All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bn US stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a barrage of tariffs on the country’s trading partners. All […]
Economists say levies of between 10% and 50% have dramatically added to the risk of a worldwide downturn Global financial markets have been plunged into turmoil as Donald Trump’s escalating trade war knocked trillions of dollars off the value of the world’s biggest companies and heightened fears of a US […]
Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists ‘markets will boom’ after sweeping tariff announcement Full report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall Street Analysis: Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists In the Pacific, Fiji is the hardest hit […]
Former neonatal nurse’s legal team to hand over 86-page report which they say casts ‘serious doubt’ on guilty verdict The evidence used to convict Lucy Letby of poisoning babies is flawed, seven leading experts have said, in a dossier that will be submitted to the miscarriage of justice watchdog. The […]
Britain gets off comparatively lightly but US president’s action could still cost billions in lost growth US politics – latest updates Donald Trump has hit the UK with tariffs of 10% on exports to the US as he ignited a global trade war that could wipe billions off economic growth. […]
Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients with Victorian diseases such as scabies, as the Royal College of Physicians urged the government to do more to fight poverty. The survey of […]
Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said […]
Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence The fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat […]
Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies Big US technology companies have been offered a significant tax cut by Keir Starmer in return for lower tariffs from Donald Trump’s administration as the UK braces itself for a global trade war. The […]
Financial literacy lessons to be given to pupils at primary and secondary schools Pupils in England are to be taught how to spot the risks of in-game purchases as well as to scrutinise the claims of influencers in a new suite of lessons designed to improve their financial literacy. The […]