A Venezuelan delivery driver was ‘disappeared’ after making a wrong turn. The Trump administration claims they know where he is
When Ricardo Prada Vásquez tried to re-enter the country from the Ambassador Bridge, the 32-year-old Venezuelan immigrant was detained by immigration authorities. But he was not on a leaked list of 238 names of immigrants sent to El Salvador. “The Trump administration bears full responsibility for Mr. Prada Vázquez’s wellbeing,” she said. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele says there are 252 Venezuelans from the United States in his custody. He was allowed to stay in the United States while his case was considered.
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April 23, 2025 10:08 UTC
China urges UK, EU to uphold multilateral trade amid US 'bullying'
Live Events(You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelBEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Tuesday urged Britain and the EU to safeguard multilateral trading systems, as Beijing seeks to rally support from trading partners to counter US tariff measures.Wang told British foreign secretary David Lammy in a phone call that China and Britain had a responsibility to uphold international order in the face of "rampant unilateral bullying", according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement. China is ready to work with Britain to "eliminate all distractions", Wang said, adding that the onus was on both countries to safeguard multilateral trading systems.In a separate phone call with Austrian foreign minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger , Wang similarly said China and the European Union should shoulder international responsibility to defend multilateral trade and build an open world economy.Wang also said China was willing to further strengthen high-level exchanges with the EU.Meanwhile, in Tokyo, news agency Kyodo reported that the Chinese government sent a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calling for a coordinated response to the tariff measures implemented by the US. The letter was sent from Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Kyodo said, citing multiple Japanese government officials.
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April 23, 2025 08:20 UTC
Dogs really are our best friends — other than our children
But if you’re after a truly dependable companion, you may be best off with a dog. That, at least, is the implication of a study which found that the emotional bonds owners share with their dogs outshine almost every kind of human relationship. The sole exception is the tie between parent and child. More than 700 dog owners were asked to rate their relationships with their pets according to 13 criteria, including how much support, affection and loyalty they felt they derived from them. They also did the same for their relationships with four humans: a romantic partner, a best friend, a child and their “closest kin”.
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April 22, 2025 21:55 UTC
Jury finds The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Read our Privacy noticeThe New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a 2017 editorial that contained an error she claimed had damaged her reputation, a jury concluded Tuesday. During the trial, former Times editorial page editor James Bennet tearfuly apologized to Palin, saying he was tormented by the error and worked urgently to correct it after readers complained to the newspaper. Palin testified Monday that death threats against her increased and her spirits fell after the editorial was published. In February 2022, Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected Palin’s claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated.
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April 22, 2025 21:54 UTC
Powys MS withdraws candidacy for next Senedd election
Mr George denied that he had cheated after allegations he was involved in illegal bets related to the date of the general election last year. Montgomeryshire's Senedd member was one of 15 people who were charged as part of the election betting scandal along with former Montgomeryshire MP Craig Williams. READ MORE:In a post online, Mr George said: “I was shocked and surprised to have been informed by the Gambling Commission that I am facing charges for cheating. In the circumstances, I feel I have no alternative but to withdraw my candidacy for next year’s Senedd elections so that I can focus on fighting to clear my name. The three will appear with 12 others at Westminster Magistrates Court at 10am on Friday 13 June 2025.
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April 22, 2025 21:24 UTC
Sarah Palin loses defamation case against New York Times despite editor's tearful apology
Sarah Palin lost her defamation case against The New York Times after a jury ruled they did not libel the former Alaska governor. Jurors concluded that The New York Times did not libel former Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial that she says damaged her reputation, despite the editor's tearful apology. 'We didn't prevail in federal court against the New York Times. The verdict came in a retrial of Palin's case, after a federal appeals court threw out a 2022 verdict in the Times' favor. 'To win this case, Governor Palin needs to prove that the New York Times and James Bennet did not care about the truth,' she said.
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April 22, 2025 21:19 UTC
Jury finds New York Times did not libel former Alaska governor Sarah Palin
“That’s why we’re here.”He told jurors not to be deceived by Ms Palin’s “bouncy” persona in the witness box. James Bennet (Larry Neumeister/AP)Ms Ellsworth said Mr Bennet and the Times “corrected the record loudly, clearly and quickly” once the error was discovered. She added that Ms Palin’s status as a public figure meant the jury would have to find “actual malice” to find in her favour. In February 2022, Judge Jed S Rakoff rejected Ms Palin’s claims in a ruling issued while a jury deliberated. The judge then let jurors deliver their verdict, which also went against Ms Palin.
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April 22, 2025 20:26 UTC
From mass sheep massacres to the 'UK's most bizarre cold case': All the times Britons say PROVE aliens are real
Convinced they'd just seen a UFO, they took their photos to the Daily Record, one of Scotland's leading newspapers. It looked very real; real enough that if I'd got out of my car and thrown a brick at it, it would have made a clang,' Mr Godfrey recalls. After sharing his experience Mr Godfrey (pictured) was ridiculed and hounded out of the job he loved, he slumped into alcoholism and his marriage broke upInstead of getting out of the car, Mr Godfrey turned on his blue light and tried to call in the incident. Mr Godfrey (pictured) said: 'Was it an alien craft I saw, or was it of this earth? Mysterious sheep massacreOne of Britain's top UFO hunters believes aliens have invaded Wales and are killing its sheep.
