With tariffs in mind, Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Department of Commerce. The businessman and long-time friend of Trump’s is slated to lead the incoming administration’s efforts to implement wide-ranging tariffs on goods entering the United States, in a bid to boost local manufacturing. Also in this edition: we bring … Read more

U.S. embassy in Kyiv shuts down after warning of potentially ‘significant’ Russian air attack

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv said it has received warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on Wednesday and would be closed as a precaution. In a statement, the embassy also instructed employees to shelter in place and recommended that U.S. citizens in Ukraine’s capital be prepared to immediately shelter in the event of … Read more

Parts of Great Barrier Reef dying at record rate, alarmed researchers say; “worst fears” confirmed

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a similar fate. The Australian Institute of Marine Science said surveys of 12 reefs found up to 72 percent coral mortality, thanks to a summer of mass bleaching, … Read more

Ugandan opposition politician ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military jail | Politics News

Kizza Besigye’s wife says he was seized in Nairobi and is being held in a Kampala jail, as she calls for his immediate release. Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya and taken to a military jail in Uganda, according to his wife. Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of the … Read more

Michael Avenatti says he’d be a ‘fool’ to count on Trump pardon, is considering becoming a Republican

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What Trump’s return to the White House may mean for global bond yields

Former US President Donald Trump arrives during a “Get Out The Vote” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory has ratcheted up concerns about higher prices, prompting strategists to rethink the outlook for global bond yields and currencies. It is … Read more