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CNN — American consumers don’t need to fret about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum raising the price of their can of soda. Two weeks ago, Trump announced a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States that would go into effect March 12, worrying some soda drinkers that another staple will take more out of their wallet. But shortly after the executive order, beverage companies began assessing what the tariffs could mean for their industry — and the results weren’t too concerning. Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey suggested the company could move away from using aluminum…
Mason Alexander, a freshman college football player who was set to compete for the Pittsburgh Panthers, died in a car crash in Indiana, officials said. He was 18.The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred Saturday night when a white 2016 BMW 340 tried to pass a southbound 2015 Toyota RAV4 by entering the northbound lane. Officials said the driver in the BMW was coming over a hill, knew a crash could happen and pulled to the right to avoid the Toyota.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sept. 14, 2024, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A Pittsburgh Panthers helmet sits…
CNN — The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militia on Saturday declared an immediate ceasefire, two days after its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group. If accepted by Turkey, the declaration could bring about the end of a decades-long conflict estimated to have killed at least 40,000 people and rippled across the borders of multiple neighboring countries. “We agree with the content of Leader Ocalan’s call as it is, and we state that we will comply with and implement the requirements of the call from our own side. We declare a…
CNN — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday he expects the United States to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, but that the situation is “fluid” and President Donald Trump will determine the levels. “There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada,” Lutnick told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.” “Exactly what they are, we’re going to leave that for the president and his team to negotiate.” Trump’s proposed tariffs from February consisted of a 25% duty on all imports from Mexico and most from Canada (energy products were to have a…
Moscow CNN — To seasoned diplomatic observers, US President Donald Trump’s furious dressing down of Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was a planned political mugging, a trap set by the Trump administration to discredit the Ukrainian leader and remove him as an obstacle to whatever comes next. Whether it was orchestrated or not, Moscow – which reacted with glee to the White House slanging match – is now anticipating talks aimed at rebuilding the US-Russia relationship will continue, even accelerate, in the weeks ahead. Nothing has been announced in public. But, privately, there’s talk of the Trump-Putin summit, always…
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published in CNN’s Meanwhile in America newsletter. Read past issues and subscribe here. CNN — First, they fired the people who look after the nuclear bombs, then had to hurriedly find where they went and hire them back. They got rid of the government agricultural workers responsible for fighting bird flu — which has sent the cost of America’s breakfast soaring. Then, amid rising public concern that an Ebola outbreak in Africa could leapfrog to the US, Elon Musk took his chainsaw to the most prominent US experts on the disease. “We won’t be…
CNN — Campaigning in Pennsylvania last September, JD Vance seemed to strike at an unlikely political foe: the besieged president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who’d spent most of the previous two years being hailed by Western leaders as a hero. “You know what I wish Zelensky would do when he comes to the United States of America?” Vance asked his rally audience. “Say thank you to the people of Pennsylvania and everybody else.” The crowd in Pennsylvania responded with hearty cheers. The future vice president had struck a nerve. Five months later, the moment seems prescient. A perceived lack of…
CNN — U.S. President Donald Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in a new U.S. crypto strategic reserve on Sunday, spiking the market value of each. Trump said on social media that his January executive order on digital assets would create a stockpile of currencies including bitcoin. The names had not previously been announced. The assets rose 8% to 62% in trading on Sunday. Trump said his order “directed the Presidential Working Group to move forward on a Crypto Strategic Reserve that includes XRP, SOL, and ADA. I will make sure the U.S. is…
London CNN — The West is at a “crossroads in history,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer told European leaders at a pivotal summit in London on Sunday, as the continent sought to wrestle control of negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine war away from the US and present a united front amid a meltdown in relations between Kyiv and Washington. ”This is not a moment for more talk. It’s time to act,” Starmer said after a monumental day of diplomacy in London, which saw leaders on the continent attempt to forge a path towards a ceasefire in Ukraine. The urgency of the…
London CNN — The West is at a “crossroads in history,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer told European leaders at a pivotal summit in London on Sunday, as the continent sought to wrestle control of negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine war away from the US and present a united front amid a meltdown in relations between Kyiv and Washington. ”This is not a moment for more talk. It’s time to act,” Starmer said after a monumental day of diplomacy in London, which saw leaders on the continent attempt to forge a path towards a ceasefire in Ukraine. The urgency of the…