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While tariffs can end up hitting consumers in the pocket, there are other impacts on households. Import taxes can complicate trade for businesses that have cross-border supply. As well as the higher costs, the uncertainty created by the trade war could put off investment plans and stunt job creation. Saunders suggests the biggest impact on…

Holly Ratchford still cannot believe that the man who moved into the residential complex she once managed would go on to be accused of involvement in the darkest day in recent US history. “It’s almost impossible for me to wrap my head around who he said he was, and who he really is. I still…

Elaine Ling splits her time between New York and California, but wherever she is and needs a coffee, she doesn’t visit a Starbucks. She only goes there for her cold drinks. Her “real coffee” comes from local cafes. “I don’t really like to go to Starbucks for coffee. I think their coffee is like too…

Ahead of the referendum, the two sides held a televised debate where the Yes campaign team was headed by Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir and the No campaign was led by Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, chair of the opposition Independence Party. Kristrún told the audience that Iceland was already well integrated in the European Union, and becoming a…

The security sources say six international warships are now in the seas close to the Lutuf – two from Turkey and one each from Spain, Denmark, the US and India, something the BBC has not been able to independently verify. “There is military equipment on the [hijacked] ship meant for Turkey’s operations in Somalia,” the…

The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced. “This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans,” Trump posted on social media. Venezuela’s interim President,…

It’s a legacy that Parton built quietly in the background as she presided over pop culture for more than six decades. “The biggest thing that I like is the fact that she didn’t do anything for recognition,” said Geoff Blacklin, 67, of Manitoba, Canada. He and his wife signed up their grandchildren for Imagination Library…

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to avoid a direct military confrontation with Nato, despite increasingly hostile rhetoric aimed at the UK and other allies over their support for Ukraine, Western officials believe. Some reports have suggested the visit by CIA chief John Radcliffe to Moscow this week was, in part, to warn Russia against a…