Solihull, a market town in England’s West Midlands, is home to one of Britain’s largest car factories, run by the luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover. The factory, a collection of low-slung gray buildings spread over 300 acres, does not tower…
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Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses
The 25 percent tariff Canada began collecting on cars and trucks imported from the United States early Wednesday is not just the country’s latest act of retaliation against tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canadian exports. The estimated 8 billion…
Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut
The Trump administration has cut funding and staffing at the program that oversees the federal government’s premier report on how global warming is affecting the country, raising concerns among scientists that the assessment is now in jeopardy. Congress requires the…
In Canada’s Auto City, Tariffs Have Already Caused a Shutdown
Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in…
Garbage Strike in UK’s Second Largest City Leaves Trash Piled High
A pungent smell of rotting garbage fills the air. Bulging sacks of trash pile high, some spilling their festering contents. And, with vermin plaguing parts of the city, at least one resident has claimed to have been bitten by a…
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills. The firings threaten to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance…
As Trump’s Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat
Just hours after opening its new program for American researchers called Safe Place For Science in reaction to Trump administration policies, Aix Marseille University received its first application. Since then, the university in the south of France known for its…
More NOAA Employees May Be Let Go, Making 20% of Staff Cut
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that it would be unable to issue its lifesaving…
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering shutting down many more missions, in what could be a blow to the U.S. government’s efforts to build partnerships and…
Trump Berates Zelensky at White House Meeting: Live Updates
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday in an explosive televised Oval Office shouting match that ultimately blew up plans to sign a rare minerals deal and signaled a dramatic break in…