Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the US would impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum next week. It set off a chain reaction, with Canada, the European Union, and others vowing to retaliate. Increased protectionist trade actions raise concerns that the…

Australia 225 for 5 (Smith 56, Warner 51) v South AfricanScorecard and ball-by-ball details It wasn’t exactly a whimper, but neither was it much of a bang. Perhaps low-key is the best way to describe the opening day of the series at Kingsmead. Durbanites didn’t flock to the venue, and what the vast majority of…

Schon wieder wurde die digitale Infrastruktur der Bundesregierung angegriffen. Erst 2015 setzten sich russische Hacker mehrere Wochen im Bundestagsnetzwerk fest. Welches Ministerium dieses Mal betroffen ist und welche Gefahr von dem Hack ausgeht, darüber spricht Podcasthost Fabian Scheler mit Eike Kühl, Digitalredakteur bei ZEIT ONLINE. Seit Monaten ringen die Genossinnen und Genossen der SPD um…

The A38 in Hampshire is bogged down with traffic (Picture: Highways England)The Army was called in to help police rescue drivers stuck in standstill traffic as appalling weather batters the south west of England. Hundreds of people are feared to be stranded on the A31 in Hampshire and the A38 in Devon, with temperatures dropping…

A former official in the Barack Obama administration said Thursday she had reached a deal to buy assets from Harvey Weinstein’s former company to launch a new firm after the Hollywood mogul’s downfall for alleged sexual misconduct. Maria Contreras-Sweet said the deal had been reached with the New York state attorney general’s office, which last…

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, and expects to sign a formal order next week. Analysts, executives and politicians reacted to the prospect of the barriers, which would affect businesses from beer to autos. While tariffs may benefit U.S. steel…

A major rescue mission is underway after hundreds of drivers became trapped in sub-zero temperatures as the storm that has claimed ten lives continues to ravage Britain. The army has now been drafted in to help get desperate commuters get home tonight as the snow storms rage on. Hundreds of people are thought to be…

For years—for decades now—you always heard two things about the 1988 dark comedy masterpiece Heathers. “It’s a great film,” because it is. And: “They could never make that today,” because it’s a film about high schoolers killing high schoolers. Past a certain point in American history, that was only allowed to happen in real life.…

China will likely enact its own duties that would hurt U.S. exporters, now that President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, analysts said. « I believe that China would stick to trade responses by raising tariffs on select U.S. products that would hurt U.S. exporters, particularly in [the] agriculture sector, » Wendy Cutler,…