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• Starmer announces 'coalition of the willing' to guarantee Ukraine peace

  02-03-2025 23:35 via bbc.com
  
  The UK prime minister says Europe would take the lead but would need US backing for a peace plan.
  
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• Guardiola criticises FA Cup ball after 20 shots off target

  02-03-2025 23:35 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has criticised the balls used in England's domestic cup competitions.
  
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• Crypto prices rally after Trump backs five coins for 'crypto reserve'

  02-03-2025 23:29 via bbc.com
  
  Trump named five cryptocurrencies he wanted in a potential national reserve so the US could become "the Crypto Capital of the World".
  
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• Littler thrashes Wade to win UK Open in style

  02-03-2025 23:20 via bbc.com
  
  World champion Luke Littler wins the UK Open for the first time with a stunning 11-2 victory over James Wade in Minehead.
  
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• In pictures: Stars arrive on the Oscars red carpet

  02-03-2025 23:02 via bbc.com
  
  See all the looks as celebrities arrive for Hollywood biggest night.
  
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• Warm reception for Zelensky as he meets King at Sandringham

  02-03-2025 22:41 via bbc.com
  
  The Ukrainian president met the King at his Norfolk residence following a summit of European leaders in London.
  
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• Trump invites freed Israeli hostage to White House

  02-03-2025 22:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli media reports Israeli American Trump donor will fly Eli Sharabi to Washington DC to meet president this weekThe freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi has been invited to Washington to meet Donald Trump this week, his brother told Israeli media on Sunday.Sharabi, who was released from Gaza after 16 months in captivity, expects to meet Trump with other freed hostages on Tuesday, after the US president watched him describe the severe hunger and violence he endured on Israeli television. Continu
  
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• Was Starmer's summit enough to sway Trump?

  02-03-2025 22:33 via bbc.com
  
  Europe stepping up is only half of the story and much depends on whether the US is willing to play its part.
  
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• British-Israeli hostage says scars show 'hope' ahead of surgery

  02-03-2025 22:28 via bbc.com
  
  Emily Damari, 28, lost two fingers while being taken captive during the 7 October 2023 attacks.
  
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• Pope absent from St Peter's Square for third week

  02-03-2025 22:24 via bbc.com
  
  Pope Francis is unable to deliver his traditional Angelus prayer in person, with the Vatican publishing a text.
  
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• UK announces £1.6bn missile deal

  02-03-2025 21:49 via bbc.com
  
  The PM announced "a number" of allies had signed up to his plan following the Lancaster House summit.
  
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• US tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming Tuesday but may not be 25%, commerce chief says

  02-03-2025 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘That is a fluid situation,’ Howard Lutnick says in first indication that administration may not impose full tariffsDonald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said on Sunday that US tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go into effect on Tuesday, but the president would determine whether to stick with the planned 25% level.“That is a fluid situation,” Lutnick told the Fox News program Sunday Morning Futures. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Never say never' on future PWR return - Maher

  02-03-2025 21:31 via bbc.com
  
  Ilona Maher has not ruled out a return to the Premiership Women's Rugby in the future after playing her final game for Bristol.
  
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• Two arrested as stolen Paddington statue recovered

  02-03-2025 21:01 via bbc.com
  
  The sculpture was damaged and taken from his seat in Paddington creator Michael Bond's home town.
  
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• Gazans celebrate Ramadan surrounded by rubble

  02-03-2025 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News crews captured Gazans celebrating Ramadan in Rafah and Khan Younis as Israel plans to halt all humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip on March 2.
  
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• FA Cup quarter-finals: Bournemouth to face Man City, Preston to host Villa

  02-03-2025 20:43 via bbc.com
  
  In-form Bournemouth are drawn at home to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• NJ high school wrestling star wins regional title after dramatic week

  02-03-2025 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  A New Jersey high school wrestling star won a regional title on Saturday following a judge’s decision to overturn a disqualification against him over a fight in the stands during the district tournament last week.Anthony Knox, of St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, was given the go-ahead to wrestle in the 126-pound competition at Lacey High School on Friday night. A judge overturned the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) to disqualify him after Knox was involved
  
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• Pope Francis believes 'papacy is for life,' says historian-biographer

  02-03-2025 20:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis has been in the hospital for the longest stay of his papacy, more than two weeks now. And while the latest updates from the Vatican report a slow and steady improvement from his severe bronchitis and double pneumonia, it hasn't stopped the Vaticanista rumor mill from speculating about his possible resignation.But papal historian, author and biographer Austen Ivereigh is dispelling those rumors, saying that despite the secret letter of resignation he wrote at the beginning of his ele
  
