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ESPN star Stephen A. Smith spoke at length about his viral courtside interaction with LeBron James last week, and initially appeared empathetic about his gripe; however, the popular sports analyst expanded on his thoughts this week, calling the Lakers superstar’s approach about the issue “weak.” The heated confrontation took place during the third quarter of the Lakers’ overtime win over the New York Knicks on Thursday. It seemingly centered on James’ issue with Smith’s commentary on Bronny James.  Stephen A. Smith on the ESPN NBA Countdown live set at Intuit Dome on Oct. 23, 2024. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)The following day, during an appearance…

Global trade turmoil deepened on Wednesday as the European Union announced up to about $28 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, shortly after President Trump’s across-the-board levies on steel and aluminum imports took effect. The latest escalations in the trade war instigated by Mr. Trump came hours before the release of the latest reading of the U.S. Consumer Price Index, which eased more than expected in February, a modest but welcome sign amid rising concerns about the effects of President Trump’s trade policies.Mr. Trump has appeared undeterred by the uncertainty and fear that his tariffs, against friends and foes…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8 per cent in February, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy.Wednesday’s annual consumer price index figure was below both January’s 3 per cent and the 2.9 per cent expected by economists, according to a Reuters poll.US stocks opened higher, snapping two days of declines, with the S&P 500 up 1 per cent and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite rising 1.7 per…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Barrick Gold has been ordered to pay veteran dealmaker Ian Hannam’s firm $2mn plus legal costs after the High Court in London found Hannam & Partners helped engineer a $6bn merger and failed to be compensated.The advisory firm had demanded up to $18mn from the Canadian mining group, claiming it was central to a transformational combination in 2018 between Barrick and London-listed Randgold but that it was “pushed out” of the deal at the last minute.Hannam, who earned a reputation as the…

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched three years ago has ravaged much of the war-torn nation and killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians. Both sides have lost enormous numbers of soldiers. But now on the streets in Russia, some feel hopeful about a possible end to the war and Western-imposed sanctions. Some are optimistic that the hostility with the United States, at its peak under former President Joe Biden, could end as President Donald Trump’s administration works to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table. Fearing reprisals, all those interviewed in Russia refused to provide their surnames, given Moscow’s crackdown…

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 announced that he had resigned from the largest association of federal judges, decrying how the group issued a rare statement last week condemning recent alleged threats against judges but stayed quiet for years while conservative members of the judiciary faced scrutiny and attack. Judge James C. Ho, of the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, announced his departure from the Federal Judges Association during a speaking event Saturday hosted by the conservative Federalist Society at the University of Michigan Law School. It comes in response to the…

Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood’s execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday.Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso. The court put Wood’s execution on pause “until further order,” without elaborating in their three-page order.Six of the nine members of the court made that decision, FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth reported. Judges Mary Lou Keel and Gina Parker…

Millions of Aussies will have access to a new phone feature which will help them combat the phone scam crisis which cost the nation $141m last year.Telecommunications company Telstra will give their phone-users greater control of which calls they answer by giving warning messages.The new feature – called Telstra Scam Protect – has flagged more than 10 million calls with a warning message since it was rolled out in December last year.“The new in-house solution alerts our customers to suspicious or unverified calls by displaying a message in real time, directly from their device screen,” Telstra consumer executive Thomas Beach…

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Groupon — Shares of the digital marketplace surged around 21% after the company’s full-year revenue guidance exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. Groupon issued a range of $493 million to $500 million, topping the consensus forecast of $491.5 from analysts polled by FactSet. The company also posted stronger fourth-quarter revenue than the Street anticipated. Intel — Shares jumped 8% after Reuters reported that TSMC has raised a joint venture proposal to U.S. chipmakers Nvidia , Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom to operate Intel’s foundry division. Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom also popped before the…