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How will the Federal Reserve respond to Trumpโ€™s tariffs?

Market Questions is the FTโ€™s guide to the week ahead

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The best of London Craft Week 2025 โ€” from steel trees to secret ceramics

New collaborations take the annual event into new spaces, new sizes and new states of consciousness

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Europe wonโ€™t displace US economic power any time soon

Trumpโ€™s damage to Americaโ€™s growth rate will be mostly reversible

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Chinese graduates in UK face bleak prospects amid job crunch: โ€˜itโ€™s devastatingโ€™

Some young Chinese struggling even to secure restaurant work due to Britainโ€™s tough labour market and tightening visa rules.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Netanyahu promises revenge after Houthi missile strikes near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport

Israeli forces said a missile fired from Yemen hit an area inside Ben Gurion airport. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

US Federal Reserveโ€™s Powell may defy Trumpโ€™s pressure and hold interest rates steady

With their eye on inflation, officials are inclined to hold rates steady when they meet in Washington, defying Trumpโ€™s pressure to cut interest rates.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Trump faces backlash after posting AI image dressed as pope

Cardinals will gather on May 7 in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

The pitfalls of overhasty business deregulation

Republicans should think twice before rushing to scrap the US audit watchdog

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Marco Rubioโ€™s esteem is rising in Trump world โ€” at a cost

With four hats, including national security adviser, the former Trump rival is defying predictions heโ€™d be a weak player.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Australiaโ€™s Albanese handed sweeping mandate in anti-Trump backlash

Labor PM to expand public spending while balancing US-China ties amid trade war turmoil

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Weddings in Kashmir not interrupted by fear of India, violence

Tensions have soared since India accused Pakistan of backing a shooting that killed 26 civilians on the Indian side of the disputed territory.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Ethiopian Nigussie breaks Belfast Marathon record

Ethiopian Tilahun Nigussie wins the Belfast Marathon in a new event record of two hours, 13 minutes and 37 seconds after dominating the race.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Nearly 290,000 Gaza children on โ€˜the brink of deathโ€™ amid Israeli blockade

Gaza Media Office says some 3,500 children below five โ€˜face imminent death by starvation' amid Israelโ€™s total blockade.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Monthโ€™s growth over 5 decades

Celebration of US minority groups has evolved into a month-long event since Jimmy Carter established it in 1978. How, and why itโ€™s important.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

French PM considering referendum on budget plans

โ€œThe question is serious enough, with far-reaching consequences for the countryโ€™s future, that it should be put directly to the people," Bayrou tells Journal du Dimanche.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Paramilitaries strike Port Sudan for first time, army says

It is the first time RSF attacks have reached the city, which is the de-facto capital of the army-led government.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

Why African traders are looking beyond the US dollar to Chinaโ€™s yuan

Buyers in Africa favour doing business in the Chinese currency as geopolitical tensions heat up.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Burned-out China influencer duo with 15 million fans, quit after 1,000 live-streams in 5 years

Hugely popular couple who sell products online seek to find work-life balance, enjoy themselves with family, and stop being โ€˜greedyโ€™.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Latest news bulletin | May 4th โ€“ Midday

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Germany updates: Almost 50% of Germans back AfD ban โ€” poll

Forty-percent of respondents to an INSA survey were in favor of banning the far-right party. Meanwhile, Germany's incoming interior minister has vowed tighter border controls.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

High buildings, loose morals: Art Deco movement celebrates its centenary

Deriving from a Parisian design fair 100 years ago, "Art Deco" rose up out of the ashes of World War One, bringing confidence, prosperity, very big parties and new, instantly recognisable bold buildings.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Brazilian police arrest two over alleged bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert

Police in Brazil have detained two people over an alleged plan to set off explosives at a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro that attracted more than two million fans.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

China congratulates Australiaโ€™s Labor Party on federal election win

Beijing and Canberra are still apart on major strategic issues and no big changes expected, analyst says.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Putin hopes he will not have to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

In November, Putin signed a revamped nuclear doctrine outlining the circumstances that allow him to use Russiaโ€™s atomic arsenal.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Sudanโ€™s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attack airport in Port Sudan

Videos show the moment Sudanโ€™s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone attack on an airbase

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Sudan's RSF rebels strike Port Sudan, army says

The military said an air base and warehouse were hit by drones. While no casualties were reported, the attack marks the first time RSF paramilitaries have struck the government's temporary seat of power.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Healing petals: Why spring flower season in Europe is the natural therapy you didnโ€™t know you needed

Studies have revealed that time spent in nature can reduce stress, anxiety and blood pressure.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

The Malayan Tiger Is at a Tipping Point, With Increasing Deaths of Both Native Populations and Big Cats

Travel funding for this project was provided by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. On a late afternoon in early October 2023, Pisie Amud, 25, took his blowpipe and left his house in the Indigenous Temiar settlement of Pos Pasik, in Malaysia. Amudโ€™s two brothers had declined his invitation to accompany him, so he struck [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Blaming Donald Trump for conservative losses in both Canada and Australia is being too kind to Peter Dutton

The Coalition should resist seeing Trump as a natural disaster over which they had no control. Peter Dutton made many other missteps that doomed his partyโ€™s chances.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)

Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers

For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active owner that are no longer producing and have not been plugged are considered orphan wells. These unplugged wells can create pathways for contaminants like hydrocarbons and [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Counterterrorism police arrest Iranian nationals in raids across England

Five individuals were detained on suspicion of preparing terrorist act, police say

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Are Yemenโ€™s non-Houthi groups seeking US support to attack the Houthis?

Anti-Houthi forces have lobbied for US support to fight the group. Will they be getting it?

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

UK police arrest Iranians in terrorism probes

U.K. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the arrests โ€œserious events that demonstrate the ongoing requirement to adapt our response to national security threats.โ€

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

The 2025 Met Gala preview: Everything you need to know about fashion's biggest night out

The Met Gala, often dubbed "fashion's biggest night out" is just around the corner. So whatโ€™s the deal with this extravagant New York bash? And why does it send the internet into a frenzy every single year?

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

In its soul-searching, the Coalition should examine its relationship with the media

Voters wanted to hear the details of policies that matter to them, such as housing and cost of living. Instead, the Coalition gave them culture wars.

Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source: The Conversation (Australia) favicon The Conversation (Australia)