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• Grenell lights up Susan Rice for years of failed Dem foreign polices that led to war: ‘We see you’

  02-03-2025 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Ric Grenell, the Trump administration's special presidential envoy for special missions, slammed Obama and Biden-era diplomat Susan Rice for the Democratic Party's years of foreign policies that he said landed the U.S. in two different wars under the Biden administration alone.  "Your guy couldn’t even talk to Putin. For 3.5 years! Your policies helped usher in a war in Ukraine, Gaza…and Rwanda if you remember," Grenell posted to X on Saturday afternoon. "And then you lied
  
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• Two charged in Georgia college student and former high school beauty queen's murder

  02-03-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Two men have been charged with the murder of Brianna Long, more than a year after the 21-year-old Georgia college student was killed while at work.She was hit by a stray bullet as she worked as a bartender at The Pier Bar near Valdosta State University (VSU), where she was a student, on October 29, 2023. A co-worker at the bar was also hit by a bullet and later recovered from his injuries.On Tuesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) charged Tsion Clayton, 23, and Kimone Green, 21, with
  
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• Democratic governor concedes Biden not 'strongest communicator in chief,' party was 'hampered' by him

  02-03-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said during an interview with The New York Times that the Democratic Party was "hampered" by having former President Joe Biden as the party's "communicator in chief" at the time, and conceded that it hurt the party in the election."I think the party was hampered by having President Biden as the communicator in chief, if I’m being honest. He wasn’t the strongest communicator in chief, and that hurt us because they weren’t able to sell a
  
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• Brighton renaissance down to 'good genes' - Welbeck

  02-03-2025 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  Brighton striker Danny Welbeck's extra-time winner over Newcastle continues his fine late-career form in Sussex.
  
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• Measles vaccines given long ago could be less effective now, doctors say

  02-03-2025 19:44 via foxnews.com
  
  For those who were vaccinated for measles many decades ago, there’s a chance the protection has worn off by now.Amid the current measles outbreak in West Texas — and with cases also reported in New Mexico, New Jersey and several other states — some doctors are warning about the possibility of legacy vaccines becoming less effective over time.Measles is a highly contagious virus for those who have not previously been infected or vaccinated, with up to a 90% chance of transmissio
  
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• Rubio signs declaration to expedite $4B in arms to Israel 'wrongly withheld' by Biden

  02-03-2025 19:42 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday that he has signed a declaration to expedite the delivery of nearly $4 billion in military aid to Israel, reversing a partial arms blockage imposed during the Biden administration."The decision to reverse the Biden Administration’s partial arms embargo, which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel, is yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the White House than President Trump," Rubio said in a s
  
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• Singer in Tehran arrested during live performance

  02-03-2025 19:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  A singer in Iran was arrested on charges of organizing an unlicensed concert and performing as the sole female singer in the presence of men, according to state media.
  
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• Pope Francis, stable in hospital, thanks well-wishers for support

  02-03-2025 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pope Francis, in a stable condition as he battles pneumonia in hospital for the 17th day, met two Vatican officials on Sunday and offered thanks to well-wishers for their prayers and support in a written message.
  
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• Pittsburgh college football player, 18, dies in car crash, officials say

  02-03-2025 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Mason Alexander, a freshman college football player who was set to compete for the Pittsburgh Panthers, died in a car crash in Indiana, officials said. He was 18.The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred Saturday night when a white 2016 BMW 340 tried to pass a southbound 2015 Toyota RAV4 by entering the northbound lane. Officials said the driver in the BMW was coming over a hill, knew a crash could happen and pulled to the right to avoid the Toyota.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SP
  
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• Top diplomat responds to Trump's comment that EU formed to 'screw' US

  02-03-2025 19:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Chief European Union diplomat Kaja Kallas rejected President Donald Trump's claim that the European Union was made to "screw" the United States on Sunday.Kallas made the comment while speaking to CBS News' "Face the Nation," arguing the EU is fundamentally about maintaining peace."Europe is a peace project. You know, it was created so that we wouldn't have wars between the members of the European Union, and we haven't had any. And, of course, also to do things together, cooperate more," Kallas s
  
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• Girl, 4, dies after suspected arson attack

  02-03-2025 19:16 via bbc.com
  
  A 44-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, say police.
  
