Thousands of Taylor Swift fans hoping to attend the superstar's summer shows have been scammed. Fraudsters claiming to offer tickets to the star's UK concerts have cost punters more than $1.24 million (£1 million), bank chiefs estimate. As reported by the Daily Mail, bosses at Lloyds Bank have revealed that more than 600 of their own customers have been left angry, disappointed and out of pocket. And they claim that once other lenders are taken into account, the true number is likely to run to more than 3,000.
Watch as Joe Biden visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he delivered campaign remarks to steelworkers on Wednesday, 17 April. The US president met staff at the United Steelworkers Headquarters, where he called for higher tariffs on Chinese metals in the “Steel City.” Mr Biden’s proposed tariffs are part of a package of policies aimed at pleasing the swing state, but risk angering Beijing.
Canada's main stock index ended higher on Wednesday as mining stocks rallied and investors looked ahead to quarterly earnings reports, but gains for the index were held in check after the federal budget proposed raising a tax on investment profits. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended up 13.18 points, or 0.1%, at 21,656.05, after five straight days of declines. "There is some dip buying going on at the margins," said Elvis Picardo, a portfolio manager at Luft Financial, iA Private Wealth.