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Australia’s Grace Kim has shot a seven under 65 to be just two shots off the lead after the first round of the inaugural LPGA Black Desert Championship.Kim fired eight birdies and just one bogey on Thursday in the tour’s return to Utah for the first time in 60 years to be tied for fourth.South Korea’s Haeran Ryu leads the way after a nine under 63 for a one-shot lead over Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarm and Wei-Ling Hsu from Chinese Taipei.Kim looked set to make a charge at the leaders, with consecutive birdies on the run home, but a bogey with…

Shein has been actively diversifying its ecommerce supply chain, including in Mexico and Brazil. We have also met Shein suppliers who have been building factories in Turkey and Morocco. After the chaos in February, one platform also encouraged its Chinese suppliers to shift manufacturing to Vietnam and started to build logistics capabilities there. Another platform has been shipping more than 10,000 parcels a day to the US from a third country. Nonetheless, the magnitude and widespread coverage of US tariffs took everyone by surprise. Shipping from a third country, or even moving the supply chain, is now less safe than…

Millions of people in danger of starvation as crises persist.Sudan is suffering the world’s worst famine in four decades, says the United Nations, as conflict between government and paramilitary forces rages. Yet international aid is dwindling. What’s next for the people of Sudan? Presenter: Nick Clark Guests: Amgad Fareid Eltayeb – Executive director of Fikra for Studies and Development, a Sudanese research and policy organisation Kholood Khair – Founding director of Confluence Advisory, a think tank formerly based in Khartoum Justin Lynch – Managing director of Conflict Insights Group

During a special commencement address to students at the University of Alabama, President Donald Trump questioned how you can give due process to people who have illegally entered the United States, in a rebuke to judges who Trump said were “interfering” with his efforts to do his job as president.  Trump’s comments came the same day a federal judge permanently barred his efforts to use the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport illegal alien gang members.  “As you’ve been reading, the courts are trying to stop me from doing the job that I was elected to do,” Trump said…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed a detainer against a Honduran man this week who was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces attempted murder charges after an alleged shooting spree in Memphis last week.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a press release that 24-year-old Enoc Martinez faces five counts of attempted murder.FOX 13 Memphis reported that Memphis police said the shooting spree began just after noon Saturday, when officers responded to a report of a shooting.One man was critically wounded in the incident before the suspect, later identified as Martinez, sped away. Nearly 15 minutes later,…

FortisBC will be implementing a new initiative for the 2025 wildfire season in an effort to reduce wildfire risk. But as the “Public Safety Power Shutoff” initiative aims to decrease the chance of wildfires, it’s raising other safety concerns.“It sounds like a good idea, you know, I still have a few questions,” said Princeton mayor Spencer Coyne.Princeton is among 10 communities in the Southern Interior where the plan is being implemented for the 2025 wildfire season.They include Princeton, Midway, Greenwood, Beaverdell, Christian Valley, Westbridge, Rock Creek, Cawston, Keremeos, and Hedley.The communities were deemed “high-risk” for wildfires by Fortis.The initiative will…

A $10 million legal fight and seven years of losses helped sink luxury Perth construction empire Zorzi Builders, with the company likely headed to liquidation.

SINGAPORE: It was once hailed as China’s answer to Apple’s Beats Electronics – offering sleek yet affordable high-quality audio devices that appealed to a growing young, tech-savvy global customer base.  But even after global sales of up to 300 million units, Chinese electronics audio company 1MORE is now shifting gears – redirecting more of its sales to the domestic Chinese market as US-China tensions continue to escalate amid a bitter tariff tiff. It has teamed up with one of China’s largest e-commerce platforms JD.com to market and promote its products – a move which analysts have noted is part of…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldDonald Trump has announced secondary sanctions on Iranian oil as Washington intensifies a “maximum pressure” campaign against the Islamic Republic amid faltering talks over its nuclear programme. The US president said on Thursday that anyone buying Iranian oil or products would be frozen out of doing business with the US, stepping up a crackdown on a vital revenue source for Tehran and further squeezing China, its biggest importer.“All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW!” Trump wrote on…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Activist investor Irenic Capital Management is building a stake in SSP Group and plans to push the Upper Crust owner to boost its profitability, setting the stage for a private equity takeover.Irenic has amassed around a 2 per cent stake in the FTSE 250 company, which operates food outlets in airport and railway stations, according to three people familiar with the matter. The New York-based hedge fund is pushing the company to boost its profit margins, arguing that its share price could…