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• Top Canadian official slams Trump for tariff plan as Trudeau leaves office: ‘You lose prosperity’

  02-03-2025 19:13 via foxnews.com
  
  A top Canadian diplomat is sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump’s plan to follow through on levying tariffs on Canadian imports, arguing that the move will cause both countries to lose."If you put too many barriers in front of trade, if you put too many taxes and tariffs in front of trade, you slow everything down, you lay people off, you lose jobs, you lose prosperity," Bob Rae, Canada’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations, said during an appearance on MSNBC Sunday
  
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• Lady Gaga is back, and Jennie's debut solo album is here: What to stream this week

  02-03-2025 19:00 via bbc.com
  
  This week also sees the release of Split Fiction, R-Patz's new film Mickey-17 and Meghan's delayed TV show.
  
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• DNI Gabbard sounds off on Europe's 'divergence' from U.S. values after tense Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

  02-03-2025 18:44 via foxnews.com
  
  The tense meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy puts the spotlight on some European nations' "divergence" from promoting freedom and reaching peace in Eastern Europe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on "Fox News Sunday.""I think those who are criticizing [Trump's] efforts in this way are showing that they are not committed to peace, and in the case of many of those European countries, that they're not committed to the cause and valu
  
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• South Carolina wildfires spur evacuations and state of emergency

  02-03-2025 18:43 via nbcnews.com
  Wildfires in Carolina Forest, S.C., a community outside of Myrtle Beach, have prompted evacuation orders in Horry County. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has also declared a state of emergency.
  
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• Israeli block on aid raises health fears for Gaza’s undernourished population

  02-03-2025 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Agencies say health situation is a ‘catastrophe’ and recent aid deliveries were a fraction of what is neededBriefing the Israeli press after Benjamin Netanyahu’s order to turn off the aid supply to Gaza, government officials claimed that the Palestinian territory had several months’ worth of food stockpiled from earlier deliveries. However, the announcement led to an immediate jump in prices of basic necessities in Gaza, with residents saying they had doubled.Aid agencies
  
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• Cooper Flagg plays through eye injury in Duke's win over Florida State

  02-03-2025 18:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball star Cooper Flagg battled through an eye injury to lead the No. 2 team in the nation to a 35-point win over Florida State on Saturday night.Flagg was poked in the eye in the first half amid a hard foul. He sat out for about 11 minutes but returned to start the second half and finished with 16 points in the 100-65 victory.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"He was beat up and scratched up," Flagg’s teammate Sion James said. "Cooper is o
  
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• Texas A&M pitcher calls out fans for 'disgusting' criticism amid team's slow start

  02-03-2025 18:26 via foxnews.com
  
  A Texas A&M Aggies baseball player called out fans for alleged "hate and disrespect" toward him and his teammates amid a slow start to the 2025 season.The Aggies dropped their fourth straight game on Saturday with a loss to Oklahoma State. The team has suffered defeats by Cal Poly, Texas State and Arizona going back to Feb. 23 and only scored seven runs in those four games.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAggies pitcher Shane Sdao implored fans to take a breath."Some of the
  
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• Transgender cult leader linked to border agent killing maintains innocence, asks for vegan food in jail

  02-03-2025 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The apparent head of a radical transgender cult linked to six killings, including a U.S. Border Patrol agent, told a Maryland judge last week, "I haven’t done anything wrong" while pleading for access to vegan food behind bars."I might starve to death if you cannot answer me," Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, who goes by "Ziz," told Judge Erich Bean during a bail hearing in Allegany County District Court in Maryland on Feb. 18, according to audio obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle. "I need th
  
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• David Lucas compares his 'common sense' comedy to preaching, says no group gets 'special treatment' from jokes

  02-03-2025 18:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Stand-up comic David Lucas believes that good authentic comedy can bring healing to people just like the spiritual words of a religious leader.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, the rising comedian described that though he had the traditional upbringing that could have made him the leader of a congregation, he found the ability to bring another type of healing to people through his blunt style of comedy.He described his comedy as "in some sense preaching and also healing to a lot o
  
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• JONATHAN TURLEY: Judge's Special Counsel ruling may be the setback Trump admin was looking for

  02-03-2025 17:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Late Saturday, Washington D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law in firing Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel. Jackson’s decision is forceful, well-written, and arguably wrong under existing precedent. Indeed, it may have just set up an appeal that both presidents and professors have long waited for to reinforce presidential powers.FEDERAL JUDGE RULES TRUMP'S FIRING OF HEAD OF SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS UNLAWFULAppointed
  
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• Norway to keep supplying US Navy with fuel despite company boycott call

  02-03-2025 17:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Norway made clear that it will continue supplying fuel for U.S. Navy ships after a private marine fuel supplier threatened to boycott the U.S. in response to deteriorating U.S.-Ukraine relations."We have seen reports raising concerns about support for U.S. Navy vessels in Norway. This is not in line with the Norwegian government's policy," Norway's Defense Minister Tore Sandvik said in a statement Sunday, according to a report from Reuters.The statement comes after privately held Norwegian fuel
  
