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Trump Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos

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For a president who advertises himself as a paramount deal maker, the next 11 weeks will be a pivotal test, as his advisers race to accomplish what no other administration has done before and reach dozens of individual trade deals with other governments. President Trump has promised big gains for American trade, and officials from Japan, South Korea, India and elsewhere have been pushing for agreements as they look to forestall punishing tariffs. But trade experts say the administration has set up a seemingly impossible task, given that traditional trade deals typically take months or years to negotiate. Mr. Trump has tried to use tariffs as leverage to notch quick agreements, and his trade adviser, Peter Navarro, has promised “90 deals in 90 days.” But the levies are creating chaos and financial pain for many businesses, and they have not brought some of America’s largest trading partners, including China, to the table. Some U.S. trade with China has ground to a halt after the ...
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Roman Abramovich: Former Chelsea owner to address club sale in new book

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Apr 23, 2025, 04:05 am and Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has spoken for the first time about his sale of the club in a book that will be released this summer. The book by Nick Purewal, titled “Sanctioned,” will feature interviews with Abramovich, who owned Chelsea between 2002 and 2022. The book, published by Biteback Publishing, also features access with all sides of the £2.5 billion deal that saw the club sold to Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, including more than 50 interviews. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The 58-year-old, who is a Russian national, was hit with UK government sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, causing him to sell the club. Abramovich has not publicly addressed the episode since it happened, with any interview with the billionaire extremely rare — he has not given an on-the-record interview since 2006. Chelsea won two Champions League tites and five Premier League titles among a host of major honours ...
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Rachel Maddow Says Media Is Covering Nationwide Protests Now Because Trump Gets ‘Less Popular With Each Passing Day’

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Coming off of massive but seemingly underreported anti-Trump protests over the last month, Rachel Maddow appeared heartened Tuesday by the heightened mainstream media attention the continued nationwide demonstrations received over the weekend. The MSNBC host applauded on “The Rachel Maddow Show” news organizations like the AP, Reuters, The Washington Post and The New York Times for their front page photos and reporting on the thousands of 50501 protests that erupted in cities and townships across the country on Saturday, saying that they’re paying attention now because they realize “Trump is getting less and less popular with each passing day.” “I don’t know if the mainstream media catching up now to what’s been going on in the streets, I don’t know if it’s a big advance for that movement against Trump or not, but it’s at least worth noting that it’s starting to happen,” Maddow said. “It really hadn’t been happening before, and it is now. The coverage is now there.” After showca...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Version Gets ChatGPT 4o Image Generation

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The paid business version of Microsoft 365 Copilot, which gives access to Microsoft’s AI tool, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, is getting a redesign getting a redesign as well as ChatGPT 4o’s image generation the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The enhanced image generator is the same one that went viral earlier last month and turned just about everyone and anything into Ghibli-inspired art. The app redesign will give business users AI-powered search within Windows, Copilot Notebooks to organize project files, a Create mode to help people design things, and an Agent Store to quickly find bespoke AI agents. It’s unclear when GPT-4o image generation or other features will be available to both paid consumers and free users. Microsoft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. While most people think of AI as a way to help write emails or make funny cat videos for Instagram Reels, there’s an entire market dedicated to brin...
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Trump attacks Zelensky over possibility of Crimea going to Russia

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Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images US President Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of harming peace negotiations, after the Ukrainian president said Kyiv would not recognise Russian control of Crimea. Writing on Truth Social, Trump claimed a deal to end the war was “very close”, but that Zelensky’s refusal to accept US terms “will do nothing but prolong” the conflict. Earlier, US Vice-President JD Vance laid out the US vision for a deal, saying it would “freeze the territorial lines […] close to where they are today”. Ukraine has long said it will not give up Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Vance said the deal would mean Ukraine and Russia “are both going to have to give up some of the territory they currently own..” Zelensky immediately shot down the idea. “There’s nothing to talk about here. This is against our constitution,” he sai...
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Prelude to a Funeral - The New York Times

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Francis set the stage for his own mourning late last year, when he approved a simplified procedure for papal funeral rituals. Simplicity, of course, is relative — in this case to the breathtaking grandeur bequeathed by centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. The procession above took place Wednesday morning, when Francis’ coffin was carried from the Casa Santa Marta, the cardinals’ guesthouse where he lived instead of the regal papal apartments, to St. Peter’s Basilica, where his body is to spend three days lying in state. The pope’s remains will lie below the basilica’s 380-foot-high Renaissance dome, with its gilding and its gorgeous mosaics, in front of the bronze canopy that Bernini made to embellish its high altar. But it rests there on a low pedestal, not a bier. And the plans omitted a private viewing at the Apostolic Palace for cardinals and other dignitaries, though the coffin did spend a period for quiet farewells in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta. Nor will St. ...
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Lakers even series with Wolves after Redick tears into team

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Dave McMenamin Apr 23, 2025, 05:28 am and Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LOS ANGELES — With the Lakers’ lead, which was once 22 points, cut in half midway through the third quarter of Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Timberwolves, an irate JJ Redick stormed onto the court to call timeout before Luka Doncic could inbound the ball from the sideline. “What the f— is going on?!” Redick could be heard shouting on the TNT broadcast, with his team leading 62-51 with 7:40 to go in the third. “What the f— are you guys doing? Come on!” After the huddle, Los Angeles used a 9-0 run to push its lead back to 20 and held on to win 94-85 to even the first-round series 1-1. “That’s JJ,” LeBron James said of the first-year coach’s outburst. “Obviously we nee...
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