President Donald Trump’s recently announced 15% global tariff will likely be implemented sometime this week, rising from its current rate of 10%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.Bessent also predicted that U.S. tariff rates would, by August, effectively return to where they stood before the Supreme Court recently struck down the often-steeper duties that Trump unilaterally imposed on most of the world’s countries last year.”It’s my strong belief that the tariff rates will be back to their old rate within five months,” Bessent said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”Trump last year, without authorization by Congress, implemented a…
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Ulka Gupta, Aishwarya Ojha, and Aditi Bhatia starrer The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Box Office Collection Day 5, Tuesday, is seeing a decent start at the box office, a similar start compared to Mardaani 3 with its first day getting impacted by legal issues The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Box Office Collection Day 5 3.25 Crore nett trade figure The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Total Till Now Box Office Collection 14.25 Crore nett trade figure The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Overseas Box Office Collection $48,000 or 0.44 Crore gross The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Juraj Slafkovsky received the puck on his off wing and instead of using his feet and big frame to protect it and jam it up the wall, he spun and fired a blind backhand pass across his own blue line to Macklin Celebrini. It didn’t cost Slafkovsky’s Montreal Canadiens a goal, but it did set the tone for a game they had in hand and seemingly gave away before 40 minutes had expired. They forced passes — and pinches — and fed the San Jose Sharks a 4-2 lead late in the second period after taking…
Sara Didar, 21, is in Australia to play at the Women’s Asian Cup — just the second time Iran has qualified for the tournament.The young player has been thrust into an increasingly glaring spotlight on the team as it moves through the tournament, amid the war in the Middle East. Iran’s footballers are playing onAs war spreads across the Middle-East, Iran’s women’s footballers are playing on at the Women’s Asian Cup, having already faced a challenging road to make it to Australia.Didar and coach Marziyeh Jafari fronted the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Australia at Gold Coast…
The leaders of parliamentary parties, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, were on Wednesday given an in-camera briefing on the regional situation. PM Shehbaz had invited parliamentary leaders and party heads to “sit down and develop a course of action so we can move forward”, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday while addressing the National Assembly. The briefing began shortly after 11:30am and concluded after more than two hours. It mainly discussed the ongoing ‘Operation Ghazab lil-Haq’ against terrorist hideouts and the Middle East conflict. “The meeting was given an in-camera briefing regarding the Pakistan-Afghanistan situation, the hostilities…
India, led by Suryakumar Yadav, secured their place in the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 after delivering an impressive batting performance against the West Indies. With their semifinal spot confirmed, the Men in Blue are now just two victories away from defending their T20 World Cup title at home.India will face England in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, March 5. The match will mark the third consecutive T20 World Cup edition in which the two teams meet. The Men in Blue defeated England in the previous…
Videos filmed across Iran show large explosions in several cities as the conflict in the region reaches its fourth day.The US and Israel struck Iran on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Footage shared on social media – verified by the BBC and news agencies – from the last few days show multiple explosions and destruction across the country.The US has also shared video it says shows military targets being hit.Iran has responded with a wave of attacks across the region. https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cd70zp0v3g4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Thumbs up, by Subhash K Jha, Bolly Spice : …At the end, Ikkis leaves a lingering feeling of hope against the futility of war. Some quietly effective performances, especially Jaideep Ahlawat as a soldier torn between loyalty and compassion, elevate the less inspired passages of the storytelling…. full review Thumbs up, Bollywood Life : …Ikkis is ultimately a meditation on bravery, grief, and humanity. It honors sacrifice without glorifying violence and respects history without weaponizing it. By choosing empathy, reflection, and memory over spectacle or patriotism, the film achieves a rare balance, reminding us that true heroism is not only…
Shakur Stevenson has rejected the proposed terms for one particular fight, potentially distancing himself from several of his most lucrative options.The 28-year-old is coming off arguably a career-best performance against Teofimo Lopez, claiming his WBO super-lightweight title with a dominant points victory in January.In doing so, Stevenson not only became a four-division world champion but also cemented himself as a top five pound-for-pound operator, alongside the likes of Oleksandr Usyk and Naoya Inoue.Because of this, though, many have questioned whether the slick southpaw will ever be beaten, suggesting that a move up to 147lbs could be his only hope at…
Huevito King of Caballito photo by Carlos Antonio Ferrer GreenmountThe East Coast Activation Tour (ECAT) 2026 brought together an international surfing delegation for a coastal journey from the Gold Coast to Sydney between 20 and 26 February.The tour followed the World Surfing Conservation Conference held from 16 to 19 February, hosted by Gold Coast World Surfing Reserve Inc.Organiser Andrew McKinnon, the wrap-up described the tour as far more than a travelling roadshow.Twenty-two surfers representing Peru, Costa Rica, Rapa Nui, Chile, Mexico, Spain, the United States, Indonesia and Australia travelled together along Australia’s surf coast.The group packed into three vans and…