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President Trump says the U.S. may be close to announcing new tariff agreements as his administration faces pressure to strike deals with major trade partners before a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends on July 9. Since announcing a bevy of tariffs from the Rose Garden in early April, President Trump and his team have been in negotiation mode, meeting with foreign leaders from Canada, Italy, India, Japan and other key U.S. trading partners. The administration has rolled out tariffs in fits and starts over the last few months, creating ongoing market volatility and sparking fears of a U.S. recession. Mr. Trump on Sunday told reporters on Air…
The areas of artificial intelligence (AI) young people are interested in varies between genders, according to research by InnovateHer. The social enterprise asked more than a thousand students between the ages of 12 and 17 their opinions on AI, and found more boys than girls interested in the subject – 69% and 54% respectively – but also differing areas of focus, with girls worried about AI bias and boys concerned about cyber security. “While it’s encouraging to see such interest [in AI] from both sides, these differences risk reinforcing long-standing stereotypes,” said Chelsea Slater, co-founder and CEO of InnovateHer.…
Check out Cristiano Ronaldo’s Real Madrid facing off against Paulo Dybala’s Juventus in the 2017 Champions League final!
The US and UK have agreed the terms for a trade deal, Sky News understands.A government source has told Sky’s deputy political editor Sam Coates that initial reports about the agreement in The New York Times are correct. Coates says he understands a “heads of terms” agreement, essentially a preliminary arrangement, has been agreed, which is a “substantive” step towards a full deal.Follow live: UK-US trade deal X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below…
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin’s order for a three-day truce with Ukraine has taken effect today, a move the Kremlin said would test Kyiv’s readiness for peace but that Ukraine has slammed as a farce. It was not clear whether either side was observing the ceasefire, even with world leaders – including China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic – in Moscow for commemorations of the end of World War II. It appeared relatively quiet overnight, though Ukraine’s military said early today that Russian forces had launched air strikes in the eastern Sumy region. Kyiv…
Financial release accessible onlineBOSTON, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE) announced that financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2025, which ended March 29, 2025, are available on its Investor Relations website.The Company will host a conference call and webcast with investors and analysts to discuss and answer questions about the results at 8:00 a.m. ET on May 8, 2025. The conference call and webcast can be accessed with the following information: In addition, the Company has posted to its Investor Relations website the earnings release and certain supplemental tables that will be referenced during the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The city of Birmingham is one step closer to losing control over Alabama’s largest water utility after the governor signed a bill on Wednesday that would give more power to neighboring suburbs, despite a pending federal lawsuit alleging the move would constitute racial discrimination.The bill redistributes power from Birmingham city officials — who currently appoint a majority of the nine-person board — to the governor, the lieutenant governor and the surrounding four counties that are also in the board’s jurisdiction. It also reduces the number of board members to seven. Board members approve rate hikes and manage…
[MANILA] The Philippine economy expanded slower than expected in the first quarter, underscoring challenges for policymakers even before the Trump administration’s trade war rocked markets and hurt global sentiment.Gross domestic product expanded 5.4 per cent in the January-to-March period from a year earlier, the statistics agency said Thursday (May 8). That’s below the median estimate of 5.7 per cent in a Bloomberg News survey, but is still faster than the 5.3 per cent pace in the last quarter of 2024. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the economy expanded 1.2 per cent from the prior quarter, below the median estimate of 1.6…
At its Tech World event in Shanghai today, Lenovo officially unveiled one of the most impressive laptops I’ve ever seen. You see, the new Legion 9i (18”, 10) isn’t just for playing the latest video games — it’s designed to help developers create them too. And yes, it’s also quite beautiful. The 18-inch display here is absolutely massive, and it comes in two versions. The 2D model pushes a stunning 3840×2400 resolution at 240Hz with a 3ms response time. It’s bright at 540 nits, supports Dolby Vision, NVIDIA G-SYNC, and is certified by both TÜV Rheinland and VESA DisplayHDR 400.…
Bank Indonesia has stepped up intervention this year and last month began intervening in the offshore non-deliverable forwards marketPublished Thu, May 8, 2025 · 01:08 PM[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s foreign-exchange reserves saw the biggest drop in nearly two years after the central bank ramped up market intervention to cushion the sliding rupiah last month.The stockpile fell by US$4.6 billion to US$152.5 billion in April, Bank Indonesia (BI) said on Thursday (May 8). The decline, the biggest since May 2023, was due to the government’s external debt payments and the central bank’s rupiah stabilisation measures as the global market was roiled by the…