US president says goods from Vietnam will face 20% tariff, a lower rate than 46% levy he announced in April
The United States and Vietnam struck a trade agreement that sets 20% tariffs on many of the south-east Asian country’s exports following last-minute negotiations, Donald Trump and Vietnamese state media said on Wednesday.
The rate is lower than an initial 46% levy Trump announced in April on goods from Vietnam, which was due to take effect next week.
Tesla said it delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter, down 13.5% from 443,956 units a year ago
Tesla posted another big drop in quarterly deliveries on Wednesday, putting it on course for its second straight annual sales decline as demand falters due to backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political stance and an ageing vehicle lineup.
Tesla said it delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter, down 13.5% from 443,956 units a year ago. Analysts had expected it to report deliveries of about 394,378 vehicles, according to an average of 23 estimates from the financial research firm Visible Alpha, though projections went to as low as 360,080 units based on estimates from 10 analysts over the past month. Analysts use the number of vehicles delivered to customers as a metric of success to evaluate both automotive sales and production.
The ranked-choice voting results released on Tuesday showed Mamdani, who started his campaign as little-known New York state assembly member, clinched 56% of votes in the third round of the voting
Four artists held over magazine illustration alleged by critics to depict Muhammad and Moses shaking hands
The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has condemned a cartoon in a satirical magazine as a “vile provocation” for appearing to depict the prophets Muhammad and Moses, amplifying an outcry by religious conservatives.
The cartoon, published a few days after the end of a 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, appears to show Muhammad, Islam’s chief prophet, and Moses, one of Judaism’s most important prophets, shaking hands in the sky while missiles fly below in a wartime scene. Four cartoonists were arrested on Monday over the illustration.
US Senate Republicans were still trying to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill early on Tuesday morning, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation's debt pile.
Paramount Global and President Donald Trump are engaged in "good faith, advanced, settlement negotiations" to resolve a lawsuit filed by Trump against CBS in October, alleging the network deceptively edited a "60 Minutes" interview with then-vice president Kamala Harris.
Powell's term as chair ends in late May 2026. Trump has said he would not give the job to anyone who does not align with his demands for the Fed to cut rates.
Trade tensions and fractious geopolitics risk exposing deep fault lines in the global financial system, the central bank umbrella body, Bank for International Settlements, said in its latest assessment of the state of the world economy.
President Trump said in an interview that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of "very wealthy people" whose identities he will reveal in about two weeks.
LeBron James will become the first player in NBA history to play in 23 seasons when he returns to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2025-26.
James, the NBA’s career leading scorer, is exercising his $52.6m player option for the upcoming season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Sunday. It is unclear if James, who turns 41 in December, intends to play past the upcoming season.
Saturday evening’s bash set to take place in Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard in eastern district of city
Newlyweds Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez left their luxury hotel on Venice’s Grand canal on Saturday for a final night of partying, crowning a three-day star-studded wedding extravaganza.
Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, exchanged rings on Friday evening on the small island of San Giorgio, across the water from St Mark’s Square, accompanied by singing from Matteo Bocelli, son of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Toulouse 39-33 Bordeaux Begles (a.e.t.): Two Thomas Ramos penalties sunk the Champions Cup winners after the game had finished all square after 80 minutes
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms recrute quatre nouveaux chercheurs en intelligence artificielle d'OpenAI, a rapporté The Information samedi.
Les chercheurs, Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi et Hongyu Ren, ont tous accepté de rejoindre l'entreprise, a indiqué le rapport, citant une personne familière avec leur recrutement.
Plus tôt cette semaine, la société mère d'Instagram a embauché Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov et Xiaohua Zhai, qui travaillaient tous dans les bureaux d'OpenAI à Zurich, a rapporté le Wall Street Journal.
Joint defeats Eala 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 for second WTA title
Pegula overcomes Swiatek in Bad Homburg Open final
Australia’s Maya Joint saved four match points before beating Alexandra Eala 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10) to win the Eastbourne title in a gripping final on Saturday.
Four times Eala, the first player from the Philippines to reach a WTA Tour final, was a point away from victory in the final-set tie-break but Joint dug deep to prevail. The 19-year-old showed tremendous resilience to stay alive and when she earned her second match point at 11-10 and made no mistake, drilling a backhand crosscourt winner.
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