you squint, pretend that the people making their way around the bars and clubs and restaurants are the descen

Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants – report

Air pollution affects millions Americans

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79by Nina Lakhani / 3h

American Lung Association’s study says almost 156 million people live in areas with unhealthy levels of soot or smog Almost half of Americans are breathing in dangerous levels of air pollutants, a new report shows, a rise compared with a year ago and likely to further increase in coming years thanks to the climate crisis and the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental rollbacks. Just over 1

What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear | Jan-Werner Mueller

Vance visits Vatican for reconciliation

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200+by Jan-Werner Müller / 3h

Francis was as outspoken as could be without naming names, when he criticized Vance in his February letter to US bishops We might never quite know what Pope Francis said to the US vice-president during their very brief meeting on Sunday. In the widely shared video clip, it was hardly audible. The morning after, Francis died, and Vance jetted to visit India, finding time to tweet that his heart we

Why is the US right so obsessed with the Obamas’ marriage? | Arwa Mahdawi

Megyn Kelly criticizes Obamas' marriage

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by Arwa Mahdawi / 3h

Conservative commentators can’t stand the idea that people they loathe can live fulfilling lives An estate on Martha’s Vineyard. A nine-bedroom house in DC . A family home in Chicago. Barack and Michelle Obama own about a gazillion dollars’ worth of property. Turns out they don’t need any of their fancy mansions, however, because they live rent-free in rightwing commentators’ heads. While the rig

A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Climate action urgency declines globally

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79by Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope / 3h

About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89% Project – and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read more A superpower in the fight against global heating is hiding in plain s

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Tesla investors welcome Elon Musk’s move to step back from Doge – US politics live

Trump tariffs strain US-China relations

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39by Amy Sedghi / 4h

Profits at the billionaire’s carmaker fell 71% amid a backlash over his role at the White House Elon Musk to pull back from Doge role The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday called sugar “poison” and recommended that Americans eat “zero” added sugar in their food, while acknowledging that the federal government was unlikely to be able to eliminate it from products. Kennedy, however

The global south has lost its pope. The world has lost its conscience | Nathalie Tocci

Greene celebrates Pope Francis' death

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25by Nathalie Tocci / 4h

He was no liberal, but Francis embodied a spirit of international solidarity that is in alarmingly short supply Pope Francis died hours after meeting the US vice-president , JD Vance. If that wasn’t a bad enough omen, the Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump’s acolyte and self-styled “Christian nationalist”, appeared to welcome the pope’s death as a sign of “evil” being “

Travis Hunter wants to be the NFL’s Shohei Ohtani. Will anyone let him?

by Oliver Connolly / 4h

The Colorado star is brilliant on offense and defense but the burdens of professional football make it very difficult for two-way players to succeed Every once in a while, a player comes along who breaks our understanding of a sport. Basketball has Victor Wembanyama . Baseball has Shohei Ohtani . For professional football, enter Travis Hunter. There are good prospects, there are great prospects,

Keith Haring, Kanagawa and Georgia O’Keeffe: highlights from NYC’s Photography Show – in pictures

by Guardian Staff / 5h

Highlights from the 2025 edition presented by AIPAD, which will run from April 23 to 27 Continue reading...

The most gripping thing I’m watching on my phone? Swedish moose migrating in real time | Claire Cohen

Great Moose Migration captivates fans

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50by Claire Cohen / 6h

No music, no script, no narration, no editing – slow TV like this is exactly the balm we need these days Do you reach for your phone first thing in the morning as soon as you wake up? Me too. Only, for the past week, it’s not my WhatsApp, email or social media I’ve been desperate to check, but how many moose have managed to swim across the Ångerman river overnight. I know. I need more going on in

Wednesday briefing: Can ​the latest ceasefire ​talks in London ​break the ​stalemate in Ukraine?

by Nimo Omer / 7h

In today’s newsletter: ​As world leaders gather in the UK this week, any hope of breaking the deadlock when Russia and Ukraine refuse to compromise could mean the US walks away Good morning. Representatives from the US, Britain and France are gathering in London today to resume discussions with Ukrainian officials on a possible ceasefire in the war. Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, was sch