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April 22, 2025 19:44 UTC
Dyfed-Powys Police confirm man in Newtown taken to hospital
Dyfed Powys Police confirmed that officers were called to Newtown at 5.55pm on Monday, April 21, after concerns were raised over the man's safety. READ MOREPolice said they were called to the scene after concerns were raised over the safety and welfare of a man in a Newtown property. They added that the man was taken to hospital via air ambulance. (Image: Public)A spokesperson for Dyfed Powys Police said: “Concerns were raised for the safety and welfare of a man at a property in Newtown at about 5.55pm, Monday, April 21. “The man was taken to hospital by air ambulance.”
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April 22, 2025 18:40 UTC
Larry David essay ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ skewers Bill Maher’s dinner with Trump
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The piece in the Times recounts a fictional fawning dinner with Adolf Hitler – the “most reviled man in history” – in 1939 that parrots much of Maher’s language about his meeting with Trump. David calls Hitler surprisingly “quite disarming” in their imagined meet up. “Suddenly he seemed so human.”Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David offers a cutting spoof of Bill Maher’s defensive and gushing meeting with Donald Trump ( HBO )Maher also bragged about getting Trump to laugh. David mocks that his Hitler turned out to be “more authentic, like this was the real Hitler.
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April 22, 2025 18:34 UTC
Times letters: Pope Francis’s legacy and the future of the church
Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, The Pope’s death ushers in a difficult period for the Roman Catholic Church. A man devoted to the poor, having grown up in Argentina during the postwar rise of right-wing states — many of which had harboured Nazis — the Pope had seen how they were supported by senior Catholic churchmen as well as the military hardmen controlling many South American countries. He saw the emergence of a strong swing from Catholicism to Pentecostalism and other free churches, where a welcoming hand was extended to the poor and to Catholics concerned about the disregard shown to them by their own cardinals and bishops. When he was elected Pope, he foresaw the battle he was likely to have with ultra-conservative forces in
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April 22, 2025 14:12 UTC
UK economy to slow as tariffs take toll, IMF predicts
Rachel Reeves has been warned that Donald Trump’s tariffs pose a “clear and present danger” and will lead to job losses within weeks after the International Monetary Fund slashed Britain’s growth forecasts. The chancellor is attending a meeting of the IMF in Washington, where she hopes to secure a breakthrough on a trade deal that will reduce tariffs on the UK. She will hold talks with Scott Bessent, the US Treasury secretary, on Friday. Trump has imposed tariffs of 10 per cent on all UK exports to the US and 25 per cent on steel, aluminium and cars in a move that will have a significant impact on economic growth. The car industry said that the impact has been “severe, significant and immediate” while manufacturers
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April 22, 2025 13:40 UTC
In Rural England, Farming Equipment Has Become a Target for Organized Crime
With horned Highland cattle, neat stone walls and a tiny church that dates from the 15th century on its land, Cowage Farm in Foxley, in southwestern England, hardly looks like a crime scene. But as Tom Collins completed paperwork in his farmhouse one morning, an employee interrupted to ask what he’d done with a computer screen in one of his tractors. It turned out that the equipment, along with two GPS systems, had been stolen from two farm vehicles overnight. Standing in the yard where the theft took place, Mr. Collins said the most unnerving thing was that criminals must have watched him to know where his tractors would be. They are also under pressure from an overhaul of the subsidies available to them after Brexit, and from inflation and tax changes that have prompted tractor protests outside Parliament.
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April 22, 2025 13:03 UTC
Farewell to Pope Francis: List of world leaders attending Saturday's funeral
Leaders gathering for Pope’s funeralThe funeral of Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, will be held on Saturday at 10 am in St Peter’s Square, bringing to a close a remarkable papacy that spanned for more than 12 years. The 88-year-old Argentine Pope died on Monday after suffering a stroke which left him in a coma and ultimately led to heart failure.For three days, Pope Francis will lie in open casket at St Peter’s Basilica where thousands are expected to pay their final respects. “He really walked with his people.”Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, will preside over the funeral Mass. A spokesperson added that the Prime Minister would also take part in a scheduled daily press briefing later that day. Buckingham Palace has not yet confirmed whether King Charles III will accompany him to the ceremony.Frome Spain, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain will be attending the funeral at the Vatican, the Spanish royal palace confirmed.
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April 22, 2025 12:44 UTC
Kyrgyzstan Seeks to Expand Labor Quotas for Work in the UK
Seventeen thousand Kyrgyz citizens are expected to work in the United Kingdom this year under a state-sponsored employment program, according to Ulan Jusupov, Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to the UK. The Times of Central Asia has previously reported on the challenges Kyrgyz labor migrants face in Europe, with many choosing to leave Russia due to frequent legal issues and labor disputes. In 2022, CTHR signed a memorandum of cooperation with British recruitment company AGRI-HR to facilitate seasonal employment for Kyrgyz nationals in the UK. According to CTHR, other favorable countries for Kyrgyz workers include Germany, Italy, France, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates. Most opportunities in these regions are in agriculture and related fields, and Kyrgyz citizens can legally work there under established programs.
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April 22, 2025 12:41 UTC