A deadly shooting on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee on Thursday has left two people dead and six others injured, authorities confirmed. The suspect, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a student at FSU, was apprehended after being shot by police and remains hospitalized. According to law enforcement officials, Ikner is the stepson of a long-serving Leon County sheriff’s deputy and had previously been involved in several youth advisory…

A scenic cable car ride turned deadly on Thursday when a cable snapped on Monte Faito, sending one of the cabins crashing to the ground and killing at least four people, including two foreign tourists. One person remains in critical condition, according to local authorities. The crash occurred in the coastal town of Castellammare di Stabia, south of Naples, as the cable car—popular for its breathtaking views of Mount Vesuvius…

Donald Trump’s sky-high tariffs are not a ban on trade with China, but they come close. Although it is hard to estimate quite how sharp the decline in business between the two countries will be, since firms will find new routes and Mr Trump keeps changing the scope of the levies, a vertiginous drop is assured. Once turned away, where will China’s exports to America go instead? As supply chains adjust, firms…

Millions of WhatsApp users in Nigeria and across the globe may soon lose access to the messaging platform as Meta, the app’s parent company, prepares to phase out support for older smartphones. Starting May 5, 2025, WhatsApp will no longer function on certain outdated devices that fail to meet the app’s latest security and performance requirements. The update affects both individual users and small businesses that rely on WhatsApp Business…

Berlin, Germany — Germany’s plans to send long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine are in limbo, with political divisions inside the country’s incoming coalition government and the lack of a clear endorsement from Britain threatening to derail the controversial weapons transfer. Senior Christian Democrat MP Roderich Kiesewetter has warned that unless the United Kingdom signals firm support soon, Germany may have to shelve the idea altogether. His remarks underscore the growing…

U.K. Supreme Court Rules Trans Women Not Legally Women Under Equality Act: A Landmark Decision Reverberates Across Gender Rights Debate. In a landmark decision that’s already rippling across both sides of the gender rights debate, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the term “woman” under the country’s Equality Act of 2010 refers exclusively to biological sex, not gender identity. The ruling delivers a substantial blow to transgender rights…

President Donald Trump has issued an ominous new justification for his tariff hikes, saying more products need to be made in the United States so it is prepared in case of ‘war.’ Trump has sparked fears of a recession with his crackdown on foreign imports which is part of a campaign to ramp up domestic manufacturing and have more goods made in America. In his latest explanation of the tariff…

The UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “reciprocal” tariffs, or risk “serious economic harm”. In a report published on Monday, Unctad identifies 28 nations the US president singled out for a higher tariff rate than the 10% baseline – despite each accounting for less than 0.1% of the US trade deficit. These include Laos, which is…

President Donald Trump has blasted “60 Minutes” shortly after the CBS newsmagazine broadcast stories on Ukraine and Greenland on Sunday, saying the network was out of control and should “pay a big price” for going after him. “Almost every week, 60 Minutes … mentions the name ‘TRUMP’ in a derogatory and defamatory way, but this Weekend’s ‘BROADCAST’ tops them all,” the president said on his Truth Social platform. He called…

…Adds: ‘no exception announced’ US President Donald Trump stated that no country will escape tariffs despite a 90-day pause. He emphasised that China will not receive special treatment and reaffirmed the need for America to manufacture products domestically, declaring an end to unfair trade practices. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that no country would be getting “off the hook” when it comes to tariffs, even though there’s a…

Another 10 alleged gang members have been deported to El Salvador, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day before that country’s president is due to visit the White House. “Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador,” Rubio said in an X/Twitter post. The alliance between Donald Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele “has become…

Prada has agreed to buy the Versace fashion brand for €1.25bn ($1.38bn) from the fashion conglomerate Capri Holdings. It comes after months of speculation about a potential deal to combine the two Italian fashion houses and, more recently, rumours that the acquisition was set to collapse after market upheaval in response to President Trump’s tariff policies. Insiders say the original deal was expected to be agreed at €1.43bn, but a…