Number of births in US increased by 1% in 2024, according to CDC data

by Jessica Glenza / 9h

Small increase amounts to 3.6 million births and an increase in the women aged 40-44 giving birth The number of births in the US increased slightly in 2024 to roughly 3.6 million, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The small increase of 1% in the number of births comes amid a long-term decline that began during the Great Recession, in about 20

Al Gore draws parallels between Trump and early Nazi Germany – video

Al Gore compares Trump to Nazis

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by Guardian Staff / 11h

Al Gore launched an attack on the Trump administration saying there were 'important lessons' to be learned from similarities with the early rise of Nazi Germany. In a speech at a climate week event in San Francisco, Gore said: 'We've already seen, by the way, how popular authoritarian leaders have used migrants as scapegoats and have fanned the fires of xenophobia to fuel their own rise to power,

Steve Hilton, former David Cameron adviser, to run for California governor

Steve Hilton enters California gubernatorial race

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by Guardian staff and agencies / 12h

Ex-advertising executive, who hosted a Fox News show and has criticised Kamala Harris, will stand as a Republican David Cameron’s former top adviser Steve Hilton has joined the 2026 race for California governor, running as a Republican to replace the Democrats’ Gavin Newsom, who is prevented by law from seeking a third term. Hilton, who hosted a show on Fox News for six years, launched his campai

Trump news at a glance: president will be ‘very nice’ to China; Musk to step back from Doge

Trump tariffs strain US-China relations

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54by Guardian staff / 12h

Donald Trump says tariffs on China will be dropped ‘substantially’ as IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from tariffs – key US politics stories from 22 April Donald Trump has said tariffs on goods from China will be reduced “substantially” but “won’t be zero”, after US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. T

‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails

Lawmakers demand release of detained students

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100+by Dani Anguiano / 13h

Delegation visits jails where Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk are being held and denounce ‘authoritarian’ Trump Congressional lawmakers denounced as a “national disgrace” the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, during a visit to the two facilities in Louisiana where each is being held. “We

RFK Jr calls sugar ‘poison’ but says government probably can’t eliminate it

RFK Jr advocates against junk food

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1Kby Marina Dunbar in New York / 14h

US health secretary says Americans should eat ‘zero’ sugar and announces plans to eliminate eight synthetic food dyes The US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday called sugar “poison” and recommended that Americans eat “zero” added sugar in their food, while acknowledging that the federal government was unlikely to be able to eliminate it from products. Kennedy, however, said that bett

Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’

Trump tariffs strain US-China relations

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2Kby Guardian staff and agencies / 14h

US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’ Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”. Trump’s remarks were in response to earlier comments on Tuesday by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who said that the high tariffs were

Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell after calling him a ‘major loser’

Trump's firing of Powell threatens economy

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69by Dominic Rushe in New York / 15h

President says tariffs on China could be lowered days after lashing out over bank’s reluctance to cut interest rates Donald Trump has said he has no plans to fire the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, and suggested the draconian tariffs the US has imposed on China could be lowered. The president’s comments come days after he called the central bank boss a “ major loser ” whose “termination ca

Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias’

Bondi launches anti-Christian bias taskforce

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500+by Léonie Chao-Fong / 15h

New taskforce demands names in rooting out ‘policies, procedures … or understandings hostile to Christian views’ The veterans affairs department (VA) is ordering staff to report colleagues for instances of “anti-Christian bias” to a newly established taskforce, as part of Donald Trump’s push to reshape government policy on religious expression. The VA secretary, Doug Collins, in an internal email

US army to test enlisted men and women with same physical standards

Army introduces gender-neutral fitness test

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100+by Joseph Gedeon in Washington / 17h

Change to requirements to serve in combat roles expected to drastically cut number of women The US army unveiled plans on Monday to require a fitness test with identical physical standards for men and women in combat positions after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , ordered the elimination of gender-based fitness requirements in frontline roles. The revamped army fitness test, which replaces

