Like simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole, irony is a very useful figure of speech. Writers and other creative workers regularly make use of it, including comedians. It can, however, also ...

Maggy Hamel-Metsos makes conceptual art you can feel in your bones. Her latest exhibition, Simile Aria, is on view now at ...

Companies in turn could slow their imports, which would mean less revenue from tariffs for the government. Using tariffs as a negotiation tactic also could reduce revenue if the U.S. agrees to ...

The Trump administration dismantled the CIS Ombudsman, an independent entity aiding individuals with USCIS issues like visa delays. This closure raises concerns about reduced transparency and ...

If the US keeps in place global 10 per cent tariffs that’s still a high import tax. And it means in the next 90 days, the US will be able to rake in billions of dollars in import taxes while ...

Let’s break down why Trump made this move and what it all means for Australia and the rest of the world. Trump’s sudden decision to suspend higher tariffs wasn’t exactly born out of goodwill ...

BRITAIN is bracing for chaos as Donald Trump's latest round of sweeping trade tariffs comes into force today. The US President's brutal levies were introduced at midnight, seeing some of America's ...

The new term is a derogatory insult aimed at young women (Picture: Getty Images) For most generations, the word ‘bop’ simply means a good tune – the kind you’d blast at a party or sing ...

On Wednesday evening we saw an astonishing about-turn by US president Donald Trump. His decision to pause many of the tariffs he introduced with such fanfare last week for 90 days to allow for ...

In the 1950 publication “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”, Turing reintroduced the experiment as the “imitation game” and claimed it was a means of determining a machine’s ability ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...