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Top Adventure Activities In Antarctica (2025 Guide)
Fuel your passion for exploring the Earth’s most incredible wonders with our list of the top adventure activities in Antarctica! Antarctica cruises are on many travellers’ bucket lists. You can explore the vast, icy, and remote Polar regions in a...

Trump’s tariffs: What’s in effect and what could be in store?
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10% on all imports to the United States, as well as additional...

Vernon RCMP remove more than 80 impaired drivers from streets
It was one line on page five of a nine-page report. But it caught the mayor's eyes. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Supt. Blake MacLeod presented his second-quarter (April-June) statistics to Vernon council Monday, Aug. 11. His report included this...

Donald Trump trade tariffs: Country-wise, product-specific taxes. Check full list
U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent on all imports to the United States, as well as additional duties on...

Inside Ellen DeGeneres’ New Life in the U.K. and What’s Next
On a Sunday afternoon in late July, Ellen DeGeneres walked onto the stage at the historic Cheltenham Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, England, to the tune of Harry Styles’ “You’re So Golden,” then sat in front of a crowd of nearly 700 people for a...

Winchester conference looks at love-hate relationship between Argentina and UK
An online conference organised by academics at the University of Winchester will examine the long and chequered relationship between the UK and Argentina. September’s online event, titled Re-thinking 200 Years of Anglo-Argentine Relations, seeks...

Factbox-Trump's tariffs: What's in effect and what could be in store?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10% on all imports to the United States, as well as...

What you can expect from new tariffs on imported goods
Google imageWASHINGTON (AP) —American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump's foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens of...

Tariffs likely to raise prices
American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens of countries. It’s been nearly 100...

The forgotten Brit who witnessed Nagasaki’s nuclear destruction - 'Nothing like it'
For those in Nagasaki who heard it, the deep rumble of the approaching B-29s that pierced the cloud-filled skies on August 9, 1945, must have caused a moment of pause. An all-clear had already sounded after an early morning bombing raid, and the...

Here’s what the new tariffs could cost each US household
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writers American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher...

Bedford's economic guiding force calls it a career
Bette Slayton, recently retired president/CEO of Bedford County Development Association, (left) said of successor Jennifer Marsh (right), “BCDA is in a good position for future development and projects. Jen Marsh is going to do a remarkable job....

A biography crackles with scandals
This searing biography of Prince Andrew crackles with scandals about sex and money on almost every page, two subjects that have always caused problems for the royals, the BBC reported. Andrew Lownie's book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House...

AP News: What US consumers can expect from new tariffs on imported goods
Clearance home appliances are displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Washers and dryers are displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)...

Review: How Pinochet and his Nazi friend escaped international justice
Scottish lawyer Douglas Ross KC reviews the latest instalment in Philippe Sands KC’s “loose trilogy”. Philippe Sands KC is a leading public international lawyer who has moved beyond the realm of practitioner/academic by writing a series of books...

Prince Andrew book seals his fate for any return
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent ShareSave Prince Andrew faces an unflattering portrait of his private life and finances This searing biography of Prince Andrew crackles with scandals about sex and money on almost every page, two subjects that...

Don’t believe the snobs, this drama is up there with Succession and Game of Thrones
It is easier to poke fun than to scratch beneath the surface of what, arguably, is excellent television, up there with the likes of Succession, Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad. Let’s not mince our words, Outlander has been a victim of Scottish...

Voices: Prince Andrew’s tragedy? He’s been spoiled by neglect
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Is Reform inevitable?
Nigel Farage and his comrades cannot grow complacent about gaining or using power It is now approaching six months since Reform UK began their consistent lead in opinion polling for the next general election. There are another four long years...

Prince Andrew’s tragedy? He’s been spoiled by neglect
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...