President Trump’s announcement last week that he will impose a 20 percent tariff on goods coming from the European Union sent shock waves across the 27-nation bloc, the latest move in an unfolding trade war that is tearing the close partners apart. This week, Europe will push ahead with its first countermaneuver — one of … Read more
The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon. The enemy, Russia, was nowhere in sight, yet ever-present. In the command room, Captain Mykhailo and his crew scanned screens showing color-coded zones marking Russian mine-laden waters and red arrows tracking drones prowling the area. The … Read more
Chaos and uncertainty after Trump’s tariff rollout Wall Street’s elite grappled with anger, anxiety, frustration and fear over the weekend in response to President Trump’s announcement of sweeping new tariffs, which top Trump aides raced to defend in various news media appearances. Some of his advisers said that they had already heard from foreign nations … Read more
“Giant,” a play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism starring John Lithgow as the truculent children’s author, was one of the big winners at this year’s Olivier Awards, Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys. The play, which was staged at the Royal Court last year and is transferring to the West End on April 26, took home three … Read more
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, told cheering supporters in Paris on Sunday that she would fight the five-year ban on her running for office , which resulted from an embezzlement conviction, casting herself as an underdog representing those who are “disdained” by the political elite. Addressing a crowd of several thousand who chanted … Read more
Britain and Israel traded sharp criticisms this weekend after Israel blocked two British lawmakers from entering the country and sent them back to London. The members of Parliament, Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, both of whom belong to the governing center-left Labour Party, said in a joint statement on Sunday that they had been “astounded” … Read more
As entrances go, this one was both unexpected and welcome. That much was clear from the thunderous applause and cheers on Sunday as Pope Francis made his first public appearance since leaving a Rome hospital two weeks ago. Francis arrived, unannounced, on the dais in St. Peter’s Square near the end of a Mass that … Read more
Russia bombarded Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones on Sunday that killed one person and wounded at least seven others, the latest in a series of deadly attacks that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has said makes clear Moscow has little real interest in cease-fire negotiations. While Russian drone and missile attacks have been unrelenting … Read more
President Trump’s self-proclaimed “liberation day,” in which he announced across-the-board tariffs on the United States’ trading partners, carries an echo of another moment when an advanced Western economy threw up walls around itself. Like Brexit, Britain’s fateful vote nearly nine years ago to leave the European Union, Mr. Trump’s tariffs struck a hammer blow at … Read more
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