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Today’s tariffs could just be the opening skirmishes in the trade war, as US President Donald Trump has vowed to hit as much as US$450 billion in Chinese goods, the vast majority of imports.

Speaking to the press today, ahead of Saturday’s quarter final against Sweden, Stones told reporters: “It was a odd game. I was surprised to see central defenders like Maguire, normally he is a very honest guy, diving in the attacking box and asking the referee for...

“It was China, not North Korea, that was the most uncomfortable with the idea of deploying THAAD in South Korea”, said Yang Uk, a military expert at the Korea Defense and Security Forum.

Belgium made 9 changes and England eight as star strikers Romalu Lukaku and Harry Kane were rested.

Andrew Wheeler, the man replacing scandal-struck Scott Pruitt as head of the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), may not be much better than his predecessor, according to the green groups who dubbed Pruitt the agency’s worst-ever chief.

On the other end of the draw are powerhouses Brazil, Uruguay, France and Belgium, teams that have combined for eight World Cup championships.

The golden generation of Belgium made a huge statement of intent to win a first World Cup dispatching giants, Brazil 2-1 in an enthralling quarter-final duel.

While Croatia have one of the best midfields of the tournament and Sweden are more than competent in their own right, any manager of the top six or seven big teams would have bitten off your hand, had you offered him this run of games in May. In other words, none of their squad...

JORDAN Henderson admits he will owe fellow Sunderland boy Jordan Pickford for the rest of his life after missing in England’s dramatic shootout triumph over Colombia – but is willing to take another World Cup spot-kick if required.

He is now predicting an English victory on the weekend – and he’s not shy about it.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of ME affirmed to reporters Wednesday she will not affirm a nominee with “demonstrated hostility” to Roe v. Wade. Sen. Angus King, a ME independent, to closely scrutinize any nominee. Republicans, conversely, prioritized the importance of...

Despite the threat from President Donald Trump of tariff hikes on up to $450 billion of Chinese goods, Beijing shows no sign it will scale back plans it sees as a path to prosperity and global influence.

Brazil head coach Tite, left, talks to his player Neymar during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018.

Russian Federation midfielder Alan Dzagoev says he is fit to play against Croatia in the World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday after recovering from injury. Well if anyone thought that this tournament had a clear-cut victor think again. “But now I’m training in the main...

Sweden’s brand of football may not be easy on the eye but on Tuesday they added Switzerland to a list already including the Netherlands, Italy and Germany as they marched into the World Cup quarter-finals.