29 h. ago EU declares counter tariffs on $28 billion worth of US goods as Trump trade wars escalate

The European Union announces counter tariffs on $28 billion of US goods hours after US tariffs steel and aluminium imports come into effect

Economics

38 h. ago Trump declares violence against Tesla 'domestic terrorism' after supporting Musk with his own $76K EV purchase

Donald Trump continued his charm offensive on behalf of 'First Buddy' Elon Musk by announcing that violence against Teslas and Tesla dealers will be labeled 'domestic terrorism.'

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42 h. ago Canada backs down on 25% charge for electricity exports hours after Trump threatens new tariff for steel

Ford announced a surcharge on electricity exports on Monday in response to Trump’s tariffs on Canada

Politics

42 h. ago Canada folds to Trump and CANCELS bombshell electricity tariff after president's trade war escalation

Canada folded to President Donald Trump after he vowed the nation would pay an historically big 'financial price' for the electricity tariff it imposed on the United States.

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43 h. ago Donald Trump to 'declare national emergency on electricity' over bitter Canada trade war

Trump has written a blistering post on his platform Truth Social vowing to double the tariffs on aluminium and steel for Canada, also doubling down that Canada should be a US state

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45 h. ago Markets tank as Trump declares a national emergency amid shocking new Canada tariffs and 51st state threat

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on electricity in the U.S. and doubled the tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada.

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45 h. ago Trump raises Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% as trade war escalates

President cites Ontario’s recent imposition of 25% surcharge on electricity exports to US as reason for doubling dutiesUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump has announced he is doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% as a retaliation for the province of Ontario’s imposition of a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to several US states, in a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the two ostensibly allied countries.“Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on ‘Electricity’ coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to ad [sic] an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Trump declares a national emergency on electricity and says Canada WILL become 'cherished' 51st state

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on electricity in the U.S. and doubled the tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada.

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47 h. ago Trump orders more tariffs on Canada in response to Ontario tax on electricity exports – live

US president says new tariffs to go into effect 12 March and also threatens to ‘permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada’Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as US President Donald Trump seeks control of the strategic Arctic island.The self-governing region of Denmark is home to 56,000 people, most from Indigenous Inuit backgrounds, and occupies a strategic North Atlantic location. It also contains rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy, AP reported. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Trump drops new tariff bombshell after Canada threatens to 'shut off electricity completely' to three US states

Donald Trump continued his feud with Canadian leaders with a promise that 'we'll just get it all back' when reciprocal tariffs go into effect next month.

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2 d. ago Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to U.S. in response to Trump's trade war

Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, is now charging 25% more for electricity shipped to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plan

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2 d. ago Lara Trump declares Trump doesn’t take days off – as he spends yet another weekend golfing

President Donald Trump has played golf six out of seven weekends since he returned to the White House

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3 d. ago Mark Carney comes out fighting against Trump and his bid to 'destroy our way of life' as he declares: 'Canada will never be part of America'

Speaking during his acceptance speech, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney chose to lean strongly into resisting US President Donald Trump's policies.

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3 d. ago Trump declares tariffs will be ‘best thing’ US has ever done

Donald Trump declared tariffs will be the “best thing” the US has ever done, despite refusing to rule out a recession.

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4 d. ago 'Always knew': Celtic star emerges as true leader for nation as transfer rumours continue to fly

Right-back continues to shine for Celtic and make Canada proud

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5 d. ago ‘Not the end of the world if US quits Nato,’ says former defence secretary

Starmer and EU leaders must warn ‘naive’ Trump: ‘We ain’t going anywhere,’ declares Sir Ben Wallace

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5 d. ago How Trump’s dizzying jerks and jolts on tariffs are ‘freezing’ US business

As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertaintyDonald Trump declared there to be “no room left” for a deal with Canada and Mexico this week, launching a trade war against his nation’s closest allies that he presented as an effort to protect America’s soul.Then he pulled back. It wasn’t his first feint and retreat. It probably won’t be the last. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump asked ‘alarmed’ aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office

The historic and fragile document is displayed at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. where it has been housed since 1952

Events

5 d. ago Trump offers fast citizenship to South African farmers after cutting aid over ‘racism against whites’

Trump declared he would cut aid to South Africa over “rights violations”, relating to new laws giving the South African Government the power to expropriate land

Events

5 d. ago UK and Europe could send 120 fighter jets to Ukraine in Operation Sky Shield to fend off Putin

The defence plan, known as Operation Sky Shield, was initially suggested after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, but has emerged again after the US withdrew support for the war-battered nation

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