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Portuguese cargo ship MSC Maxine photographed at Balboa Port at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City on April 23, 2025. The Port of Balboa is managed by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings. Martin Burnetti | Martin Burnetti AFP | Getty ImagesThe UK, European Union and Singapore face increased trade-weighted tariffs, while countries including Brazil, China and India will see their tariffs reduced after US President Donald Trump announced he would raise global tariffs to 15%.This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 tariff decision that the president had unfairly invoked the International Emergency Economic…

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) sign on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, December 8, 2025 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesinternational business machine After Anthropic’s Claude announced COBOL capabilities, its stock price plummeted, making it the latest victim of rapidly evolving AI technology. IBM stock fell 11% in afternoon trading Monday after Anthropic outlined a new use case for its Claude Code product: automating exploration and analysis tasks that drive much of the complexity in COBOL modernization.COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language and is a decades-old programming language widely…

Latest information on Spanish A Colombian lawmaker from the conservative party closely aligned with US President Donald Trump’s right-wing ideology said his son was detained by ICE agents last month amid the US immigration crackdown. Angela Vergara said she decided to go public with the matter last week. The decision was in part to raise awareness of the harsh conditions Colombian immigrants face in the United States, in part because her son has not yet been allowed to return to Colombia despite requesting voluntary departure. The incident has sparked debate online, with some critics questioning why Vergara, a member of…

“Shock of the century?” No matter how you look at it, relegation from the Premier League is a real possibility for Tottenham.The North London derby was also played at home on Sunday, with Spurs languishing in 16th place, just four points behind West Ham, who came close at the weekend. With 11 games remaining, Spurs are in crisis. The Premier League regulars have not won in their last nine games in the top flight and will need a major change in form if they are to regain their spot. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of…

For many years, the global “rules-based order” has been presented as a benign world governance system established by Western countries. True, its origins date back to colonial times, and many of its institutions reflected colonial racial inequalities, but it was held up as a harbinger of global prosperity and order. In it, the West was magically transformed from colonial villains to saviors.But for many parts of the Global South, times looked very different. It was experienced as genocide, dispossession, and forced displacement. Across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, colonial regimes disrupted and suppressed local institutions and industries, manipulated cash crop…

As VP of Product at Google Cloud, Michael Gerstenhaber primarily works on Vertex, the company’s unified platform for deploying enterprise AI. This gives us an overview of how companies are actually using AI models and what it takes to realize the full potential of agentic AI. When I spoke with Michael, I was particularly struck by an idea I had never heard before. In his words, AI models are simultaneously challenging three frontiers: raw intelligence, response time, and a third quality that has less to do with cost than raw functionality: whether the models can be deployed at a cost…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 13, 2026 in New York City. Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury yields have fallen since the beginning of the week as investors weigh President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most of them on Friday. of 10 year treasury Yield fell 6 basis points to 4.025%. The yield on the 30-year government bond fell by more than 3 basis points to 4.689%. The yield on two-year government bonds also fell by more than 3 basis points to 3.444%.One basis point…

Eileen M. Cannon, United States District Judge, Southern District of FloridaProvided by: U.S. CourtsA federal judge in Florida appointed by President Donald Trump has blocked the public release of former special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on charges that he stored classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club after leaving the White House and blocked efforts to retrieve them.In her order, Judge Eileen Cannon cited a July 2024 ruling that Smith was not legally appointed as special counsel, which led to the dismissal of the criminal case against Trump, as the main reason why the second volume of her final report…

UEFA has suspended Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni for one match after making a racist comment towards Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior. UEFA has launched an investigation into allegations of “discriminatory behavior” during the first leg of Real’s Champions League knockout round, and at the request of UEFA’s Ethics and Discipline Inspector, Prestianni will miss the second leg while the investigation is ongoing.Benfica said they intend to appeal Prestiani’s suspension “even if the timeline in question means it is unlikely to have a material impact on the second leg”.However, Benfica are still considering taking Prestiani to Madrid when they leave Lisbon…

On Sunday, Mexican security forces killed 59-year-old Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes (also known as “El Mencho”), the leader of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), based in the western Mexican state of Jalisco.Mexico’s Ministry of Defense acknowledged that the deadly operation was carried out based on “complementary information” from the United States. US “pacifist” President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to attack Mexico to fight drug cartels.Let me tell you, these organizations owe their very existence to American policy and drug consumption.US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau greeted the news of El Mencho’s death with glee, declaring to…