Exports to the US from Chinese online shops such as Temu and Shein have plunged in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war, as shipping from China to the EU has increased. Official Chinese data showed its total e-commerce shipping to the US dropped 65% by volume in the first three months of the year,…
It is a truth almost universally unacknowledged in the UK that wearing shoes in the home is gross. More than gross, actually – there’s scientific evidence it could have serious health consequences and even, if you want to come over all dramatic about it, be life-threatening. And yet I can count on the fingers of…
The NFL has announced the disciplinary action it will take toward the Atlanta Falcons and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich for allowing Shedeur Sanders’ phone number to leak during the 2025 NFL Draft. On Wednesday morning, the league announced a $250,000 fine for the team and an additional $100,000 fine for Ulbrich “for failing to prevent…
Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, said that if Kilmar Ábrego García was sent back to the US, the Donald Trump administration “would immediately deport him again”. Noem repeated White House assertions about Ábrego García, a Salvadorian man who the Trump administration has admitted was mistakenly deported from Maryland last month, in a new…
Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian What are microplastics? Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic. The usual definition is anything under 5mm in length or about the diameter of a grain of rice. Where do microplastics come from? Microplastics may be created and intentionally added to consumer products, such as the tiny beads in face and body…
Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago. New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile group went extinct millions of years later than previously thought, researchers report April 30 in Proceedings B of the Royal Society. The findings also help…