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• Donors quit Prince Harry’s charity when he left UK, says Sentebale chair

  30-03-2025 14:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Sophie Chandauka claims there is ‘significant correlation’ with drop in funders and prince’s move to the USDonors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row.Sophie Chandauka told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme that there was a “significant correlation” between a drop in funders and the Duke of Sussex’s departure to the US af
  
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• Elon Musk’s PAC alters video with $1m woman saying she was paid to vote

  03-04-2025 07:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars,’ said check recipient in first video
  
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• The Latest: Key US trading partners and global officials react to Trump's new tariffs

  03-04-2025 06:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war
  
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• Microsoft founder Bill Gates reflects upon a 50-year-old computer code that reshaped technology

  03-04-2025 06:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology
  
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• Journalists in Haiti defy bullets and censorship to cover unprecedented violence

  03-04-2025 06:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Journalists in Haiti are under attack like never before
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump exempts Russia from tariffs amid visit by Putin’s top negotiator

  03-04-2025 05:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russia and North Korea only nations to not face US tariffs, while goods from Ukraine will face new 10% levy
  
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• Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs impose levies on every nation as senators rebel over Canada duties: Live updates

  03-04-2025 05:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President reveals next phase of sweeping tariffs agenda; global markets fear escalating trade war
  
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• Four Republican and every Democratic senator vote to oppose Trump’s Canada tariffs in resolution

  03-04-2025 05:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul and Susan Collins join every Democrat to oppose Trump’s tariff war
  
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• Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands and a US military base

  03-04-2025 04:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  President announces levies on Heard and McDonald Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean
  
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• Trump points to the Depression to justify tariffs, but they’re widely seen as intensifying downturn

  03-04-2025 04:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  President says 1929 Depression ‘would have never happened if they had stayed with the tariff policy,’ a statement most experts disasgree with
  
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• ‘Catastrophic for American families’: Business leaders react as Trump imposes ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on world

  03-04-2025 03:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tariff announcements prompted worldwide financial anxiety and opposition from some Republicans on Capitol Hill
  
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• SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator

  03-04-2025 02:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation for sex crimes at his former job but hired him anyway
  
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• Trump’s tariffs on ‘Liberation Day’ send Asia markets tumbling as world reacts: Live updates

  03-04-2025 02:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  President reveals next phase of sweeping tariffs agenda; global markets fear escalating trade war
  
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• Six in 10 Americans oppose deporting migrants who haven’t committed crimes to El Salvador prison

  03-04-2025 01:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Respondents also expressed alarm over administration efforts to deport protesters and critics of U.S.-Israel relationship
  
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• Trump already weighing multi-billion-dollar tariff bailout for US farmers

  03-04-2025 01:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘With today's actions, we're also standing up for our great farmers and ranchers who are brutalized by nations all over the world,’ Trump said, after telling farmers last month to ‘have fun’ selling to Americans
  
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• Wife of wrongfully deported Maryland father to 5-year-old son with disabilities speaks out for first time

  03-04-2025 01:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s family is fighting in court to force the Trump administration to retrieve him from El Salvador’s notorious prison after admitting an ‘administrative error’ that sent him there
  
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• Florida woman allegedly holds teenagers at gunpoint for fishing in her backyard, threatens to ‘blow their heads off’

  03-04-2025 01:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donna Elkins, 59, was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault and false imprisonment after the incident
  
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• Stock futures plunge after Trump announces ‘Liberation Day’ agenda of worldwide tariffs

  03-04-2025 01:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Forecasters predicting high chance of recession in next 12 months
  
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• Trump’s tariff gamble may inadvertently liberate Americans from their retirement savings

  03-04-2025 00:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ANALYSIS: Trump’s decision to impose a wave of tariffs on dozens of countries fulfills one promise of his campaign, while breaking another, writes Richard Hall
  
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• Donald Trump liberates Americans from their retirement savings with tariff gamble

  03-04-2025 00:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  ANALYSIS: Trump’s decision to impose a wave of tariffs on dozens of countries fulfils one promise of his campaign, while breaking another, writes Richard Hall
  
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• Trump tariffs: What will immediate impact on UK be?

  03-04-2025 00:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some of UK’s key industries were hit after US president announced sweeping measures
  
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• Trump may sell $2billion worth of stock in his media company

  03-04-2025 00:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  President’s media company has registered his more than $2 billion worth of shares with the SEC for potential sale
  
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• ‘Generational flooding’ event could dump four months of rain in just a week

  03-04-2025 00:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some parts of Tennessee could see as many as 15 inches of rain between mid-week and Sunday morning
  
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• The Latest: Business leaders warn Trump tariffs will raise prices for US consumers

  03-04-2025 00:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has announced plans for sweeping tariffs
  
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• Watch: Trump brings out big chart to list tariffs during ‘Liberation Day’ speech

  03-04-2025 00:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  US President Donald Trump brought a large chart on stage during his “Liberation Day” announcement to outline his reciprocal tariffs plan.
  
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• Seven tigers seized from Nevada residence of exotic animal dealer

  03-04-2025 00:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The operation took most of Wednesday due to the need to sedate the tigers and remove them from the property, authorities said
  
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• When is the deadline to get Real ID? Here’s what to know

  03-04-2025 00:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Travelers who don’t get a Real ID or passport by the May deadline may face travel delays, a TSA spokesperson said
  
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• No escape for UK as Trump targets ‘foreign cheaters’ in new global trade war

  02-04-2025 23:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Keir Starmer urges ‘calm’ as Donald Trump reveals that UK companies face a 10 per cent tariff from midnight (US Eastern time)
  
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• Pet funeral company accused of dumping dogs by the side of the road instead of cremating them

  02-04-2025 23:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  One pet parent who discovered the remains of his animal had been left on the side of the road was given ashes but isn’t sure if the remains belong to a pet or human
  
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• Remainers take note – Trump's 20% EU tariff means Brexit doesn't look so bad now

  02-04-2025 23:50 via express.co.uk
  
  UK got off relatively lightly from US president's new charges - proving the benefits of voting leave
  
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