Trump administration reportedly considering additional tariffs on $200bn worth of Chinese goods China has accused the US of “blackmail” as the Trump administration considers more than doubling its proposed tariffs on Chinese goods amid an escalating trade war. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering upping his proposed tariffs on $200bn ... Read More »
‘It brings us just a little bit closer to addressing the question of whether we are alone in the universe’ Scientists have identified a whole set of planets where life could have begun just like it did on Earth. Researchers at Cambridge University found that the chances of life developing ... Read More »
Number of pairs has fallen from 500,000 in the 1980s, to just 60,000 by 2017 The world’s largest colony of king penguins has collapsed by almost 90 per cent over the last 35 years, new research indicates. Aerial and satellite images of the colony living on the remote subantarctic island ... Read More »
Appeal comes as Emmanuel Macron invites the prime minister to urgent talks at his holiday retreat Jeremy Hunt has called on France and Germany to intervene to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal, insisting Theresa May will not “blink”. The foreign secretary appealed to the ... Read More »
Photos and infrared imaging indicate vehicles moving in and out of the facility at Sanumdong North Korea has pressed ahead with construction at the factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, despite ongoing negotiations over the fate of its nuclear and missile programs. ... Read More »
Government claims that hundreds of thousands of people illegally entered country from neighbouring Bangladesh since 1971 India has effectively stripped 4 million people from the state of Assam of their citizenship. The state has a National Register of Citizens (NRC), which includes the names of all those who can prove ... Read More »
The statements come after Mr Trump exchanged hostile warnings with Iranian leadership earlier this month President Donald Trump has said that he would meet with the leaders of Iran without preconditions “whenever they want”. “I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” Mr Trump said during an ... Read More »
Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. Some of the oldest trees have been here for more than 1,000 years, spreading their uniquely horizontal branches like outstretched arms and sending their roots deep into the craggy limestone. They flourish ... Read More »
-President and Sulzberger each say other is damaging America -Rhetoric also criticized by Washington Post’s Marty Baron Hours after saying he had a “very good meeting” with the publisher of the New York Times about his labelling the press the “enemy of the people”, Donald Trump launched a blistering attack ... Read More »
Exclusive: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now ‘playing out in real-time’ • Heatwave made more than twice as likely by climate change, scientists find The extreme heatwaves and wildfires wreaking havoc around the globe are “the face of climate change,” one of the world’s leading ... Read More »
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