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The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries had helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties.The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of billions of dollars in tariffs, which are levied on companies importing goods.White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said it had cost “American jobs and billions in revenue”.A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington said “trade wars have no winners” and that it opposes the US tariff measures…

The YouTube Shorts (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images).NurPhoto via Getty ImagesYouTube announced on Monday the first significant changes to its YouTube Partner Program, or YPP, since 2018. From February 1, 2027, new applicants will need 8,000 qualified watch hours over the previous 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views over the previous 90 days, to share in advertising and Premium subscription revenue. Both figures are double YouTube’s current thresholds. The subscriber requirement remains 1,000.Most of the response has focused on what a higher bar does to emerging creators. It leaves another question open: what if that revenue…

And the newest of these is Czinger’s new BrakeNode, an integrated brake assembly that combines the caliper, upright, and passages for hydraulic fluid into a single structure made from Czinger’s aluminum alloy. (Previously, Bugatti experimented with a 3D-printed brake caliper, but as far as I know, it never left the prototype stage.) The front of the BrakeNode. Czinger The front of the BrakeNode. Czinger The rear of the BrakeNode. Czinger The rear of the BrakeNode. Czinger The front of the BrakeNode. Czinger The rear of the BrakeNode. Czinger We saw an early version at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in…

Dawn had long broken in the Essex town of Clacton-on-Sea when the results for the byelection came in. After a gruelling count, an atmosphere of deep exhaustion had settled over the room. Even the man with a dustbin on his head looked weary.As it was declared that Nigel Farage had, as expected, won, there was no cheering in the room, which had been boycotted by the Reform UK leader and his supporters; instead there was only an overwhelming sense of futility.Farage forced the byelection at the start of last July in an attempt take control of a narrative tide that…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the removal of petrol subsidy has enabled his administration to fund major infrastructure projects and ensure regular payment of salaries to workers across the country. Mr Tinubu made the remarks on Thursday while acknowledging the role of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in supporting his administration’s economic reforms when executives of the Union paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. The president said the subsidy regime had become unsustainable, insisting that the government would soon publish details of how funds saved from the policy had been utilised. “I had…

Key eventsGalatasaray wanted Gabriel Martinelli. In the following 24 hours things changed a bit, creating greater complexity, something we do not approve of. Arsenal have supposedly been offered the chance to involve the Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen in exchange for the Brazilian, which could be temptong for a side looking for a new No 9. To further sweeten any potential, Ethan Nwaneri could be chucked into it too to make it a mega swap.Get this kind of tittle-tattle and more fluff in today’s Rumour Mill:ShareUpdated at 10.58 CESTGot a minute to spare? Why not try our daily Premier League trivia game,…

Tanzania-born director Neema Ngelime is working on her feature documentary debut. And the essayistic project has a title with poetic vibes: The Ones With the Tempered Flowers.It was among the works-in-progress presented at the 2026 edition of Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival‘s co-production platform and talent development program for filmmakers from equity-seeking communities and regions where artistic expression is at risk. The Tanzania-Kenya co-production is being produced by Ivy Kiru. The filmmaker has so far made shorts, namely A Country In A Corner, Hooyo, Why Here and An Ode to A Time I Loved Bread. At the end of the Locarno Open Doors program, her new project…

Even if you can only name a handful of rappers, Drake is probably one of them. Not so many years ago, he was among the planet’s biggest celebrities, named in the same breath as Taylor Swift and Beyoncé and breaking chart records set by the Beatles. Many of his dozens of hit singles – Work, One Dance, Hotline Bling and God’s Plan – were ubiquitous, among the last truly crossover radio hits.Drake is still landing chart spots (if not critical acclaim), but now it’s his foray into the “creator economy” that’s raising eyebrows – shilling for a crypto casino, fraternising…

Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year, with bird remains found after two of them.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026United States air safety investigators have found evidence of metal fatigue in an engine fan blade that fractured during a Ryanair flight last month, sending debris into the cabin and shattering a window where a passenger was partially pulled into the opening.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report that about 37 percent of the fracture surface on the failed blade showed features consistent with fatigue.Recommended Stories list…

In November 2022, Ademola Adeleke took office as Osun State governor after defeating the incumbent, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), with 403,371 votes to Mr Oyetola’s 375,027. Mr Adeleke campaigned on a five-point agenda centred on workers’ welfare, economic development, infrastructure, people-focused social services, and agro-industrialisation aimed at creating wealth and jobs. He promised to ensure that public resources served the people of the state. Upon assuming office, Mr Adeleke claimed he inherited a state facing substantial obligations, including salary and pension arrears, infrastructure deficits and a public sector burdened by accumulated liabilities. The governor, who was…