Just days after the president insisted that his trade tariffs were “here to stay” and would “never change," the president announced an unexpected pause.

Britain needs to buy US chlorine-washed chicken in return for lower tariffs, Donald Trump has demanded.

Firm makes product used to waterproof clothing and allegedly polluted water with some kinds of Pfas The makers of Gore-Tex, a popular product commonly used to waterproof clothing by companies such as the North Face and Mountain Hardware, poisoned drinking water and sickened residents around their facilities in rural Maryland, two lawsuits allege. The facilities, about 90 miles north-east of Baltimore, polluted drinking water with levels up to 700 times above federal limits with some kinds of Pfas, a group of toxins known as “forever chemicals” due to their environmental longevity. The tainted water caused high rates of cancers and other diseases linked to Pfas exposure in the area, a class action suit alleges. Continue reading...

After years of debate and despite some local opposition, the $38.9m 200-metre long cycleway ramp is finally edging towards completion * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Cadel Evans, the Tour de France’s only Australian winner, once described the 55-step staircase at the northern end of Sydney Harbour Bridge’s cycle path as something that “doesn’t seem very well thought out”. Norman Monshall is less diplomatic. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...