Peter Hoskins

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Peter Hoskins |Henry Zeffman

Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials sayPresident Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Peter Hoskins |Henry Zeffman

NowTokyo Reuters — Toyota Motor forecast a 21% profit decline for the current financial year on Thursday, as the strain from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and an appreciating yen take some of the shine off strong demand for hybrid vehicles. The world’s top-selling automaker expects operating …

1 week ago | bbc.com | Peter Hoskins |Tom Gerken

Maker of Pegasus spyware told to pay $167m for WhatsApp hackPeter Hoskins & Tom GerkenBusiness & technology reportersGetty ImagesThe firm behind the Pegasus spyware has been ordered to pay WhatsApp $167m (£125m) for hacking 1,400 people in 2019. Pegasus is malicious software which can be installed remotely on mobile phones to access, among other things, people's microphones and cameras.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Peter Hoskins |Tom Gerken

4 hours agoCongress erupts over Trump's billion-dollar crypto dealA $2 billion crypto deal involving President Trump's family and a foreign government is threatening to derail bipartisan stablecoin legislation that …2 hours ago'Wind theft': The mysterious effect plaguing wind farmsAs wind farms expand, some can accidentally "steal" each others' wind – causing worries over some countries' energy transition to net zero.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Peter Hoskins |Laura Bicker

US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try to deescalate a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will attend the talks in Switzerland from 9 to 12 May, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer will represent Washington at the meeting, their offices announced.