Sarah Palin loses retrial of defamation case against New York Times

Palin retrial against New York Times

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100+by Guardian staff and agency / 17h

Jury finds newspaper not liable for allegedly defaming former Alaska governor in 2017 editorial about gun control Sarah Palin on Tuesday lost in the retrial of her defamation case against the New York Times – a second defeat in the efforts by the former Republican vice-presidential candidate. A federal jury in New York deliberated for two hours then found the newspaper not liable for allegedly de

‘Profoundly sorry’ George Santos writes to judge ahead of fraud sentencing

Santos faces prison for fraud

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by Gloria Oladipo / 18h

Ex-congressman writes letter in bid for leniency and says seven-year sentence sought by prosecutors is too harsh The disgraced former congressman George Santos is defending his recent social media remarks to a federal judge who will sentence him this week on several fraud charges. In a letter before his Friday court appearance in New York, Santos, 36, said he was “profoundly sorry” for his crimes

60 Minutes executive producer leaves program over journalistic independence

60 Minutes producer Bill Owens resigns

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100+by Léonie Chao-Fong / 19h

Bill Owens says in staff memo ‘it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it’ Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, says he is leaving the flagship news program because he lost his journalistic independence. In a staff memo obtained by the New York Times, Owens said that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to

Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement

Reeves seeks US trade deal

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94by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent / 19h

UK officials say text is agreed on deal to cut president’s tariffs on British steel, aluminium and cars Rachel Reeves was due in Washington on Tuesday evening for what could be a pivotal week for a proposed US-UK trade deal. Officials say an agreement is ready to sign but may have to be ripped up at the last minute should the US president impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals. Continue reading...

The pope’s last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice: granting an audience to JD Vance | John Crace

3Kby John Crace / 19h

Imagine spending some of your remaining hours on Earth with the US vice-president – or, as Queen Elizabeth did – with Liz Truss What do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those who are kind, decent and compassionate. Take Radon Liz. In September 2022 she made a fleeting visit to Balmoral to be sworn in as prime minister by the queen . The last picture that was taken

Simone Biles unsure of competing at 2028 LA Olympics: ‘My body is aging’

Biles uncertain about 2028 Olympics

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by Guardian sport and agencies / 19h

American has won seven Olympics golds Biles would be 31 at the start of next Summer Games Simone Biles says she is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The 28-year-old says she has other priorities, and is mindful of the demands her sport puts on her body at an age when most elite gymnasts have long since retired. Biles will be 31 when the LA Olympics start: the ol

The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Donald Trump could cost the world a trillion dollars | Editorial

IMF warns Trump trade war risks stability

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100+by Editorial / 20h

The US president’s economic agenda collides with fragile financial systems, triggering market fears, investor flight and developing nation chaos Wake up! When the most sober of global institutions, the International Monetary Fund, abandons its usual technocratic calm to sound the alarm on the political roots of global financial instability, it’s time to pay attention. The IMF is warning of a non-

Vance says 21st century could be ‘dark time for humanity’ without close India-US alliance

Vance emphasizes US-India relations importance

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83by Penelope MacRae in Delhi / 20h

The US vice-president contrasts India’s potential with west’s ‘self-loathing’ in speech in Jaipur JD Vance has described the US-India partnership as the cornerstone of global progress, warning that the 21st century could be “a very dark time for all of humanity” if the two countries fail to cooperate. In the keynote policy speech of his four-day visit to India, the US vice-president contrasted th

FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs

FDA suspends milk quality tests

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1Kby Reuters / 20h

Effective Monday, the agency suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished products The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality-control program for testing fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. The suspension is another disruption to the nati

RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records

RFK Jr. calls autism epidemic worse

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6Kby Marina Dunbar / 21h

The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is collecting the private medical records of many Americans from several different federal and commercial databases to give to researchers for US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s new autism study. With this information being included in the dat

