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Canadian businesses seek certainty in US tariff war
Ali Abbas Ahmadi BBC News, Toronto Getty Images Deal or no deal, what Wes Love wants is certainty. His Toronto-area business, Taurus Craco, imports machinery from overseas and distributes it across North America, mainly to the United States. But President Donald Trump’s shifting tariffs on Canadian products have left him, like many independent business owners,…
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Japanese fruit sando hits high streets
Promo_Link/Getty Images Serving strawberries in a sandwich might be unusual in the UK, but it’s nothing new in Japan Strawberries and cream – an iconic British combo since the 1800s. But do they belong together in a sandwich? M&S has rolled out a limited-edition strawberries and cream sandwich, made with strawberries, whipped cream cheese and…
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Hungary Pride to go ahead, as PM Orban threatens ‘legal consequences’
A Budapest Pride march is expected to go ahead on Saturday, defying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s legal threats against LGBTQ rights activists. The march organisers hope for a record attendance this year, despite mounting pressure from nationalist conservative politicians and police to stop any display of pro-LGBTQ material. Police have issued a ban, in…
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Doechii’s Glastonbury slot is all part of her five-year plan
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Doechii is the stage name of Florida-born rapper and musician Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon In 2023, Doechii announced she was three years into her five-year plan for becoming one of the biggest names in music. “By year five I want to be at my peak,” she told Billboard magazine. “I…
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‘I tell my children not to play so we save money on soap’
Priya Sippy & Anne Okumu BBC News, London & Lilongwe Jack McBrams A chunk of Suzanna Kathumba’s meagre salary goes on school fees, leaving little for other essentials Suzanna Kathumba, a domestic worker in Malawi, spends every day thinking of ways she can economise to make her salary of 80,000 kwacha ($46; £34) a month…
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The Indian chef who took Tamil fare global and won a ‘food Oscar’
Getty Images for James Beard Foundation Vijay Kumar accepts the Best Chef: New York State award at the 2025 James Beard Awards In Manhattan’s West Village, where culinary trends can change with the seasons, Chef Vijay Kumar is shaping a quiet revolution. His 2025 James Beard Award win for Best Chef: New York State this…
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Son of Norway’s crown princess suspected of 23 offences including rape
The son of Norway’s crown princess is suspected of three rapes and 23 other offences, police said on Friday. Marius Borg Høiby, who is the stepson of Norway’s future king, was arrested three separate times last year, in August, September and November. After a 10-month investigation, Norwegian police have now handed the case over to…
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Did a JD Vance meme get a tourist banned from the US?
A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry into the US after immigration agents took issue with a meme of Vice President JD Vance on his phone. US Homeland Security officials say he was turned away for admitting drug use. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton spoke to Mads Mikkelsen about his experience and looks at the…
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Supreme Court curbs judges’ power to block Trump’s orders in birthright citizenship case
The top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts have limited ability to block presidential orders, giving President Donald Trump what he called a “giant win”. The case surrounded whether Trump’s attempt to use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for non-citizens and undocumented migrants was allowed. In a 6-3 ruling,…
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GHF boss defends Gaza aid operation after hundreds of Palestinians killed near sites
The head of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group has defended its work after repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) boss Johnnie Moore told the BBC World Service’s Newshour he was not denying deaths near aid sites, but said “100% of those casualties are being attributed…
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