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The EU faces a critical week with just two days of negotiations remaining to secure a trade agreement with Washington and prevent Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on European goods entering the US. Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, stated on Friday that discussions—which carried on over the

Russia and China will not send their top leaders to the upcoming Brics summit in Brazil this Sunday, suggesting the group’s recent enlargement may have weakened its ideological significance for the two founding members. Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has attended Brics meetings for the past 12 years, will

Donald Trump Considers 17% Tariffs on European Food and Farm Exports Reports indicate that Donald Trump warned of imposing 17% tariffs on food and agricultural products from Europe during recent discussions in Washington. These measures would affect a wide range of goods, including Belgian chocolate, Irish butter, and olive oil

"We’re effectively seeing the dismantling of industry in the country right now, and we’re losing many jobs," says John Mac, sipping tea in a busy Stockton-on-Tees café. The Reform UK candidate spent years working at Imperial Chemical Industries’ (ICI) Billingham plant before taking voluntary redundancy in

The head of P&O Ferries received £683,000 in the financial year following the company’s controversial dismissal of nearly 800 workers, most of whom were British. The payout, disclosed in long-overdue 2023 accounts obtained by *CuriosityNews* and ITV News, reflects a 55% increase for Peter Hebblethwaite, the

The U.S. economy saw an increase of 147,000 jobs in June, reflecting ongoing resilience in employment despite trade tensions under the current administration. Job growth exceeded forecasts, as many analysts had predicted a decline. Instead, employment rose by 8,000 positions compared to May, according to data from