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King and Queen to host VE Day tea party for war veterans
National commemorations and events will begin on 5 May with a military procession of 1,300 members of the armed forces.
One of Trump’s billionaire supporters has harsh words for the president about his trade war
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, a billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and a megadonor to Republican candidates, had some ...
Trump Blinks, but the Trade War’s Still On
Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have been making vaguely conciliatory comments about the administration’s approach ...
Rising bills and trade war push UK consumer mood to 17-month low
British consumer confidence slid this month to its lowest level since November 2023 as people became much gloomier about the ...
Airlines, rattled by trade war and spending pullback, continue to cut flights, pull outlooks
Major U.S. airlines are reducing their flight schedules and revising or withdrawing their profit outlooks for the year due to ...
CEO who voted for Trump made a public warning about his trade war
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, a billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and a megadonor to Republican candidates, had some ...
The Economist14h
Why Ukraine is losing the war for African opinion
Donald Trump, keen to improve American relations with Russia, has threatened to withdraw military support from Ukraine and is ...
As Trump softens his tone on the trade war, China refuses to budge
Beijing continues to be willing to endure economic hardship to put pressure on the U.S., even as the Trump administration ...
Why was a car inside a sunk World War II aircraft carrier? NOAA researchers perplexed
A crew exploring the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean came across the unexpected sight of a Ford automobile in ...
The Economist14h
The Vietnam war made American culture bolder and more varied
The first glimmers of public discontent emerged in American music. In 1963 Bob Dylan condemned the “Masters of War” who “hide ...