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When Trump announced sweeping tariffs this month, he called it "Liberation Day." But there are fears that it may well have been the day foreign investors started to lose faith in the United States.

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The BBC is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster – committed to providing accurate, impartial, and independent news to audiences across the UK and around the world. The BBC World Service is the BBC’s international broadcaster, delivering a wide range of programmes and services on radio, TV, and digitally, globally.

It reaches a weekly audience of around 318 million people (BBC Global Audience Measure 2023) and is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports – informing and inspiring the lives of people across the globe, helping them make sense of the world we live in.

The BBC World Service operates in 42 languages, including English, and has the global insight and expertise to give audiences a truly international news service with BBC News journalists and supporting staff in 73 cities across 59 countries.

BBC World Service is funded primarily from the UK licence fee. In 2016 the UK Government awarded it a £291 million grant administered by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), for a four-year programme of modernisation. In 2021, the FCDO provided £94.4m to help the BBC World Service build on its work upholding global democratic values through accurate, impartial and independent news reporting. This included £8 million in additional investment to tackle disinformation and further improve the BBC’s digital offer to audiences. In 2023, the UK government awarded the BBC World Service a one-off grant of £20m over two years (2023/24 and 2024/25) to further support the language services.

The FDA says 26 people, nine of whom were hospitalized, have gotten sick across 15 states. It is still figuring out where the cucumbers were distributed — and warning people to take extra precautions.

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Developing countries owe billions to China, which threatens to undermine poverty reduction efforts and fuel instability, according to a new report from Australia's Lowy Institute.

China on Wednesday announced a retaliatory tariff on all U.S. imports, bringing the total tariff level to 84%. The measures are a response to President Trump's latest round of tariffs, which went into effect overnight.

El Grupo Marca Registrada is coming with all their energy to Frontwave Arena in Oceanside Saturday, July 19, 2025. Celebrate summer with an unforgettable night filled with music, passion, and their greatest hits. Visit: Event Page

As the 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline project takes shape in Uganda, there is the promise of economic benefit. But it's shaking up the lives of some 100,000 people.

Bipartisan congressional commission introduces legislation to coordinate emerging biotechnology research and boost investment, fearing that China may be poised to dominate the field.

The Trump administration wants to allow a cutoff date for housing subsidies. The plan is deeply controversial, but Delaware offers a potential model for success.