MARCH 10, 2025
South Crofty mine, near Camborne, Cornwall. The south-west county is home to a plentiful supply of lithium and tin - Jay Williams
Sir Humphrey has learned to hold his nose. After decades of official disgust at mining, refining and petrochemicals, Whitehall is learning to love the dirty stuff again – the very things we need to defend ourselves...
MARCH 10, 2025
Americans are still falling for romance and crypto scams. The Federal Trade Commission today reported a 25% year-over-year increase in fraud losses in 2024.
The amount of money lost to scams reached $12.5 billion last year, the agency says, up from $10 billion the previous year. "One in three people who reported fraud said they lost money (up from one in...
MARCH 9, 2025
2025 ICC Championship.
It would not be as iconic a parting shot as MS Dhoni’s six over midwicket on that famous night in Mumbai. But Ravindra Jadeja’s slap through square leg that wrapped up the Champions Trophy in Dubai, India’s first 50-over ICC title in 12 years, would long be remembered.
Emotions poured out—Jadeja plucked a stump and began...
MARCH 8, 2025
Log booms float on the Fraser River, Richmond, British Columbia, March 4, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
BEIJING - China announced tariffs on over $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies Ottawa introduced in October and opening a new front in a trade war largely driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.
The...
MARCH 8, 2025
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees, according to four people familiar with the matter.
The government database — created to help enforce child support payments and overseen by the Administration for Children...
MARCH 7, 2025
Map Visualization.
The U.S. Department of State issued warnings for travelers heading to 126 destinations, including 21 places where U.S. citizens should not travel.
Why It Matters
The State Department considers a variety of factors when issuing travel advisories, including crime, terrorism, civil unrest, health, likelihood of a natural disaster and current events.
What To Know
Travel advisories are reviewed by the...
MARCH 7, 2025
The Trump administration on Friday announced that it would cancel approximately $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University "due to the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students."
The move comes just days after the administration's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism notified Columbia that it was going to conduct a "comprehensive...
MARCH 7, 2025
Stew Leonard Jr., CEO of grocery store Stew Leonard's, is considering shifting some suppliers due to potential tariffs. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey
President Donald Trump's tariffs are shaking up supply chains for everything from cars to tequila.
Stew Leonard's, a family-owned grocery chain in the Northeastern US, is making changes in response.
CEO Stew Leonard Jr. said he's trying to...
MARCH 6, 2025
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. - Alex Brandon/AP
A federal judge on Thursday shot down President Donald Trump's effort to oust a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
In a fiery ruling, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote that Trump is trying to carry out a...
MARCH 6, 2025
Democratic strategist James Carville argued the “simplest and most direct” explanation for President Donald Trump’s actions thus far in office is that he “hates” his own country.
In a video for Politicon, Carville accused Trump of deliberately trying to “harm” the United States with moves like his tariffs on Canada and Mexico and his explosive meeting in front of cameras with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In Carville’s nearly-10...
