Businesses are finding a workaround for tariffs — and it’s entirely legal
The “first sale rule” is a concept in U.S. customs law that allows importers to use the lowest cost of a good to calculate duties.
Day: May 26, 2025
Vietjet orders 20 more A330neo widebodies for future expansion
Hanoi, Vietnam, May 26. Vietjet, Vietnam’s largest private airline, has placed a new order with Airbus for 20 widebody A330-900 aircraft to support strategic expansion over the next decade. The agreement was signed in Hanoi by Vietjet Chairwoman Nguyen…
A basketball player was sidelined for her headscarf. France may now ban them in all sports
Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because rules in several disciplines ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance
Chinese tech giants reveal how they’re dealing with U.S. chip curbs to stay in the AI race
Tencent and Baidu said stockpiling chips, optimizing AI models and using home-grown semiconductors have helped them progress with the tech.
Venezuela’s Government Claims Victory in Polls Boycotted by Opposition Leader
Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher than 40 percent.
A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France
Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance
Israel raises alert for travellers to Canada, warning of ‘increased threat’
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‘A steamy wrestle’: Guardian article inspires play on Shakespeare and Marlowe collaboration
Exclusive: Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, coming to West End, imagines rival dramatists working togetherA Guardian report on William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe being literary rivals and collaborators has inspired a play that will be stage…
Academic with apparent ties to Beijing has forged links within UK parliament
Exclusive: Prof Yu Xiong, who has met king and queen and attended House of Lords events, apparently linked to CCP influence groupAn academic with apparent connections to the Chinese Communist party has forged links inside the UK parliament and met King…
Starwatch: Venus will be unmistakably brilliant in the predawn sky this week
The planet will reach its maximum western elongation from the sun, making it visible in the early hoursVenus will reach maximum western elongation from the sun on 31 May. Maximum elongation means that it appears as far from the sun as it can, making it…