Even Trump must know that firing the chair of the Fed would be self-defeating | Nils Pratley

Trump's firing of Powell threatens economy

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21by Nils Pratley / 21h

Jerome Powell is a soft target for the president amid economic instability. But getting rid of him would only invite more chaos US stock markets, Treasury bonds and the dollar itself are sliding amid the tariff turmoil and Donald Trump needs a soft target. It was probably only a matter of time before he intensified his attacks on Jerome Powell , chair of the US Federal Reserve. It is an easy narr

Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership in amoral times | Owen Jones

Pope Francis calls for Gaza ceasefire

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1Kby Owen Jones / 21h

With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages, the late pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians The deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy. So it goes for Pope Francis , now lauded by leaders and media outlets that were complicit in the very evils he condemned. “Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgott

R&A ‘would love’ the Open to return to Donald Trump’s Turnberry course

Turnberry's Open Championship feasibility study

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by Guardian sport and agencies / 22h

Scottish course last hosted event in 2009 R&A says logistics, not politics, are a concern The R&A would like to see Donald Trump’s Turnberry course in Scotland return as host of the Open but will first need to assess the feasibility of the venue, the governing body’s chief executive, Mark Darbon, said. Turnberry, a seaside course in South Ayrshire, has staged the Open four times – most recently i

Yes, I’m a half-Palestinian lesbian, but I dream of being a Republican congresswoman. Here’s my six-point plan | Arwa Mahdawi

100+by Arwa Mahdawi / 22h

Anything is possible with Trump ripping up all the rules – and I’m going to take full advantage My haters are going to rejoice when I say this, but I think it’s high time I changed careers. Being a half Palestinian, wholly homosexual freelance writer based in the US isn’t currently looking like the most stable situation. Either my livelihood is going to get obliterated by AI, or I’m getting shipp

Marco Rubio announces sweeping reorganisation of US state department

Rubio announces State Department overhaul

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200+by Andrew Roth in Washington / 23h

Secretary of state says overhaul of department will close a number of overseas missions and reduce staff US politics live – latest updates The secretary of state, Marco Rubio , has proposed a sweeping reorganisation of the US state department as part of what he called an effort to reform it amid criticism from the Trump White House over the execution of US diplomacy. If approved, the reorganisati

Hegseth blames ousted officials for leaks in latest Signal chat scandal

Hegseth faces mounting leadership criticism

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100+by Joseph Gedeon in Washington / 23h

Trump’s defense secretary denies he was ‘texting war plans’ after reports of second chat to discuss military operations The embattled US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , has defended his most recent use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive military operations, blaming fired Pentagon officials for orchestrating leaks against the Trump administration . In an interview with fo

Risks to global financial stability surging after Trump tariffs, warns IMF

IMF warns Trump trade war risks stability

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63by Heather Stewart and Lauren Almeida / 23h

World body says ‘sharp repricing of risks’ possible amid growing concern over role of ‘nonbank’ lenders IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from Trump’s tariffs Editorial: Donald Trump could cost the world $1tn The global financial system is coming under increasing strain as Donald Trump’s trade war rocks markets, the International Monetary Fund has warned. “Global financial stability risks have

For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS | Margaret Sullivan

100+by Margaret Sullivan / 23h

Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts It was entirely predictable that Donald Trump would go after public media in America. Harming the reality-based press – in every form, whether public or private – is a central part of his playbook for controlling the political narrative as he moves the country toward an authoritarian model o

Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech

Al Gore compares Trump to Nazis

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500+by Gloria Oladipo / 23h

Former VP said the administration was creating its ‘own preferred reality’ and slammed it for green energy U-turn US politics live – latest updates Al Gore said there were “important lessons” to be learned from similarities between the early rise of Nazi Germany and the recent actions of the Trump administration, in scathing comments made Monday during remarks about climate change. During a speec

Is there really life on planet K2-18b? We can’t rule it out, but some key questions must be answered | Nathalie Cabrol

