UK says nothing is off the table in response to US tariffs

The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to “coerce” American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose. “These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies,” Secretary of…

A giant 1,600-tonne machine called Madeleine that will bore a tunnel taking HS2 trains into central London has been switched on. Named after Madeleine Nobbs, the former president of the Women’s Engineering Society, the 190m-long contraption will create a 4.5 mile link connecting Old Oak Common in west London to a proposed expanded station at…

Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Reuters Comedian Jimmy Kimmel was temporarily suspended last month Disney+ and Hulu cancellation rates doubled in September after TV host Jimmy Kimmel was briefly taken off air, suggesting the move may have hurt the entertainment giant financially. Data from analytics firm Antenna shows Disney+’s so-called churn rate – the percentage of subscribers…

More than 300 South Koreans who were detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia have arrived back home. Their return comes as the country’s president and Hyundai’s chief executive have warned about the impact of the raid. A chartered Korean Air jet carrying the workers and…

Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, Seoul, South Korea Watch: Korean skincare is a multi-billion dollar industry – what makes it so great? Who would have thought serums infused with snail mucin – the sticky substance they secrete – would become a part of skincare routines around the world? Well, it’s happened – and the gooey elasticity…