Culture news Kneecap and Kehlani receive backlash over support of Palestine Kneecap and Kehlani face backlash in the US for their pro-Palestinian support, with the Irish rap group's Coachella performance and the American singer's cancelled Cornell University concert drawing criticism. 25/04/2025
Business Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders surge as tariff price hike fears loom Although demand for the Nintendo Switch 2 is strong at the moment, market experts have warned that US president Donald Trump's tariffs could cause price hikes for a number of consumer goods, including electronics. 25/04/2025
Mobility How the US is relaxing regulations to lead the self-driving car race The Trump administration is loosening regulations to help US carmakers like Elon Musk’s Tesla develop self-driving cars and compete with Chinese rivals. 25/04/2025
Markets Alphabet shares jump as Google Search advertising boosts growth Alphabet shares jumped following strong quarterly earnings, as Google Search advertising delivered better-than-expected growth. Google Cloud, its key growth driver, also saw a sharp rise in profit as demand continued to outpace capacity. 25/04/2025
Business Trump claims China meeting despite Beijing denying trade talks Trump insisted that a meeting with China had taken place regarding tariff negotiations, despite Beijing denying any such talks. Investors, however, saw signs of a de-escalation in the trade war, as global stock markets recovered most of the losses in April. 25/04/2025
Europe News NATO chief Mark Rutte urges allies to devote more funds to alliance Rutte was in Washington on Thursday for meetings with senior US officials, two months before he's due to chair a summit of US President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands. 25/04/2025
Europe News Trump says Russia made 'big concession' by not seizing all of Ukraine Trump says he believes both Russia and Ukraine want peace, adding that he has his own deadline for ending the war, but warning that Washington’s attitude could drastically change if an agreement fails to materialise by then. 25/04/2025
Cinema Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak cast in new Hunger Games prequel A new chapter begins in Panem: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping casts Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak in the long-awaited Haymitch prequel. 24/04/2025
Economy US Treasury Secretary says IMF and World Bank need reform Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the institutions “serve critical roles in the international system. And the Trump administration is eager to work with them — so long as they can stay true to their missions.” 24/04/2025
Markets Wall Street rally falters as Trump sends mixed tariff signals The rebound in the US stock markets ran out of steam after a two-day rally as the Trump administration sent mixed messages regarding its tariff plans on other countries, particularly China. 24/04/2025
Culture news Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial opens Weinstein's retrial is playing out at a different cultural moment than the first, which happened during the height of the #MeToo movement. 23/04/2025
No Comment Extinction Rebellion stages Earth Day protest outside Tesla showroom Climate activists held a demonstration outside a Tesla dealership in Manhattan on Earth Day, criticising Elon Musk and his involvement in the recently formed Department of Government Efficiency in the US. 23/04/2025
USA Judge slams Trump administration for 'bad faith' in deportation case Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still being held in El Salvador despite the US government's admission that he was deported due to an 'administrative error'. 23/04/2025
USA US judge blocks Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America The administration of US President Donald Trump has been ordered to restore all Voice of America (VOA) staff and contractors to their jobs. 23/04/2025
Economy Donald Trump says he has 'no intention of firing' the US Fed chair The US President confirmed that he has no plans to fire the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell. It follows his previous statement about wishing to terminate Powell's mandate, which caused market turmoil. 23/04/2025
Design Multi-million Frank Lloyd Wright lamp to be auctioned The lamp could be the most expensive ever sold from the legendary designer. 23/04/2025
Business Tesla earnings decline as anti-Elon Musk sentiment hampers sales Tesla’s first-quarter automotive revenue dropped 20% year-on-year due to reduced deliveries affected by anti-Musk sentiment, factory retooling, and seasonal factors. The company also faces supply chain and cost challenges linked to the US–China trade war. 23/04/2025
USA Detained student misses son's birth after ICE rejects release plea Mahmoud Khalil, 30, has been held in detention since early March over his involvement in last year's pro-Palestinian campus protests. 22/04/2025
Business Swiss pharma giant Roche pledges to invest €47 billion in the US The investment plans include new R&D sites in four US states and creating more than 12,000 jobs, according to the Swiss pharmaceutical company. 22/04/2025
Europe in Motion Tourism boycott? Europe travel to US drops in wake of Trump presidency Flight arrivals from western Europe plummeted by 17% in March, as part of a global negative US travel trend. Is there a tourism boycott going on? 22/04/2025
Markets IMF warns Donald Trump's tariffs are darkening global economic outlook The outlooks for the US and global economies have significantly worsened in the wake of President Donald Trump's tariffs and the uncertainty they have created, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. 22/04/2025
USA Hegseth blasts media amid 'full blown meltdown' at Pentagon claims US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is under pressure over reports of a second Signal chatroom and turmoil in the Pentagon. 22/04/2025
Economy Is Donald Trump threatening the US Federal Reserve’s independence? US president Donald Trump has been increasingly calling for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, claiming that there is "virtually no inflation", as energy and grocery prices continue to decrease considerably. 22/04/2025
Art Lichtenstein pop art masterpieces head to auction for the first time Forty works spanning four decades of Roy Lichtenstein’s career will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York next month, expected to fetch over $35 million (€30.8 million). 22/04/2025
USA Harvard University sues Trump administration over grant cuts The Trump administration announced it would freeze more than $2.2 billion (€2bn) in grants and contracts after the Ivy League school refused to comply with its demands to limit activism on campus. 21/04/2025
Tech News Countries are preparing for digital attacks. What are the risks? Experts in the United States, in particular, are calling for a more muscular approach to protect their digital frontier. 21/04/2025