K2-18b shows potential alien life

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100+by Nathalie Cabrol / 1d

A new study of a sphere orbiting a red dwarf star 124 light years from Earth is raising hopes. Here’s why the evidence is inconclusive Nathalie Cabrol is director of the Carl Sagan Center at the Seti Institute Astrobiology has entered an exciting new phase in recent decades. Since the 1990s, but accelerating in recent years, researchers have begun confirming the existence of exoplanets – that is,

IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from Trump’s tariffs

IMF cuts global growth forecasts

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200+by Heather Stewart in Washington and Kiran Stacey / 1d

Global lender cuts forecasts for every major economy, with UK expected to grow by 1.1% this year, down from 1.6% IMF: risks to global financial stability surging after Trump tariffs Editorial: Donald Trump could cost the world $1tn Donald Trump’s tariffs have unleashed a “major negative shock” into the world economy, the International Monetary Fund has said, as it cut its forecasts for US, UK and

Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk | Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli

60by Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli / 1d

As temperatures rise and countries back off their decarbonization efforts, we must confront a reality central banks can’t correct Inflation is, at base, a tax on consumption – and it hits the poor the hardest, since they consume more of their incomes and the rich consume less. That’s one reason for concern over Donald Trump’s tariffs, which will disproportionately affect the poor. When the 90-day

US education agency to restart student loan collection for millions of borowers

Federal student loan collections resume

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100+by Associated Press / 1d

Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages The education department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. Con

Swiss drugmaker Roche to invest $50bn in US in effort to dodge Trump tariffs

Roche invests 50B in US

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45by Lisa O'Carroll / 1d

Company says it will create 12,000 jobs in manufacturing and R&D over next five years Business live – latest updates The Swiss drugmaker Roche has said it will put $50bn (£37bn) into manufacturing in the US over the next five years, joining the queue of companies unveiling investments to try to head off potentially punitive Donald Trump tariffs. Roche said on Tuesday the investment would create m

George Clooney: ‘I don’t care’ if Trump calls me a ‘fake movie actor’

Clooney unbothered by Trump's remarks

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300+by Catherine Shoard / 1d

The double Oscar-winner responded to the president’s criticism of his New York Times op-ed last summer urging Joe Biden to step down for re-election, saying it was his ‘civic duty’ George Clooney has said he is unconcerned about the persistent verbal abuse levelled at him by Donald Trump, after the president labelled him a “fake movie actor” on Truth Social. Speaking to Gayle King on CBS Mornings

Gold climbs above $3,500 for first time as Wall Street rallies after slide

Gold prices surge after Trump remarks

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42by Julia Kollewe and Graeme Wearden / 1d

Dollar also recovers after Monday’s sell-off prompted by Donald Trump’s attack on Federal Reserve chair Gold has climbed above $3,500 an ounce for the first time while stocks on Wall Street and the dollar rose following Monday’s sell-off prompted by Donald Trump’s blistering attack on the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell . Spot gold reached the record price of $3,500.01 (£2,620) on Tuesday, e

First Thing: Harvard sues Trump administration over grants freeze

Harvard sues Trump over funding cuts

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by Jem Bartholomew / 1d

University fights back against threats to cut federal funding. Plus, tributes pour in for Pope Francis Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging that it is trying to “gain control of academic decision-making”. What has Harvard’s president said? “No government – regardless of which party

Why a holiday in the US is out of the question | Zoe Williams

2Kby Zoe Williams / 1d

The US administration’s ‘reassuring’ words, after deporting two German teens, have made it plain that the border authorities will have a problem with anyone who doesn’t echo their politics In the grand scheme of things, the deportation of two German teenagers , Charlotte Pohl and Maria Lepere, from Hawaii is not the most alarming thing the US administration has done recently. Yes, it is peculiar,

Don’t believe the doubters: protest still has power | Jan-Werner Müller

500+by Jan-Werner Müller / 1d

Demonstrations rarely lead to immediate policy change. But they are essential to building community and long-term resistance Opinions about the protests this month keep oscillating between