Month: March 2018
Student Punished for Saying There Are Only Two Genders Gets Reinstated
Trump reveals $60bn of fresh tariffs on China as EU wins reprieve
US president calls on Brussels to respond in kind to temporary amnesty, while move against Beijing hits stock marketsFinancial markets have taken fright after Donald Trump fired the latest shots in an escalating trade war between the world’s two biggest economies by announcing $60bn (£42.5bn) of...
A trade war would be bad, but Trump does have a point
China has been flouting intellectual property rules and it has more to loseHere come the trade wars – possibly. The Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on $60bn (£42.5bn) of imports from China could be a huge moment for the global economy. Past presidents toyed with the idea of branding...
‘Dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollution
A new study says that even in the ‘unrealistic’ event of a total halt to the flow of agricultural chemicals the damage will persist for 30 yearsThe enormous “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover even if the flow of farming chemicals that is causing the damage is completely...
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