66 m. ago King Charles says Canada is facing ‘unprecedented challenges’ as Trump threatens annexation

Charles is the first British monarch in almost 70 years to preside over the opening of the Canadian parliament

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3 h. ago Trump threatens Gavin Newsom, California over trans athlete: ‘TOTALLY DEMEANING’

The president appeared to be upset by reports of a transgender girl winning a long jump context

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11 h. ago Tesla sales halve in Europe; markets welcome US delay to EU 50% tariffs – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsEU hopes for quick deal to resolve US trade war after Trump delays 50% tariffsStocks have jumped in London as trading resumes after the Bank Holiday weekend.City investors are relieved that Donald Trump has delayed his threatened hike on EU tariffs to 50% until July, cooling trade war fears. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago North Korea says Donald Trump’s Golden Dome plan threatens ‘outer space nuclear war’

North Korea says Trump’s $175bn missile defence plan represents ‘the height of self-righteousness’

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25 h. ago EU hopes for speedy deal to resolve US trade war after Trump delays 50% tariffs

European leaders call for ‘lowest possible’ border taxes after levies postponed from 1 June to 9 JulyEU leaders have expressed hopes of a speedy deal to resolve the trade war with the US after Donald Trump announced he was delaying his threatened 50% tariffs for the bloc until 9 July.The US president said on Sunday that he would pause the border tax due to be imposed on 1 June, which he had only announced two days earlier, after what he called a “very nice call” with the head of the EU executive, Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago EU hopes for quick deal to resolve US trade war after Trump delays 50% tariffs

European leaders call for ‘lowest possible’ border taxes after levies postponed from 1 June to 9 JulyEU leaders have expressed hopes for a quick deal to resolve the trade war with the US after Donald Trump announced he was delaying his threatened 50% tariffs for the bloc until 9 July.The US president said on Sunday he would pause the border tax due to be imposed on 1 June, which he had announced two days earlier, after what he called a “very nice call” with Ursula von der Leyen. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Kremlin accuses Trump of 'emotional overloading' as US President says Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!'

Trump threatens further sanctions on Moscow in some of the US President’s strongest criticism of Putin

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32 h. ago Donald Trump announces he will pause threatened 50% tariffs on Europe after call with EU chief – US politics live

President says tariffs will be paused until 9 July after a ‘very nice call’ with European Commission president Ursula von der LeyenThe Kremlin on Monday said that US president Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” might be due to emotional overload, but thanked the US leader for his assistance in launching Ukraine peace negotiations.Trump said Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war on Ukraine and said he was weighing new sanctions on Moscow, though he also scolded Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Trump says Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!' after Russia's biggest missile and drone attack on Ukraine

Trump threatens further sanctions on Moscow in some of the US President’s strongest criticism of Putin

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38 h. ago US futures jump while Asian shares slip after Trump delays tariffs on the EU

U.S. futures have turned sharply higher and Asian shares mostly fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay a threatened 50% tariff on goods from the European Union to July 9 from June 1

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43 h. ago Man arrested at JFK Airport for 'plotting to firebomb US Embassy' after 'threatening Trump'

Israel has handed over a US citizen after authorities uncovered his alleged plan to firebomb a U.S. Embassy branch office - the man was arrested on Sunday at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport

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45 h. ago Colorado man plotted to bomb US embassy in Israel and left note saying ‘Death to America,’ prosecutors say

Joseph Neumayer allegedly also threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump

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46 h. ago American who threatened to assassinate Trump arrested at JFK Airport over 'plan to bomb US embassy in Israel'

Joseph Neumayer, 28, was arrested at the New York airport on Sunday after allegedly plotting to bomb the US embassy in Israel.

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49 h. ago Top Republicans threaten to block Trump’s spending bill if national debt is not reduced

Prominent senators warn Trump to ‘get serious’ about addressing budget deficit or they will block ‘beautiful bill’Donald Trump has been warned by fiscal hawks within his own party in the US Senate that he must “get serious” about cutting government spending and reducing the national debt or else they will block the passage of his signature tax-cutting legislation known as the “big beautiful bill”.Ron Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin who rose to prominence as a fiscal hardliner with the Tea party movement, issued the warning to the president on Sunday. Asked by CNN’s State of the Union whether his faction had the numbers to halt the bill, he replied: “I think we have enough to stop the process until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Any trade deal with US must be based on ‘respect not threats’, says EU commissioner

Maroš Šefčovič’s remarks come after pace of talks prompted Trump to propose 50% tariff on goods from blocThe European Union’s trade chief has struck a defiant tone after Donald Trump threatened to place a 50% tariff on all goods from the bloc, saying any potential trade deal between Brussels and Washington must be based on “respect not threats”.The US president made his statement after voicing frustration with the pace of progress on a trade agreement with the EU. The new rates would come into effect from 1 June. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sir Keir warned not to cosy up to EU as President Trump now threatens Brussels with 50 per cent tariffs

The US President made the threat amid trade talks between Washington and Brussels, warning he could impose the tariffs next month.

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3 d. ago Trump ‘not looking for deal’ as he threatens EU with 50% tariff

Bloc vows to ‘defend our interests’ in response to US president’s escalation

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3 d. ago Donald Trump's threaten brutal Apple goods tariff unless he gets iPhones pledge

Donald Trump has threatened Apple and the EU with extreme tariffs, as the Orange manbaby once again throws his toys out of the pram over the response to his hefty economic measures

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3 d. ago Apple sees stock drop after Trump threatens 25 percent tariffs unless they build iPhones in America

President Donald Trump made the threats after he reportedly met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the White House earlier in the week

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3 d. ago Donald Trump threatens huge tariffs on EU goods and smartphones, including Apple products

Markets tanked following the announcement as the US President cranks up trade threats

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