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Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — China announced Tuesday it would impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods from March 10, and restrict exports to 15 U.S. companies.The retaliatory measures from China’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce came just as additional U.S. tariffs took effect on Chinese goods.The additional Chinese tariffs largely cover U.S. agricultural goods, including corn and soybeans, according to the finance ministry’s website. Companies affected by the export controls…

Carl Dean, an asphalt paver who met his future wife, Dolly Parton, outside a Nashville laundromat more than six decades ago and quietly championed her as she rose to superstardom, died on Monday. He was 82.Ms. Parton announced his death in a statement shared on social media. No cause was given.While his wife was a world-famous star, Mr. Dean was a private man who kept a low profile. In a 2020 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ms. Parton said her husband had never wanted to be in the spotlight.“It’s just not who he is,” Ms. Parton said. “He’s like, a quiet,…

The Canadian government announced that the deadline for Ukrainians to renew their work visas has been pushed from March 2025 to March 2026, giving many who are at risk of being sent back home some breathing room. “The extension of these in-Canada measures ensures Ukrainians and their families can continue working and studying while in Canada during this uncertain time, with most expected to return home when it is safe to do so,” said the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in a statement.But for refugee Mykyta Kosakhovskyi, he’s still in limbo. His Ukrainian passport expires in 2026, and with…

Mark John Britt insists that he ‘didn’t mean to run over’ Matilda’s star Sam Kerr’s grandmother, calling her the “nicest, sweetest lady on Earth”.

HONG KONG: Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday (Mar 4) after US President Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese imports and warned levies on Mexico and Canada could not be averted. Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng saw the biggest drop, tumbling more than 2 per cent and 1.5 per cent respectively. It comes after the White House said Trump had signed on Monday an executive order to increase a previously imposed 10 per cent tariff on China, to 20 per cent. The US president also stressed that Canada and Mexico would not avoid being hit with 25 per cent…

TSMC CEO announced the plan with US president, the latest firm to make investment commitments since Donald Trump took office.Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co plans to invest $100bn in the United States and build five additional factories in the coming years, it has said. TSMC CEO CC Wei announced the plan on Monday in a meeting at the White House with US President Donald Trump. “We must be able to build the chips and semiconductors that we need right here,” Trump said. “It’s a matter of national security for us.” TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, is a leading…

The Justice Department said on Monday that it would review the conviction of the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., who was found guilty of state charges last summer of tampering with voting machines under her control in a failed attempt to prove that they had been used to rig the 2020 election against President Trump.The decision was the latest example of the Justice Department under Mr. Trump’s control seeking to use its powers to support those who have acted on his behalf and to go after those who have criticized or opposed him. It also played into the president’s…

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that the Department of Justice has received more Jeffery Epstein files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after the document release she touted last week fell flat. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Bondi confirmed that a “truckload” of Epstein files were delivered by the FBI after she gave the agency until 8 a.m. on Friday morning to deliver them. “I gave [the FBI] a deadline of Friday at 8 a.m. to get us everything,” Bondi explained. “And a source had told me where the documents were being kept, Southern District…

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Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court.This week, illness decimated the Mexican Open in Acapulco. Elsewhere, Stefanos Tsitsipas’ new racket gave him a boost and a court surface change provoked a ruckus.If you’d like to follow our fantastic tennis coverage, click here.What a new court means for tennis in the desertTennis court conditions are complicated: they will feel faster or slower for different players and playstyles, and atmospheric conditions and balls can make the same court play very differently. One thing not in dispute is…