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Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
A 10% levy has been put in place, but the US leader has other economic 'bazookas' he can fire in his trade battle Donald Trump did not carry through his threat to introduce 15% tariffs overnight. However, he did impose 10% tariffs on imports into the US on Tuesday , and the threatened 15% may be the least of his trade partners' worries. On Monday, the US president threatened to use tariffs in a "much more powerful ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
cartel hits The death of a major cartel boss in Mexico has unleashed a violent backlash in which members of the criminal group have paralyzed some cities through blockades and attacks on property and security forces. At least 73 people have died as a result of the operation to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, or "El Mencho." The head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was seriously wounded during a ...
Source: theconversation.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - The record-breaking storm gripping the northeastern U.S. is continuing to cause delays at Suncoast airports. At Sarasota Bradenton International Airport as of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, 14 flights to and from locations being hit by the storm have been canceled and two have been delayed, including flights to Boston and New York. On Monday at least 35 flight were grounded at SRQ, according to the ...
Source: mysuncoast.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
is expected to tilt heavily on domestic issues, but it's also a chance for the Republican to make the case for his foreign policy efforts to Americans who are increasingly demonstrating among his biggest wins. , Trump's assignment Tuesday evening also is to cut through thickening skepticism that he's staying true to his "America First" philosophy after a year in which his focus was often far from home. It's a ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Trump joked he is being forced to invite the women's hockey team to DC. Now, they've turned down his request The president joked to the men's team that he would be 'impeached' if he didn't also invite the gold-winning women's team as well, a remark that prompted laughter The U.S. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
700,259 9,712 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + AI for real estate agents: How to make friends with the bots and grow your business By The real estate grind never stops, and it's downright draining. Between the endless showings, those 10 p.m. "is this a load-bearing wall?" texts from clients and the pressure to go viral on TikTok, it's a miracle you get ...
Source: housingwire.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Three Chinese artificial intelligence companies used Claude to improperly obtain capabilities to improve their own models, the chatbot's creator Anthropic said in a blog post Monday while also making a case for export controls on chips. The announcement follows a memo by OpenAI earlier this month, when the startup warned U.S. lawmakers that Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is targeting the ChatGPT maker and the nation's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Peter Mandelson , Britain's former ambassador to the United States, was released on bail in the early hours of Tuesday after being arrested in London on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . The Metropolitan Police said in a news update that it released a 72-year-old-man arrested at an address in the Camden area of north ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites 'harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities', while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC's failure to edit A black British film-maker has said he will step down as a Bafta judge over the organisation's handling of the incident during Sunday's ceremony during which a Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted a racial slur while two black actors were ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Without federal climate regulation, fossil fuel industry may be more vulnerable to local lawsuits The Trump administration 's repeal of a foundational climate determination could clear a path for new litigation and policies targeting big oil, legal experts say. Earlier this month, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) finalized a rule revoking the "endangerment finding", a 2009 determination that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Central and eastern Europe correspondent Shaun Walker joins Jakub Krupa to answer readers' questions about four years of war, and where it's heading From The Russian foreign ministry has just issued a lengthy statement just now warning of risks of a direct clash between nuclear power and its potential consequences. It said the suggestions, first carried by the Russian intelligence earlier today, suggest are ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Washington — President Trump will deliver the 2026 State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, laying out his agenda for the year ahead and touting his accomplishments since returning to office. The address comes days after the Supreme Court ruled he does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency powers law, dealing a significant blow to his trade ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Panama authorities have taken control of two ports operated by a subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, assets that came under scrutiny after President Donald Trump claimed China exerted too much influence over their operation. Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings condemned the Monday takeover in a statement on Tuesday that said the actions of Panama were "unlawful" and raised risks to ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Feb 24th, 2026 -
From small art schools to large public universities, the new DOJ release of emails reveals just how deep the financier's influence in academia went. Students are demanding accountability. Many of Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent universities and academics , which he maintained through monetary donations and luxury gifts, have been known since his 2019 arrest and suicide in a Manhattan jail cell. After the US ...
