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Global stock markets dived, the dollar rallied, oil prices jumped and world leaders readied tit-for-tat measures. Those were the almost immediate reactions to US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, signed into law at the weekend. From Tuesday, the United States will impose 25% additional duties on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on goods from China above the current tariff rate. Energy imports from Canada will be subject to a 10% tariff. Trump’s latest measures are unprecedented in their scope and scale, targeting three of the United States’ largest trading partners simultaneously. Economists have said their impact…

What you need to know Coca-Cola recalls drinks due to chlorate contamination Chlorate occurs in food and drinks as a byproduct of chlorine disinfectant Consumption poses a low to moderate health risk, especially in children The timing couldn’t be worse for Coca-Cola: Having just announced the arrival of a new flavor for the US market — Coca-Cola Orange Cream, coming in February — the international company was forced to recall a range of its drinks, distributed in northwestern Europe. An “excessively high chlorate content” was detected in cans and bottles of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Fuze Tea, Minute Maid, Nalu, Royal…

For the first time in Germany’s top-flight, referees are set to broadcast their decisions to the crowds in the stands via loudspeakers. This will happen at four Bundesliga matches this upcoming weekend (January 31 to February 2, 2025), including Bayern Munich’s home game against Kiel. The referee for the second-division match between Düsseldorf and Ulm will do the same. This will only apply to decisions made after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has intervened. The stadiums of the nine clubs that are members of the German Football League (DFL) Football Commission were selected for the test phase, which runs until the end of…

The Six Nations tournament in February will have many rugby union fans excited about watching some of the best European players in action. But beyond the headline competition lies an historic European championship, a tournament for the continent’s second-tier nations who in 2025 have a sports-changing chance on the line. This year’s championship will act as the qualifier for the men’s rugby World Cup in Australia in 2027, and for the first time there are four spots up for grabs. In the year Germany’s rugby union will celebrate its 125-year anniversary, the men’s team has a chance to make history. “I know Germany…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday, marking his first international trip as the country’s top diplomat amid President Donald Trump’s bid to reclaim control over the Panama Canal. Trump has suggested that China’s growing influence in the region, particularly through its investment in Panama’s ports, poses a national security risk. He has refused ruling out military action to take back the canal, which the US handed over to Panama in 1999. “They’ve already offered to do many things,” Trump said on Friday, “but we think it’s appropriate that we take it back,”…

Georgian police on Sunday arrested two opposition leaders during a protest against the ruling Georgian Dream party. Tbilisi has seen daily protests since Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that his government would not seek the opening of EU membership talks for Georgia before 2028. What do we know about the arrests? Police detained the leader of the liberal Akhali party, Nika Melia, and former Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava, according to multiple news agency reports. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that Melia was later released on bail. “At the police station, I was sitting on a chair in handcuffs and was…

Four people have been killed in a missile strike on a boarding school filled with civilians in the Ukrainian-controlled Kursk region of Russia, Ukraine’s military has said.Kyiv blamed Moscow for the attack, while Russia’s defence ministry said Ukrainian forces were responsible, adding that missiles were launched from Ukraine’s Sumy region. The school in Sudzha, 7.5 miles from Ukraine’s border, was being used as a shelter for residents – and was largely full of elderly people, according to Ukrainian officials.”The strike was deliberate. At the time of the strike, dozens of local residents were inside the building, preparing for evacuation,” the…

Fulfilling another campaign promise, newly elected US President Donald Trump has imposed broad tariffs on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, the White House said Saturday, citing an “extraordinary threat” from illegal immigration and drugs. Canadian and Mexican exports to the United States will face a 25% tariff, although energy resources from Canada will have a lower 10% levy. The duties on Canada begin Tuesday. Goods from China, which already face various rates of duties, will see an additional 10% tariff, said the White House. Trump is invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in imposing the tariffs, with the White House saying…

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the US. Dozens of active cases of the infectious disease have been reported by health officials. As of January 24, Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas had reported 67 active cases of TB. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by the bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The pathogen is airborne and spreads through droplets produced by coughing. It typically affects the lungs, but can affect other parts of the body as well.  The US outbreak began in 2024, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said on…

Coe: Transgender athletes a ‘threat’ to women’s sportTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoSebastian Coe has told DW that elite women’s sport could be “lost” if no action is taken against transgender athletes. Coe is one of seven candidates vying to replace Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the most powerful job in world sport. The issue of transgender athletes has come into sharp focus in recent years, even featuring in US President Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration rally earlier this month, with Trump pledging to “keep men out…