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The dollar has slumped since Trump launched his trade war

Trading currency

Trump's tariff storm a threat to dollar's dominance?

Sri Lanka's Hotel Amba Yaalu opened in January with a unique selling point -- its staff are exclusively women.

New opportunities

Sri Lanka's women-run hotel breaks down barriers

France and its farmers, joined by other agricultural groups in Europe, oppose the EU-Mercosur trade deal and held protests

EU hopes Trump tariffs can nudge Mercosur deal past finish line

TSMC said its net profit for the first three months of 2025 rose 60.3 percent from a year ago

Taiwan's TSMC net profit soars as US tariff threat looms

Hermes posted strong US sales in March before tariffs came into force

Silk scarves and Birkin bags

Hermes to hike US prices to offset tariff impact

Trump is banking that his tariffs will lead to a bonanza of beneficial trade deals, lowering barriers to US products and shifting global manufacturing to the United States

Cutting deals left and right

Unease grows over Trump tariffs despite 'progress' in Japan trade talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump show no sign of being ready to deal on an intensifying trade war

Around the world

Trump tariffs provoke growing economic uncertainty

Mark Zuckerberg took direct aim at the US government's argument that he sought to neutralize rivals when his company Facebook, now Meta, bought Instagram and WhatsApp

Landmark antitrust case

Zuckerberg denies Meta bought rivals to conquer them

US stocks sank to session lows shortly after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's remarks in Chicago

Investors rattled

US stocks fall with dollar as Powell warns on tariffs

Silicon Valley chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) told regulators that the US might not grant newly required licenses for chips exported to China, hitting the company's bottom line

AMD says US rule on chips to China could cost it $800 mn

The State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) has long faced scrutiny from Republican lawmakers, who accused it of censoring and surveilling Americans.

Preserving 'free speech'

US eliminates unit countering foreign disinformation

As TikTok tests a feature letting approved users add

TikTok tests letting users add informative 'Footnotes'

Clogau gold is prized for its scarcity, Welsh heritage and ties to the British royal family, fetching up to 10 times the standard market rate

'Exploration phase'

Long-abandoned Welsh mine revived as gold prices soar

World Bank President Ajay Banga, seen in October 2024, said his team had held 'constructive' conversations with the new US administration

Stop-start tariff rollout

Global uncertainty will 'certainly' hit growth: World Bank president

Global trade could fall by as much as 1.5 percent this year, the WTO warned

Following Trump tariffs

WTO chief says 'very concerned' as tariffs cut into global trade

Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, argues that a weaker dollar is needed to fix trade imbalances

The Trump adviser who wants to rewrite the global financial system

Canada's central bank has held interest rates steady, though it painted a dire economic picture amid uncertainty over US tariffs

Pausing stream of cuts

Canada central bank holds interest rate steady amid tariffs chaos

This year, US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 145 percent tariff on many goods from China

'There is no winner'

China tells Trump to 'stop threatening and blackmailing'

Google called the UK suit 'yet another speculative and opportunistic case'

Will 'vigorously' defend itself

Google facing £5 bn UK lawsuit over ad searches: firms

Gisele Pelicot won international acclaim for refusing to be ashamed in the trial of her ex-husband last year

Tiktok bans user behind Gisele Pelicot 'starter kit' meme

Automakers will need to decide how much of the hit to absorb and how much to pass on if President Donald Trump's tariffs stay in place

Uncertainty persists

Automakers hold their breath on Trump's erratic US tariffs

China's economic growth topped forecasts in the first three months of the year

Amid US trade war

China's forecast-beating growth belies storm clouds ahead: analysts

EU rules say tech titans must provide a choice for users to pick a browser

Growing sense of urgency

Europe seeks to break its US tech addiction

Heineken said tariffs were increasing uncertainty

'Macroeconomic volatility'

Heineken beer sales dip, tariffs add to uncertainty

Solar panels are an increasingly common sight in Niamey

Increasingly common

Solar boom counters power shortages in Niger

Fishing rights were one of the thorniest points in Brexit negotiations

Causing friction

Mackerel and missiles: EU-UK defence deal snags on fish

ASML makes machines for the semiconductor industry

Dutch tech giant

ASML CEO sees 'increased macro uncertainty' from tariffs

Italy was the world's top producer with 44 million hl

Lowest in 60 years

Wine consumption falls heavily into the red

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