Beijing increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% on Friday, hitting back against President Donald Trump’s decision to raise duties on Chinese goods and upping the stakes in a trade war that threatens to upend global supply chains.

In hope of avoiding punishing U.S. tariffs, Vietnam is prepared to crack down on Chinese goods being shipped to the United States via its territory and will tighten controls on sensitive exports to China.

The fine handed down to the first company prosecuted under Victoria’s workplace manslaughter laws has been more than doubled on appeal.

A tourist helicopter crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six aboard, including three children, Mayor Eric Adams said.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with sanctions and tariffs in a dispute over water sharing between the two countries, accusing Mexico of breaking an 81-year-old treaty and “stealing the water from Texas Farmers.”

Prada’s deal to buy Versace revives hopes for a ‘Made in Italy’ luxury champion after many other family-founded brands ended up in French, Swiss or U.S. hands, and comes as many Italian groups are outperforming the struggling sector.

A roof collapse at a concert in a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic has killed at least 221 people, authorities said on Thursday, with recovery efforts set to wrap up as families mourn the dead.

Australia on Thursday declined Beijing’s proposal to work together to counter U.S. tariffs, saying instead it would continue to diversify its trade and lower its reliance on China, its largest trading partner.

U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts say the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from government health officials and statements on unproven treatments that are confusing parents.

German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he will be talking to other world leaders by phone to discuss how to shore up rules-based free trade, in the face of a barrage of U.S. tariffs.

The U.S. government said it will begin screening the social media of immigrants and visa applicants for what it called antisemitic activity.