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The IndependentAustralian girl dies as fire erupts in Singapore cooking class
The children were engaged in a cooking class on Tuesday morning
- Evening Standard
'I thought I was going to die!' Coldplay's booed singer reveals truth behind disastrous show
The artist suffered one of music's biggest public humiliations and misfires
- Yahoo Finance
Commentary: China knows Trump’s breaking point
Trump went wobbly on his trade war when the stock sell-off neared a bear market, and credit markets started to quiver. You can bet China noticed.
- HuffPost
Janet Yellen Hits Trump's Tariffs With A 'Wrecking Ball' In Blistering Takedown
The former treasury secretary and professor said the president doesn't pass her economic test.
- The Independent
Trump administration accused of ‘market manipulation’ with tariff reversal: ‘WTF! Who’s in charge?’
Democratic lawmakers want answers after critics blast the president’s alleged insider trading and ‘pump and dump’ scheme
- Reuters
After tariffs, French business lobby says it got it wrong on Trump
The leader of the main French business federation, Patrick Martin, said on Wednesday he had got it wrong on U.S. President Donald Trump, saying French firms who applauded pro-business policies in January did not imagine he would go ahead with tariffs. Trump stunned business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic when he unveiled a range of sweeping new tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners on what he called "Liberation Day", causing a stock market meltdown across the globe. Many French business leaders had initially feted Trump's return to power, with LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, who attended his inauguration, talking about a "wind of optimism" in the U.S. and shipping giant CMA CGM announcing a massive investment there.
- Reuters
Australia turns down China's offer to 'join hands' to fight US tariffs
Australia on Thursday declined Beijing's proposal to work together to counter U.S. tariffs, saying instead it would continue to diversify its trade and lower its reliance on China, its largest trading partner. "We are not going to be holding hands with China in respect of any contest that is going on in the world," Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles told Sky News, referring to the Chinese ambassador's proposal for countries to "join hands" on trade. He said Australia would build its economic resilience by strengthening trade ties with the European Union, Indonesia, India, Britain and the Middle East.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Accidentally Roasts Himself With Oval Office Question
The president's question about being "stupid" went awry on social media.
- Sky News
Donald Trump has finally blinked - but it's not the stock markets that have forced him to act
This is the term used periodically to describe investors who push back against what are perceived to be irresponsible fiscal or monetary policies by selling government bonds, in the process pushing up yields, or implied borrowing costs. Most of the focus on markets in the wake of Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on the rest of the world has, in the last week, been about the calamitous stock market reaction. During his first term in the White House, the president took the strength of US equities - in particular the S&P 500 - as being a barometer of the success, or otherwise, of his administration.
- The Independent
Donald Trump’s climbdown will be a turning point in his presidency
THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Market forces have shown that the US president, for all his self-belief, is not invulnerable. The undoing of his foolhardy fiscal strategy is a wake-up call for the American establishment, which needs to recover its nerve and offer some checks and balances of its own
- CNN
Trump’s tariff onslaught against China launches a battle the US may not be able to win
President Donald Trump just ignited a direct showdown with the one nation that might be able to beat the United States in a trade war.
- The Independent
Fox Business reporter says it’s the ‘White House who capitulated’ on tariffs: ‘Let’s be clear’
‘I want to tell you right now that Donald Trump outsmarted the world,’ Charles Gasparino said. ‘But that's not really what happened here’
- The Telegraph
China trolls Trump with AI clip of overweight Americans
Chinese social media users have mocked Donald Trump with an AI-generated video showing overweight Americans working in factories.
- France 24
Beijing warns against 'irresponsible remarks' on Chinese nationals deployed in Ukraine
China sternly warned parties in the Ukraine war on Thursday not to make “irresponsible remarks” after Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Beijing knew its citizens were fighting alongside Russia in the conflict. Zelensky said on Wednesday that Kyiv had information on 155 Chinese nationals recruited by Russia. China warned parties in the Ukraine war on Thursday against making "irresponsible remarks" after President Volodymyr Zelensky said Beijing knew its citizens were being recruited by R
- HuffPost
John Bolton Warns How Trump's Tariffs Could Backfire When It Comes To China. Big Time.
Bolton, who served in Trump's first term, slammed the president's "economic illiteracy."
- CNN
This is the world’s best airport for 2025, according to Skytrax
An aviation mega-hub in Asia has been named the best in the world for the 13th time by air transport ratings organization Skytrax.
- Yahoo News Singapore
PM Lawrence Wong announces task force in response to US tariffs; Global attention for River Valley fire involving Bollywood actor-politician Pawan Kalyan's young son: Singapore live news
PM Wong announces task force to address economic challenges posed by US tariffs as the River Valley Road fire, which injured Bollywood star Pawan Kalyan’s son and killed a child, has garnered global attention. Plus some of the biggest and fascinating news in Singapore and beyond.
- CNN
Michelle Obama addresses recent absences from political events and divorce rumors
Former first lady Michelle Obama discussed her marriage with former President Barack Obama on a podcast as her recent absence from recent events have fueled rumors of marital troubles.
- The Independent
Billionaire Trump backer Bill Ackman mercilessly teased after hailing president’s ‘Art of the Deal’ tariffs climbdown
‘Pigeons have better pattern recognition than you do, Bill’
- Benzinga
Ray Dalio Says Don't Make The Mistake Of Thinking What's Happening Now Is Due To Trump Tariffs
Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates and an influential voice among investors, has delivered a sobering message where he states that United States citizens are not just dealing with trade skirmishes but watching the slow-motion collapse of the global system as we know it. What Happened: In a detailed public post, Dalio criticized the media and market obsession with President Trump's tariffs, arguing that they are merely "a symptom, not the cause" of the turmoil. "Don't make the mistake o