Mortgage rates whipsawed in recent weeks as markets reacted to a flurry of policies from the Trump administration. It began with a major milestone. Mortgage rates earlier this month fell below 6% for the first time in nearly three years, according t...
International students pursuing degrees at Michigan public universities sought relief from detention and deportation during a federal court hearing on Tuesday, after their student immigration status was terminated this month, jeopardizing their lega...
Gen Z ditching 4-year colleges for trade schools, Wall Street Journal reports...
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The Taliban in Afghanistan have appealed for international support, as the country deals with the aftermath of a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake. More than 1,000 people have been killed and at least 1,500 injured. Unknown numbers are...
Last year was a turning point for the Oscar category which had for decades been known as best foreign language film. First came the name change. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided the word "foreign"...
US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska. Chinese officials accused the US of inciting countries "to attack China&...
The sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman has failed to get box office tills ringing, making just $38.5m (£29.1m) in the 39 countries where it opened last week. Around half that tally came from China, where Wonder Woman 1984 made $...
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and rancorous White House debates in years. Amid angry shouting and name calling, the two fought over the pandemic, white supremacy and the ...
Street vendors are being denied the "right to shade" under street trees in Hyderabad, India, a study suggests. Urban trees play an important role in providing a comfortable work environment for the city's outdoor traders, said rese...
The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy. Speaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said the pact would be "transformative" f...
US President Donald Trump has said Huawei could be part of a trade deal between the US and China, despite branding the telecoms firm "very dangerous". The US-China trade war has escalated in recent weeks with tariff hikes and threa...
Some of the world's biggest footwear firms are urging Donald Trump to end the US trade war with China, warning of a "catastrophic" effect on consumers. In a letter signed by 173 companies, including Nike and Adidas, they said the p...
The US has more than doubled tariffs on $200bn (£153.7bn) worth of Chinese products, in a sharp escalation of the countries' damaging trade war. Tariffs on affected Chinese goods have risen to 25% from 10%, and Beijing has vowed to ret...
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British photographer Jill Welham has been announced as the overall winner of this year's International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition. The North Yorkshire photographer beat 19,000 entrants from more than 50 countries to scoop the top pr...
President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming it treats the country unfairly. "If they don't shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO," Mr Trump said in an interview with Blo...
The European Union and Japan signed a huge free trade deal on Tuesday that cuts or eliminates tariffs on nearly all goods. The agreement covers 600 million people and almost a third of the global economy. It's also a major endorsement of a global tr...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200bn (£151bn) of Chinese goods in a growing trade row. Mr Trump said the 10% tariffs would come into effect if China "refuses to change its practices". Th...
Massive US tariffs have come into force as condemnation of the Trump administration's move intensifies. Criticism of the import tax on steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico was joined by top Republicans. Leaders from affected nations r...