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  • Trump stirs tariff pot with fresh threats on EU, Feb 1 China deadline

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada. Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White House a day after taking office without immediately imposing tariffs as he had promised during his campaign. Financial markets and trade groups exhaled briefly on Tuesday, but his latest comments underscored Trump's longstanding desire for broader duties and a new Feb. 1 deadline for 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico, as well as duties on China and the EU.

  • 2025 Oscars Best Makeup and Hairstyling Predictions

    Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual …

  • 2025 Oscars Best Film Editing Predictions

    Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual …

  • 2025 Oscars Best Production Design Predictions

    Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual …

  • 2025 Oscars Best Costume Design Predictions

    Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual …

  • Jacinda Ardern says upcoming memoir aimed at ‘anyone who has ever doubted themselves’

    New Zealand former prime minister says A Different Kind of Power promotes her belief in ‘empathetic leadership’ and will be released in June

  • Donald Trump tries to negotiate TikTok sale on live TV as he defends Capitol riot pardons

    Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

  • Baseball world reacts to Ichiro Suzuki's near-unanimous Hall of Fame selection

    Ichiro Suzuki has been named to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the possible vote. Here are the best reactions from around the internet.

  • Dow Jones Futures: Netflix, 'Stargate' AI Lift Techs; Trump Threatens China Tariffs

    Dow Jones futures: Netflix surged late on earnings. President Trump touted a "Stargate" AI investment plan by Oracle, OpenAI and SoftBank.

  • B.C. Premier David Eby asks Canadians to think carefully about spending money in U.S.

    British Columbians should rethink trips to the United States and purchases of American products, as the province establishes a task force to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, Premier David Eby said.

  • Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen as the new president seeks to make good on campaign promises to carry out mass deportations.

  • Donald Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

    Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road who was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of money laundering, narcotics trafficking and computer hacking.

  • Rare snowstorm blankets Houston and New Orleans in white

    HOUSTON (Reuters) -A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze. A snowstorm warning was in effect for 31 million people - from southern Texas east through Georgia and north to the Carolinas and into Virginia - until Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said. With the storm moving east, crews near Houston plowed highways on Tuesday while downtown streets, covered in white, were virtually deserted.

  • Netflix to raise prices as new subscribers soar

    Squid Game and live sports, including the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson fight, fuelled new memberships.

  • ‘Paid actors’ appear to be behind some antisemitic attacks, Albanese says

    Prime minister says recent incidents don’t appear to be motivated by ideology as Coalition demands more information

  • Trump announces $500B Stargate AI project: 'Country will be prospering like never before'

    Trump said the private sector joint venture will build data centers and create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States.

  • Why interim housing in Jasper hasn't been built — so far

    After a summer wildfire destroyed more than 800 homes in Jasper, Alta., the provincial and federal governments promised interim housing for displaced residents by now. But neither government has delivered any homes. The CBC’s Acton Clarkin breaks down the delay.

  • Ghana Is Investigating a $400 Million Cathedral Designed by David Adjaye

    Renderings for the development were unveiled in 2018.

  • Palestinian man returns to home in Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp to find area turned to rubble

    In Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, which has witnessed some of Israel's fiercest bombings over the past 15 months of conflict, one resident describes his devastation after returning to his home to find it had been completely destroyed. (AP Video/Wafaa Shurafa)

  • Indonesia fines Google $12 million for unfair business practices

    JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's antitrust agency on Tuesday ordered Google to pay fines about 202 billion rupiah ($12.37 million) for unfair business practices related to its payment system services for Google Play Store, its software distribution platform. The agency launched an investigation into Alphabet Inc's Google in 2022 on suspicion it had abused its dominant position by requiring Indonesian app developers to use Google Play Billing, at higher rates than other payment systems, or face removal from the Google Play Store. The panel said in a hearing that the systems reduced developers' earnings as they led to the reduction of users, adding Google has been found breaking Indonesia’s law against monopoly.