Source: wired.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The Trump-appointed judge said the release of the report would present a 'manifest injustice' to Trump A federal judge has permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump's hoarding of classified documents. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that his government is writing to Commonwealth countries about its support to have the United Kingdom's former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, removed from the line of royal succession over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Albanese's announcement on Tuesday came as neighbouring Commonwealth member New Zealand declared that it would ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing three men. The boat was "transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on X. "Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed." ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) asked a staffer to send him a "sexy pic" in 2024, according to text messages obtained by HuffPost and other news outlets, undercutting the congressman's ongoing ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Greenland and Denmark's leaders say they wouldn't want a U.S. hospital ship even if it was heading to the island The Pentagon reportedly has not received any orders to send a hospital ship to Greenland , despite President Donald Trump claiming at the weekend that a vessel was "on ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
BRUSSELS — The European Union had hoped to make a big show of support for Ukraine this week, on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion and at a moment when there has been little sign of progress in US-mediated efforts to end the war. But those plans have been upended after Hungary said that it would block the latest package of sanctions against Russia and that it would also stall progress on ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Agents got far less instruction in key areas including use of force and constitutional rights, the whistleblower claims, as the administration races to train thousands of new agents New Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are being given a "deficient, defective and broken" ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
What began as a quiet celebration at a Utah couple's home in 2022 ended hours later with the husband dead in their bedroom and prosecutors alleging his wife slipped him a fatal dose of fentanyl. Nearly four years after Eric Richins died, Kouri Richins is set to stand trial this month on charges of aggravated murder, attempted criminal homicide, false/fraudulent insurance claim and forgery. She has pleaded not ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Missing Google's weather app? I found three reliable weather apps for Android, but there's an even better option. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways If you've used the Google weather app (technically a widget on your home screen) to check the forecast recently, you might have noticed a change. Instead of a visually pleasing rundown of the temperature, humidity, wind, and ...
Source: zdnet.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
OpenAI is entering into multiyear partnerships with Accenture, Boston Consulting Group, Capgemini and McKinsey & Co. The consulting firms will help OpenAI's enterprise customers define their artificial intelligence strategy and get AI agents into real production workflows more quickly. OpenAI introduced an enterprise platform called Frontier earlier this month, and the partnerships build on that announcement. In ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
2 min read Audrey Hepburn's classic, Breakfast at Tiffany's , is getting an update in 2026—and a brand new starlet will bring the story to life. Variety reported that the yet-to-be-titled film will not be an exact retelling of the 1961 film, but will rather go behind-the-scenes and delve into the making of the iconic movie, which has inspired generations of actors and filmmakers in the years since its ...
Source: elle.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Review: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings back that Westeros magic Prequel series is just great storytelling, reminding GoT fans why they loved the original so much. HBO has another critically acclaimed hit with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, and it deserves every bit of the praise heaped upon it. The immensely satisfying first season wrapped with ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
shared a touching tribute to her two children, twins Lopez, 56, who shares Emme and Max with ex-husband , took to Instagram on Sunday, February 22, to celebrate the milestone through words and a video filled with photos and footage. "You were born in the middle of the night, in the midst of the biggest, most beautiful snowstorm NY had seen in years!!" Lopez began. "I remember riding in the car and looking out the ...
Source: bradenton.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
The 32-year-old, the third of Rob Reiner's four children, has been held without bail since his arrest hours after the 78-year-old director and his wife were found dead at their home in the Brentwood area of LA on 14 December. Rob Reiner's son Nick has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of the actor-director and his wife Michele Singer Reiner. Reiner's lawyer, deputy public ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Feb 23rd, 2026 -
Behind the scenes, real journalism faces real resistance. We keep reporting anyway. Member support protects our independence and keeps tough stories in the light. Join today to help defend a free press. Already a member? Health influencer Peter Attia has decided to step away from his new position as a contributor to CBS News after his name appeared in the Epstein files. The longevity expert was one of several new ...
Source: huffpost.com