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Watch: ‘I’m getting angry and anti-American’ – Canadians on tariff threat President Donald Trump has suspended for 30 days the hefty tariffs on Mexico and Canada that he threatened after last-minute negotiations with the two US neighbours. He can point to concessions on border and crime enforcement as a victory. But Canada’s Justin Trudeau and…

Reuters Marco Rubio met El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque El Salvador has offered to take in “dangerous criminals” held in American jails – including those with US citizenship, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says. After meeting President Nayib Bukele on a visit to the Central American country, Rubio…

Getty Images There have been previous outbreaks of GBS in India – in 2019 at least one child died in the north of the country (file photo) Last month, a school teacher in the western Indian city of Pune found her six-year-old son upset about homework. “I had erased some words and asked him to…

Watch: ‘I’m getting angry and anti-American’ – Canadians decry tariff threat President Donald Trump has agreed to hold off imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days, pulling the North American neighbours back from the brink of a potentially damaging trade war. After last-minute calls with Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed…

US President Donald Trump has taken the first step towards setting up a sovereign wealth fund for the United States, and suggested that it could end up buying TikTok. The president signed an executive order on Monday, to kickstart the process, saying the fund would soon be “one of the biggest”. More than 90 countries…

Lizo Mzimba Entertainment Correspondent Universal Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn star in Anora In many ways Anora feels like a fairy tale. Except that the film’s title character – Ani to her friends – is a stripper and occasional sex worker. And her Prince Charming is the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. When he…

Flooding in Australia has inflicted “incredible” devastation on communities across northern Queensland, the state’s premier has said, even though conditions are easing faster than predicted. Thousands of residents who evacuated from their homes are set to return on Tuesday but it is feared hundreds of homes and businesses have been inundated. “It’s a disaster that’s…

Laura Cress and Tom Richardson BBC News and BBC Newsbeat EA/Maxis Humple Borpnah! The Sims is celebrating its 25th birthday The Sims was never supposed to be a hit. Back in the 1990s, when creator Will Wright pitched the game to his bosses, they weren’t convinced by his idea of a “virtual dollhouse”. A so-called…

Laura Bicker China correspondent Reuters Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in 2019 If China is angry at the United States for imposing an extra 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, it is doing a good job of hiding it. Both Canada and Mexico have vowed to retaliate and already Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

Lawyers for actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively spent their first day in court sparring over the sexual harassment and other allegations that have erupted surrounding their film, It Ends With Us. In December, Lively filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and starting a smear campaign against her. Baldoni has…