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• Trans athlete wins MVP of women's college basketball tournament after dominating Christian rival in title game

  02-03-2025 17:39 via foxnews.com
  
  A Canadian women's college basketball conference championship game on Saturday night saw a transgender player score 21 points in victory and ultimately win tournament MVP. Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie led Vancouver Island University (VIU) to a 69-59 victory over Columbia Christian College (CBC) in the PACWEST Championship game. Mackenzie finished the game with 10 rebounds in addition to the athlete's game-leading 21 points. Mackenzie was then awarded conference tournament MVP in a
  
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• Meghan Markle, Serena Williams celebrate the Duchess of Sussex's new show with Princess Lilibet in new video

  02-03-2025 17:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Meghan Markle and her good friend Serena Williams have always been big supporters of one another. On Saturday, Markle took to social media to give followers a rare glimpse of life at home with her three-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, and "Auntie" Williams playing Candy Land just days ahead of the launch of the Duchess of Sussex's new show, "With Love, Meghan," which premieres March 4."When the aunties comes to celebrate … and to play! Love you @serenawilliams," Markle captioned
  
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• MLB's Rob Manfred considering Pete Rose's removal from ineligible list: report

  02-03-2025 17:13 via foxnews.com
  
  MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is reportedly considering removing Pete Rose from the league’s banned list, months after the game’s all-time hits leader died at the age of 83.Rose’s family filed a petition with MLB on Jan. 8 to remove him from the list, ESPN reported Saturday. The baseball legend’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lenkov, told the outlet the petition was filed after Rose’s daughter met with Manfred and league spokesman Pat Courtney on Dec. 17.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS
  
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• Border state Republicans optimistic Trump DOJ will help reverse liberal court's ruling on 'common sense' law

  02-03-2025 17:04 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Republicans are eyeing an additional fight over the state’s law requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, hoping that the Trump administration will voice its support for the law after a defeat in an appeals court this week.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the findings of a district court regarding the 2022 Arizona laws that enabled officials to require proof of citizenship to vote in state and federal elections, saying they were "
  
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• 'Seen, heard, counted': New group aims to serve the 'hidden casualties' of war

  02-03-2025 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Soldiers who return home from combat zones have veterans' support groups, a plethora of charities and an entire government agency intended to see to their needs for illness and injuries. But contractors who take jobs in those same areas have had no such institutional support – until now.These workers face the same mental traumas associated with combat deployment, and thousands who have been exposed to burn pits face the same cancers that have claimed the lives of American service members.
  
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• Lou Holtz praises Trump, Vance for their leadership after intense meeting with Zelenskyy

  02-03-2025 16:54 via foxnews.com
  
  College football coaching legend Lou Holtz praised President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Saturday following an argument with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Holtz praised Trump and Vance’s leadership in a post on X.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "It’s moments like these that remind us of what real leadership looks like," he wrote. "Proud of @realDonaldTrump & @JDVance for always putting America first."Zelenskyy’s first meeting
  
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• John Cena makes shocking heel turn at Elimination Chamber

  02-03-2025 16:47 via foxnews.com
  
  John Cena had a stranglehold on the WWE universe for more than two decades as he racked up 16 world championships and several WrestleMania main event headliners.On Saturday night, Cena broke the hearts of millions who grew up watching him when he kicked undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes between the legs following a cue from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMCena won the men’s Elimination Chamber match as CM Punk passed out from his submission man
  
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• Trump isn't the first US commander in chief to lose patience with Zelenskyy: resurfaced 2022 report

  02-03-2025 16:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Months after war broke out between Russia and Ukraine, then-President Joe Biden had a fiery private phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which included Biden allegedly losing "his temper" and calling on Ukraine to "show a little more gratitude" towards the U.S. for its support, a resurfaced 2022 NBC News report shows. "Biden had barely finished telling Zelenskyy that he had just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelenskyy started
  
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• Chinese manufacturing returns to growth despite threat of higher Trump tariffs

  02-03-2025 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Fastest expansion in three months as new orders rise at Chinese factoriesChina’s manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in three months in February, despite the looming threat that Donald Trump will impose tariffs this week.Production at China’s factories returned to growth last month, an official survey showed, thanks to higher new orders and purchase volumes. Continue reading...
  
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• Giving away Chagos Islands not in UK's interest, says Badenoch

  02-03-2025 15:51 via bbc.com
  
  The Conservative leader says she remains opposed to a deal, despite US President Donald Trump signalling support.
  
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