'Unbelievable' scenes after Trump's tariff pause, highway chaos after wind turbine hits bridge, American expat riles Aussies

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16-05-2025

Hello and welcome to Yahoo's live news blog this Friday. Donald Trump's agreement to pause tariffs with China has seen a remarkable rush from US businesses scrambling to get Chinese goods in before the 90-day pause ends.
There are huge disruptions west of Brisbane after a wind turbine being transported along a major highway has crashed into a bridge. Authorities have vowed to get to the bottom of what is an embarrassing and costly error that now requires an extensive clean up.
Follow along as we bring you regular updates throughout the day.
A mad scramble is underway as US businesses look to capitalise on Donald Trump's agreement to temporarily pause tariffs with China.
Businesses are doing what they can to get in as many products from China in a bid to avoid any extra costs potentially beyond the 90-day freeze amid the US president's trade war with China.
And Chinese suppliers have now revealed the frenzy that's unfolded on their side.
"I knew it would come. But it still kind of overwhelmed me when it finally came," the general manager of a homeware business told the Global Times.
"This single day sales figure equates to half a month of sales revenue in usual times."
And he revealed how desperate US customers want to get goods over and what measures they'll go to to get them.
"What is even more unbelievable is some clients are asking for air freight delivery! This has never happened before," he said, revealing customers normally opt for their heavy goods to be shipped.
Gao Lingyun, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the state media outlet the surge showed the value of Chinese goods and highlighted their "irreplaceable quality".
A mother whose car careened through a school fence, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring four other students, will face criminal charges.
Grade five student Jack Davey died after the car ploughed into a school yard in October, hitting a group of Auburn South students sitting at a table.
The SUV driver, a 40-year-old woman, had just collected her child from the school in Melbourne's east and attempted a U-turn when her vehicle veered into the group of children.
The pair inside the car were not injured. The Hawthorn East mother was arrested and released following a police interview.
She was charged on Tuesday with careless driving and failing to have proper control of a motor vehicle. She will front court on July 15.
The tragedy left the community reeling, with Jack's parents Michael and Jayde clinging to the memories of the positive influence their son had in his short life.
OK, it's quite likely this American expat is having us on, but regardless, Aussies are not happy.
We take pride in our inventions, and our unique sauce dispensers are no different.
And that's why this American living in Australia has been accused of being the ultimate troll.
"You guys, the Aussies are so cute," he tells his followers as he showcases two MasterFoods sauces.
But instead of squeezing one of the packets together to make the sauce drop out like any normal human being, he proceeds to try and peel the plastic cover off. Failing to do that (obviously because you're not meant to), he then cuts it open.
"You grab your fries and dip them in... it's the perfect amount of dipping sauce!" he says.
Well Aussies weren't having any of his nonsense, accusing him of "rage bait".
"When he said to peel it I screamed inside," one person said in response.
What do you think? Have a watch below.
Well it's fair to say plenty of commuters will be demanding answers over this.
A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.
Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.
Authorities will use heavy tow trucks to try to remove the turbine, with crews to potentially have to bring in cranes to shift it, Sunrise has reported.
All westbound lanes of the road and Mt Crosby overpass are closed and are expected to remain shut for some time.
Queensland Trucking Association CEO Gary Mahon said he was uncertain of the route approval process as the load was under police escort.
'It's not necessarily an usual load, there's been a lot of wind turbines heading that way for some time now,' he told ABC Radio.
'Hundreds of these loads have gone west. We don't know what's gone wrong here, but we need to get to the bottom of it over the next couple of days.
'There is quite a bit of work to be done to get that piece of equipment out from under that overpass.'
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A mad scramble is underway as US businesses look to capitalise on Donald Trump's agreement to temporarily pause tariffs with China.
Businesses are doing what they can to get in as many products from China in a bid to avoid any extra costs potentially beyond the 90-day freeze amid the US president's trade war with China.
And Chinese suppliers have now revealed the frenzy that's unfolded on their side.
"I knew it would come. But it still kind of overwhelmed me when it finally came," the general manager of a homeware business told the Global Times.
"This single day sales figure equates to half a month of sales revenue in usual times."
And he revealed how desperate US customers want to get goods over and what measures they'll go to to get them.
"What is even more unbelievable is some clients are asking for air freight delivery! This has never happened before," he said, revealing customers normally opt for their heavy goods to be shipped.
Gao Lingyun, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the state media outlet the surge showed the value of Chinese goods and highlighted their "irreplaceable quality".
A mother whose car careened through a school fence, killing an 11-year-old boy and injuring four other students, will face criminal charges.
Grade five student Jack Davey died after the car ploughed into a school yard in October, hitting a group of Auburn South students sitting at a table.
The SUV driver, a 40-year-old woman, had just collected her child from the school in Melbourne's east and attempted a U-turn when her vehicle veered into the group of children.
The pair inside the car were not injured. The Hawthorn East mother was arrested and released following a police interview.
She was charged on Tuesday with careless driving and failing to have proper control of a motor vehicle. She will front court on July 15.
The tragedy left the community reeling, with Jack's parents Michael and Jayde clinging to the memories of the positive influence their son had in his short life.
OK, it's quite likely this American expat is having us on, but regardless, Aussies are not happy.
We take pride in our inventions, and our unique sauce dispensers are no different.
And that's why this American living in Australia has been accused of being the ultimate troll.
"You guys, the Aussies are so cute," he tells his followers as he showcases two MasterFoods sauces.
But instead of squeezing one of the packets together to make the sauce drop out like any normal human being, he proceeds to try and peel the plastic cover off. Failing to do that (obviously because you're not meant to), he then cuts it open.
"You grab your fries and dip them in... it's the perfect amount of dipping sauce!" he says.
Well Aussies weren't having any of his nonsense, accusing him of "rage bait".
"When he said to peel it I screamed inside," one person said in response.
What do you think? Have a watch below.
Well it's fair to say plenty of commuters will be demanding answers over this.
A truck carrying a section of a wind turbine has crashed into a bridge west of Brisbane, causing extensive delays down a major highway.
Motorists are being warned to avoid using the Warrego Highway at North Tivoli after the vehicle and its cargo struck with an overhead bridge about 2.30am on Friday.
The turbine has become wedged underneath the overpass and drawn a huge emergency response.
Authorities will use heavy tow trucks to try to remove the turbine, with crews to potentially have to bring in cranes to shift it, Sunrise has reported.
All westbound lanes of the road and Mt Crosby overpass are closed and are expected to remain shut for some time.
Queensland Trucking Association CEO Gary Mahon said he was uncertain of the route approval process as the load was under police escort.
'It's not necessarily an usual load, there's been a lot of wind turbines heading that way for some time now,' he told ABC Radio.
'Hundreds of these loads have gone west. We don't know what's gone wrong here, but we need to get to the bottom of it over the next couple of days.
'There is quite a bit of work to be done to get that piece of equipment out from under that overpass.'
Read more from NewsWire here.