“Cheap goods” sold on Temu and Shein aren’t as cheap as they were 24 hours ago. On Friday, the two companies raised prices on many goods in advance of new tariffs set to take effect next week. The companies had informed shoppers of the coming price hikes last week. American customers of Temu and Shein, which source most of their products from China, have largely been able to avoid paying tariffs due to an exemption on shipments of goods worth less than $800. That exemption, known as “de minimis,” is expiring on May 2, the result of an executive order President…
Author: Michael Johnson
As Rory McIlroy sunk to his knees in celebration, the party of all parties was about to begin. McIlroy ended his long wait to win the Masters last Sunday, joining an exclusive list of golfers to complete golf’s career grand slam – winning each of the four majors. And back in his native Northern Ireland, the celebrations were just about to begin, despite the late hour. Images from inside the Holywood Golf Club clubhouse – the place where McIlroy began his golfing journey and where he is an honorary member – show the pure delight at seeing one of their own finally banish…
American journalist Evan Gershkovich will stand trial in Russia on charges of spying for the CIA, prosecutors announced Thursday. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was arrested in March 2023 on what many in the West consider trumped-up charges by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s repressive government. President Joe Biden has repeatedly called on Putin to release Gershkovich, 32, who was arrested while on a reporting trip in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government have all vehemently denied the allegations. After more than a year in pretrial detention, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said Thursday that Gershkovich’s case would be sent…
The King has thanked journalists working in local media for shining “a light in dark corners” – even though they don’t “always get it right”. Charles praised the regional press for its “vital role” in society in a time when “too much focus is given to that which divides us”. The monarch shared his tribute ahead of a reception for regional media at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening, thanked those in the industry for helping to “amplify and reaffirm the rights and responsibilities we all share”. He did however note mistakes sometimes made by the press, but remained certain the industry at its best is a “cornerstone…
When Jeffrey Goldberg published a bombshell story outlining how some of the most senior US officials had mistakenly shared sensitive information with him, he obtained the biggest scoop of the year. The Atlantic editor also became the prime target for every senior Trump administration official in Washington. In the last couple of days, he’s been called a “loser” and a “sleazebag” by President Donald Trump, as well as a liar and “scum” by US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, who appeared to have mistakenly added Goldberg to a group chat earlier this month. Before he became a political lightning rod,…
The White House reacted furiously on Wednesday after The Atlantic magazine published messages between national security officials in a Signal group chat in their entirety. President Donald Trump called the reporting “all a witch hunt” and declared the publication a “failed magazine”. Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who was inadvertently included in the chat among senior cabinet leaders, shared texts in which US defence secretary Pete Hegseth provided sensitive information such as detailed timetables and unit information ahead of a US strike in Yemen. Goldberg said he decided to publish the information after the Trump administration accused him of lying that classified information…
health correspondent Rebecca Thomas has been named the best health journalist in the British Journalism Awards, and commended for the “huge impact” of her work. Ms Thomas’s work revealed the scandal of rape and sexual assault of patients within NHS mental health trusts, a “culture of fear” allowing nurses to abuse their patients, and the case of an autistic man who was repeatedly locked up in dementia care units and abused by nurses. Judges at the prestigious awards named Ms Thomas the winner of the Health and Life Sciences category, describing her work as “three significant examples of dogged journalism which had a huge impact”. Ms Thomas said: “I’m…
Lyubysh-Kirdey was part of a team of six people from Reuters covering the war in Ukraine who were staying at the Hotel Sapphire when it was hit by a missile. Ryan Evans, a safety adviser for the agency, was killed in the strike. One other Reuters journalist, Daniel Peleschuk, was injured while the other three team members have been accounted for, according to the agency. “Reuters video journalist Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey remains in critical condition. Our other colleague, Ukraine correspondent Daniel Peleschuk, was treated and has left the hospital,” Reuters said in a statement. Lyubysh-Kirdey, 40, has worked for Reuters since 2022,…
It’s milestone month for the exchange-traded fund industry. Actively managed ETFs now have more than $1 trillion in assets under management, according to independent research firm ETFGI. That’s roughly the market cap of Berkshire Hathaway, Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product and the value of 121 New York Yankees franchises. The ETF Store’s Nate Geraci thinks it will grow even bigger due to the appetite for new active investing strategies. “It’s interesting for an industry where the roots are passively managed products. That’s what the industry was built on,” the firm’s president told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “It’s interesting to see active ETFs getting…
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