Trump announces 50% steel tariffs and hails ‘blockbuster’ deal with Japan
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

President tells Pennsylvania rally tariffs will aid workers but questions raised over nature of Nippon Steel investmentDonald Trump announced on Friday he was doubling foreign tariffs on steel imports to 50%, as the president celebrated a “blockbuster” agreement for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in US Steel during a rally in Pennsylvania.Surrounded by men in orange hardhats at a US Steel plant in West Mifflin, Trump unveiled the new levies, declaring that the dramatic rate increase would “even further secure the steel industry in the United States”. Continue reading...

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Sweet dreams: dessert parlours help to revive UK’s high streets
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

Market thought to be worth more than £500m as diners seek cheaper alternatives to the pub or a meal outDessert cafes and ice-cream parlours are hoping to play a role in a revival of UK high streets and the night-time economy, as people seek an alternative to going to the pub or an expensive meal out.Their number has soared by almost 700 in the UK in the past decade, according to analysts at Green Street, formerly the Local Data Company, with outlets in places from Aberdeen to Plymouth. Continue reading...

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Hubris, crisis and scandal: how the NatWest ‘soap opera’ unfolded
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

From Fred ‘the Shred’ Goodwin to Nigel Farage ousting the CEO, it’s been a bumpy ride for the now-privatised banking group, formerly RBSGovernment sells final shares in NatWest, 17 years after bailoutHours before the government fired the starting gun on what became a £45bn bailout of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in October 2008, Whitehall was in chaos. Dozens of City bankers, drafted in to support the chancellor, Alistair Darling, were camped along the Treasury building’s winding corridors, juggling laptops and mobile phones as they worked to keep the UK’s financial system afloat.“It looked a little bit like an under-stress NHS hospital,” Charles Randell, the government’s former legal adviser, recalls. Continue reading...

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‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?Mateusz Demski, 31, journalist, Kraków, Poland Continue reading...

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Is every memecoin just a scam? Experts on whether Andrew Tate and Trump are fleecing their followers
Posted on Friday May 30, 2025

After I was turned into a memecoin, I looked into the hype behind the crypto that only a tiny percentage of people profit fromIn November last year, I was turned into a memecoin. Several, in fact.Someone alerted me that a memecoin called Dork Nerd Geek ($DNG) had been minted with a picture of my face, and it already had a market cap (the total value of all coins in circulation) of $29,000. Twenty minutes later it was $100,000. An hour later it was $800,000. Continue reading...

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Football matchday live: PSG v Inter Champions League final buildup
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

All the buildup to the Munich finalJonathan Liew: PSG v Inter is clash of styles on and off pitchYou can email Dom | Kick-off is at 8pm BSTInter: Simone Inzaghi’s talent-packed team will be underdogs against PSG but believe they have learned from 2023 agony, writes Nicky Bandini.Ousmane Dembele: “This has been a dream of mine since I was a child,” said the PSG striker, whose form this season has been revelatory. “I am very concentrated. This will be an unforgettable moment. I just hope tomorrow will be history in the making. Tomorrow will be a tense game. We know Paris will be vibrating with excitement. You need to keep a cool head. We are very excited but, as has been mentioned, we need to be calm, cool, collected, serious but smiling, because this is an incredible moment for us.” Continue reading...

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French Open live: Sinner, Zverev, Gauff and Draper in action on day seven
Posted on Saturday May 31, 2025

Latest tennis updates from Roland GarrosYou can email John with thoughts on the actionMake that 3-0. Sinner wants to get this one done, and perhaps get himself settled before the Champions League final later. He lands three break points for 4-0. And takes the second one.Sinner, rangy and usually implacable, is already 2-0 up on Lehecka, who has never previously taken a set off him. This is awesome stuff, and already. Continue reading...

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