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Spain tackles housing ‘social emergency’ as rents double

[ad_1] Guy HedgecoeBusiness reporterBBCBlanca Castro, who rents an apartment in central Madrid, says she is being forced out by her landlordBlanca Castro puts on a builder's helmet before opening the door to her kitchen. Inside it, the ceiling has a large hole that is dripping water and it looks as if it could collapse at any moment.Because the kitchen is unusable, Blanca has to wash her dishes in the bathtub,
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Agoa trade deal’s future in question

[ad_1] Anne SoyBBC deputy Africa editor, NairobiAFPLesotho's garment workers face an uncertain future once President Donald Trump's 50% import tariff kicks inThursday was a "terrible" and "devastating" day for people involved in Lesotho's textile sector as they digested the news that the country's exports to the US would be hit by a 50% import tax, or tariff.Teboho Kobeli, who founded Afri-Expo Textiles and employs 2,000 people in the country, could
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‘Costs are deterring people from going into the profession’

[ad_1] Julie McCulloughBBC News NIBBCSuzi says her business cannot run at a loss A childminder has said that costs are deterring people from going into the profession and the current childcare subsidy scheme does not go far enough.Suzi Douglas, from Bangor, in County Down, loves working with children.She has worked in the industry for more than 30 years and for the last 11 she has been running her own business
Business

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says companies need to continue to invest despite tariff turmoil

[ad_1] As President Trump’s tariffs continue to roil markets, former Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer says the best thing companies can do is continue to power through and invest in what they can. “The thing I would say is to make sure that you … invest your way through the tumult which is today,” he told Yahoo Finance during Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event in Washington. “Whether it's going to be
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Knife crime fears in Wales see ‘Temu stab vest purchases’

[ad_1] Wes CunliffeWes Cunliffe from Newport says young people are carrying weapons and wearing stab vests to school out of fearTeenagers are buying stab vests online and wearing them to school, an anti-knife campaigner has said.Wes Cunliffe, from Newport, turned his life around after being attacked while involved in drug dealing.He believes the fear of knife crime in Wales has reached a point where young people in his area were
Business

Gwinnett man accused of killing teen carrying his child granted bond for second time

[ad_1] The man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl and their unborn son was granted bond for the second time Friday morning.Jesus Monroy, 20, was already out on a $50,000 bond tied to murder and feticide charges when a grand jury returned five new felony counts in February, including statutory rape, child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He was taken back into custody after the new indictment.The
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Judge orders wrongly deported Maryland man to be returned to U.S.

[ad_1] STORY: :: Judge orders wrongly deported Maryland man be returned to the U.S. from El Salvador:: April 4, 2025:: Greenbelt, Maryland:: Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Attorney for family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia"Judge Xinis granted the preliminary injunction and ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be brought back to the United States by 11:59 p.m. on Monday. She found that the government did not dispute that there was no legal basis whatsoever for
Business

Trump extends sale, ban of TikTok another 75 days

[ad_1] April 4 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday gave TikTok another 75 days to be sold or banned in the United States, one day before the deadline.The president's 75-day pause on enforcing Congress' law banning TikTok was to expire Saturday unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests to U.S. investors or Trump extends the deadline.President Joe Biden refused to enforce the original deadline that was to take effect
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Deion Sanders addresses son Shilo’s Mercedes issue: ‘Bulljunk came out’

[ad_1] Colorado football coach Deion Sanders addressed the bankruptcy case of his son Shilo Friday and said a recent financial issue involving Shilo’s car was because of a “disruption in payments” after the termination of his online account.Mercedes-Benz Financial Services on Tuesday filed a motion in court that said Shilo, an NFL draft prospect, defaulted on his car payments for a Mercedes car that he agreed to purchase in May
Business

Trump admin. to reportedly drop Medicare GLP-1 plan

[ad_1] 00:00 Speaker A All right, well, headline just coming across in the last few minutes. Bloomberg reporting the Trump administration will drop the Biden era Medicare obesity drug coverage proposal. In late November, the Biden administration proposed a rule that would have made millions of Americans with obesity eligible to have popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid. Now, according to Bloomberg, the