President Donald Trump threatened a 200% tariff on specific products from the European Union on Thursday, March 13. The president’s latest salvo in his trade regime hit as policy uncertainty weighs on markets.  Trump’s 200% threat would apply to alcohol imports coming from the EU, according to a Truth Social post. He said the EU…

Missouri’s largest wind farm, the High Prairie Renewable Energy Center, has been operating at limited capacity for over four months as investigations continue into multiple turbine collapses. The 400-megawatt facility, owned by utility company Ameren, has the potential to power approximately 120,000 homes. However, officials significantly reduced operations after three wind turbines fell to the…

On Wednesday, March 12, just a day after it announced a suite of new consumer robots, the makers of the Roomba vacuum laid out a possible bleak future for the Massachusetts-based company. What has happened since the Amazon-iRobot deal collapsed? In January 2024, a proposed $1.7 billion iRobot merger with Amazon fell through over scrutiny…

Trees in the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to construct a new road for an upcoming United Nations climate change conference. The project aims to ease traffic congestion as Brazil prepares to host more than 50,000 attendees, including world leaders, in the city of Belém for the annual COP30 summit in November. What impact…

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year amid sexual abuse allegations has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sex crime charges dating back to the early 1980s. Robert Morris now faces five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child. Last year, Cindy Clemishire publicly accused Morris of sexually abusing her…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released recent arrest numbers of suspected immigrants illegally in the U.S. The agency said it made 32,809 migrant arrests between Jan. 20 and March 10. The new data was collected during the first 50 days of President Donald Trump’s new administration. These figures would nearly match the Biden administration’s…

Poland’s president is asking the Trump administration to put some of the U.S. nuclear arsenal in his country. It’s a move Moscow will certainly see as provocation but Poland’s leader said it is necessary to protect his country. What did Poland’s president say? President Andrzej Duda told the Financial Times that it is “obvious” President…

Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t outright rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in Ukraine — but he isn’t ready to sign anything right now. Ukraine’s agreement and US involvement First, earlier during the week of March 10, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to a 30-day ceasefire with Russia while signing the much-discussed…

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the Foxtrot Network, a Sweden-based transnational criminal organization, for its involvement in illicit drug trafficking and attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Europe. The sanctions also target the network’s leader, Rawa Majid, who allegedly collaborated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The Treasury Department states that…

Mexican authorities confirmed a private volunteer group’s discovery of mass graves, hundreds of personal belongings and secret crematoriums on a ranch in Jalisco, Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered an investigation into the site Wednesday, March 12. Her administration’s prosecutor’s office will investigate the matter. Jalisco Gov. Pablo Lemus also vowed that the Mexican National Search…