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Trump and Lula Finally Sit Down: Tariffs, Crime, and Minerals Top the Agenda in Tense White House Meeting

US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are holding talks at the White House on Thursday morning. The meeting marks the most significant face-to-face between the two since Trump’s return to power, coming after a rocky period marked by public jabs, heavy tariffs, and political interference. A Relationship Built on Friction Relations between the leaders have been frosty at best. Trump previously hit Brazil with steep tariffs — first a 10% glo

World news

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Trump Administration Starts Giving Back Billions of Dollars in Tariffs That Were Ruled Illegal

On 20 April 2026, the U.S. government officially started handing back huge amounts of money that companies paid in extra taxes (called tariffs) on imported goods. These tariffs were part of what President Trump called “Liberation Day” – a big set of new charges on products from almost every country. Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court said the tariffs were not allowed under the law, and a special trade court ordered the government to return more than $160 billion (about

Business

Apr 20

Leaders of Britain's Largest Companies Are Now More Worried About the Economy Than They Have Been for Six Years, Mainly Due to Rising Energy Costs from the Iran Conflict

A new survey of the top finance bosses at many of the UK's biggest companies (including those on the FTSE 100 and 250 stock market lists) has found that their overall confidence in the economy has dropped dramatically. In the second half of March 2026, their "net confidence" score fell to a very negative -57%. This is much worse than the -13% seen at the end of 2025 and is the lowest level recorded since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The main reason for thi