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WASHINGTON — Douglas Irwin is a New Hampshire college professor who has spent decades studying tariffs. On Feb. 2, he got a painful lesson in how they work in the real world.His utility company sent him a letter alerting him that with President Donald Trump planning to slap tariffs on Canada, his heating bill would rise. Trump later postponed the tariffs for a month, but the point had been made: New tariffs meant Irwin and other customers would be paying more to heat their homes in frigid New England winters with propane coming down from Canada.“It’s been a very cold…

Eight years ago this summer, Elon Musk took the stage at a National Governors Association meeting before a bipartisan audience bewitched by his billions and his vision for the future.Musk, who appeared at the invitation of then-Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican known for his moderate politics, warned about the dangers of artificial intelligence. The Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder also called for stricter government regulation of the emerging technology.“I keep sounding the alarm bell,” Musk told the governors. “But until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react because it seems so…

United States President Donald Trump has called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” as the rift between them deepens over Ukraine peace negotiations. Trump’s latest broadside against Zelenskyy came after the Ukrainian leader challenged his claims that Ukraine had started the war. Zelenskyy had also spoken against being left out of the Russia-US talks held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday. In an online post later on Wednesday, and during a speech in Miami on the same day, Trump delivered scathing attacks against the Ukrainian leader, accusing him of taking US money and embroiling the country in an…

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a press conference on Jan. 17, 2025.Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty ImagesSTOCKHOLM — Europe is at risk of becoming a “museum” if it doesn’t soften strict curbs on artificial intelligence technologies and deregulate, Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Thursday.”I think we really need to step up in Europe … the American economy, Chinese economy have been growing far faster compared to the European economies over the last 20 years,” the premier told attendees of the Techarena event in Stockholm.”If we don’t change that, Europe will actually become some kind of a museum…

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump attend a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Read More It’s been a burning political question for weeks: How long will Trump — who doesn’t like sharing the spotlight — be able to do just that with Musk, a billionaire also…

Casi 100 migrantes, recientemente deportados por Estados Unidos a Panamá, donde habían sido encerrados en un hotel, fueron llevados a autobuses el martes por la noche y trasladados a un campo de detención en las afueras de la selva, dijeron varios de los migrantes.No está claro cuánto tiempo permanecerá detenido este grupo, que fue deportado en el marco de la campaña del gobierno de Donald Trump para expulsar a los migrantes no autorizados, en el campamento en la selva.Las condiciones del lugar son precarias, dijeron los detenidos. Las enfermedades, incluido el dengue, son endémicas en la región, y el gobierno…

Here are the key developments on the 1,092nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Thursday, February 20: Fighting Russian forces have taken back more than 800 square km (309 square miles) of territory from Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, or about 64 percent of the total taken by Ukraine since an incursion began last year, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoi, head of Russia’s General Staff’s said. Rudskoi also said that Russia now controls 75 percent of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions and more than 99 percent of the Luhansk region. He said…

Supporters of United States President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement have latched onto a spike in the popularity of Google searches for “criminal defense lawyer” and other crime-related terms in Washington, DC. MAGA followers have claimed that the Google data shows that a corrupt elite in the US capital are afraid of being arrested and prosecuted under Trump’s new administration. “PANIC IN DC: Google searches explode for: – Criminal defense lawyer – RICO law – Swiss bank – Offshore bank – Wire money – IBAN – Statute of limitations,” the MAGA-linked X account Libs Of TikTok…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries conducted an aerial exercise involving at least one U.S. B-1B bomber and multiple fighter jets in the allies’ first joint air force drill of President Donald Trump’s second term.Seoul’s Defense Ministry said South Korean F-35 and F-15 fighter jets and American F-16s were involved in the exercise over the Korean Peninsula, but it didn’t specify how many. The training was conducted to demonstrate the U.S. deterrence capabilities against North Korean nuclear and missile threats and improve interoperability between South Korean and U.S. forces, the ministry said in a statement.South…

Tensions between the Trump administration and the Ukrainian government had been escalating behind the scenes for the past week before they fully erupted into public view Wednesday.Privately, Ukrainian officials were alarmed after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was told his meetings with top Trump administration officials could be canceled if he didn’t swiftly agree to certain demands. They worried about mixed messages, in public and private, from senior Trump advisers about whether the possibility of Ukraine’s joining NATO would be on the table in negotiations with Russia to end the war. And they were concerned when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told them in a…