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Friday Briefing: Trump Orders New Global Tariffs
Plus, “Saturday Night Live” turns 50.The New York Times - Feb. 13 -
EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog
Forecast for rising global electricity use likely to stoke fears of rising costs and stalled efforts to fight climate crisis. The world’s electricity use will grow every year by more than the ...The Guardian - 6d -
China's WeRide Wants to Build Global Robotaxi Empire
The Chinese autonomous-driving company is aiming to make more inroads overseas this year, betting that robotaxis and related services will be in high demand in coming years.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 24 -
Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale
With less than a month in office, the president has pursued trade actions that could shatter the global trading system and dwarf the trade measures he took over his entire first term.The New York Times - 6d -
What Happens to Global Trade If ‘the W.T.O. Is Toast’?
President Trump, who disabled the World Trade Organization during his first term, is going after international free trade rules in place since the 1940s.The New York Times - 6d -
US isolation threatens global democracy, warns Major
Sir John says US policy will embolden Russia and China, with gains since the fall of the Soviet Union being reversed.BBC News - 4d -
Trump’s foreign policy creates unprecedented global challenges
The withdrawal of American leadership from Europe, embodied by Trump’s approach to Ukraine, has ramifications that will reverberate around the world.The Hill - 2d -
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Global implications of Trump's public criticism of Zelenskyy
Nearly three years into the war in Ukraine, another one has broken out between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and President Trump. Margaret Brennan explains.CBS News - 21h -
Global implications of Trump's public criticism of Zelenskyy
Nearly three years into the war in Ukraine, another one has broken out between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and President Trump. Margaret Brennan explains.CBS News - 21h -
Rubio’s revolutionary downsizing of America’s global role
World order is seen as a pattern of international interaction, with each country pursuing its own interests.The Hill - 6h -
Dismay as UK poised to cut funding for global vaccination group Gavi
Exclusive: Aid charities alarmed as decision would come in wake of Donald Trump’s decision to freeze USAid activities. The UK is poised to cut funding to a global vaccination group that has ...The Guardian - Feb. 10 -
‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit
Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainable. The impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in ...The Guardian - Feb. 10 -
USAID cuts threaten global women's program championed by Ivanka Trump
Five years ago, Lillian Achom stood with President Trump as he backed her women's development work - work she says is threatened by his USAID cut.CBS News - Feb. 10 -
US needs an America-first, common-sense approach to global women’s rights
The Trump administration is expected to continue to prioritize women's rights, not as a "soft power" issue, but as a practical one that aligns with American foreign and domestic policy goals.The Hill - Feb. 10 -
Global cities grapple with how to cool ‘urban heat islands’
Climate change has made tackling damaging temperature disparities increasingly urgentFinancial Times - Feb. 11 -
Trump widens his attack on global trade with steel and aluminium tariffs
Also in today’s newsletter, ‘If there’s no immigrant labour, there’s no milk, no cheese, no butter, no ice cream’Financial Times - Feb. 11 -
Coca-Cola sales easily top estimates as global demand rises
Shares of Coke have risen 7% over the past year, raising its market cap up to $275 billion.CNBC - Feb. 11 -
Who Is Marc Fogel? The American Teacher Caught in a Global Power Struggle.
Mr. Fogel, who had lived and taught in many countries, including Russia for nine years, spent 3 ½ years in Russian custody for having cannabis for medical use, and is in poor health.The New York Times - Feb. 12 -
Noaa imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts
‘Crackdown on climate’ predicted as oversight enacted over agency staffers’ email and meetings with foreign nationals. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) has placed ...The Guardian - Feb. 12 -
Global war fears rising among security experts: Survey
Global war fears are rising among experts around the world with over 40 percent expecting a new world conflict in the next decade, according to a new survey. The poll, released Wednesday by the ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
A global coffee price spike is about to drip into your mug
Bad news at the breakfast table: Your morning cup of coffee could soon be getting more expensive.NBC News - Feb. 12 -
President Trump stops the global assault on America’s steel industry
President Trump's new Steel Tariffs 2.0 aim to end foreign producers' exploitation and circumvention of trade laws, protecting America's steel industry and national security.The Hill - Feb. 13 -
Evening Report — Trump team scolds allies on global stage
Presented by March of Dimes {beacon} Evening Report TRUMP FIRST 100 DAYS © Matthias Schrader, Associated Press Trump officials look for one-two punch in Europe PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NATIONAL SECURITY ...The Hill - 6d -
How Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.The New York Times - 4d -
Shakira cancels Lima concert after being hospitalised during global tour
The Colombian star went to the emergency room in Peru’s capital on Saturday night, days after launching her first worldwide tour in seven years. Shakira cancelled her concert in the Peruvian ...The Guardian - 4d -
Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn
As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’. As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International ...The Guardian - 12h -
In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich
As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. Since the end of the second world war, liberal democracies have stuck together ...The Guardian - 11h -
Why President Trump is pursuing a 'sledgehammer' approach with tariffs and global trade deals
President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff plans covering many key economic allies and trading partners of the U.S. has support by the numbers.CNBC - 10h -
What to Know About the Saudi Crown Prince’s Role in Global Diplomacy
The kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was once shunned in diplomatic circles. Now he is playing an important role in negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine.The New York Times - 7h -
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.NBC News - Feb. 7 -
Global chip sales rose 19.1% in 2024 and will hit double digit growth in 2025 thanks to AI | SIA
Global semiconductor chip sales rose 19.1% to $627.6 billion in 2024 and growth is expected to grow double-digit percentages in 2025.VentureBeat - Feb. 7 -
Global leaders have a selective view of sovereignty. It matters, as long as it’s in their interests | Kenan Malik
Whether in Gaza or the Chagos Islands, denying a people’s identity and rights paves the way to robbing them of their autonomy to govern . Sovereignty matters. Except when it doesn’t. And it doesn’t ...The Guardian - Feb. 9 -
This chart shows the dramatic shift in global manufacturing over 30 years. The U.S. isn’t at the top.
China is at the heart of longer-term economic security concerns that could keep global trade conflicts going, says Deutsche Bank.MarketWatch - Feb. 10 -
Risk of breach of 1.5C of global warming here sooner than expected, studies find
Without stringent emissions cuts the world is ‘most probably’ already within the period defined in the Paris accordFinancial Times - Feb. 10 -
Champions League global rights deal set to be struck by U.S. agency Relevent with UEFA, clubs
UEFA and top European soccer clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that has sold Champions League rights since 1992ABC News - Feb. 11 -
Fintech unicorn Zepz to lay off 20% of its global workforce, sources say
London-based fintech Zepz is laying off around 200 IT workers as part of a major redundancy plan, two employees impacted by the move told CNBC.CNBC - Feb. 12 -
A global corporate tax turf war between Trump, the GOP and U.S. allies is brewing
As President Trump threatens a wider trade war on EU and other allies, an obscure global tax battle could be one retaliatory result, and target U.S. business.CNBC - Feb. 12
