1 hour ago Trump targets concert ticket scalping with Kid Rock at his side

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at protecting fans from 'exploitative ticket scalping' and reforming the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry.

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3 h. ago Kamala Harris to speak at Gold Coast real estate conference but not to local media

Former US vice-president will next month take part in a moderated on-stage conversation at the Australasian Real Estate ConferenceElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKamala Harris will speak at a real estate conference on the Gold Coast in Australia next month, with organisers hailing her a “trailblazer” but shielding her from all media requests.The former US vice president, who lost November’s US election to Donald Trump, will participate in person in a moderated on-stage conversation at the Australasian Real Estate Conference. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced

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6 h. ago The 'smartest thing' Greenland can do as Trump amplifies takeover talk according to its former ambassador

Former United States Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands on Monday urged the country's leaders to shift their strategy for dealing with President Donald Trump.

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6 h. ago The Latest: Trump to roll out new tariffs that he promises will free the US from foreign goods

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs he promises will free the United States from foreign goods

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8 h. ago Donald Trump is 'imitating Vladimir Putin in bid to snatch Greenland for US control'

President Donald Trump is taking a leaf out of Vladimir Putin's book with his aim of taking over Greenland, says a Kremlin propagandist, who is comparing it to the Crimean land grab

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9 h. ago Living Nostradamus says Donald Trump's 'moment of truth' is coming in power prediction

EXCUSIVE: A seer considered by many to be the ‘living Nostradamus’ has said that Donald Trump’s return to US presidency this year carries ‘deep esoteric symbolism’

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9 h. ago Living Nostradamus says Donald Trump's 'moment of truth' is coming in power prophecy

EXCLUSIVE: A seer considered by many to be the ‘living Nostradamus’ has said that Donald Trump’s return to US presidency this year carries ‘deep esoteric symbolism’

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10 h. ago Donald Trump's tariffs spark major £650billion stock market MELTDOWN

Stock markets around the world took another tumble amid of concerns over the scale of US President Donald Trump's latest trade tariffs and the impact they will have

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12 h. ago A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges

A court filing says an official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally funded think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure

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12 h. ago Donald Trump discusses serving a 'FOURTH term' as he is asked about whether he will stay on beyond his second stint as president

Donald Trump, 78, has claimed that many Americans want him to serve a 'sort of a fourth term'. The remark follows his comment that he was 'not joking' about serving another term.

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14 h. ago Donald Trump 'could target country in Europe' next after Greenland threat

A security expert has warned that US President Donald Trump could set his sights on a country within Europe if the USA successfully takes Greenland from Denmark

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14 h. ago Oliver Stone to testify at John F Kennedy assassination hearing

The director, whose film JFK has been derided by historians for suggesting the CIA had a role in the killing, will speak to task force aiming ‘to get to the bottom of this mystery’Film director Oliver Stone will testify at a US House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday that is considering thousands of pages of documents related to the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy released this month at the direction of President Donald Trump.Representative Anna Paulina Luna, chair of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, said that lawmakers will hear from witnesses about the value of the documents. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Could Donald Trump run for a third term? President says he's 'not joking' about remaining in office

The US president told NBC news there were ways to overturn the constitution

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14 h. ago Donald Trump threatens Zelensky with 'big problems' over mineral deal

Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he would have "big, big problems" if he did not agree to a rare earth mineral deal that offered no guarantees to the country

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16 h. ago As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist | Charlotte Higgins

The Smithsonian’s museums have been ordered to root out ‘divisive narratives’. It’s part of a pattern: the battle lines are now clearIt has come to this: we are now in Ministry of Truth territory. In Washington DC, the Smithsonian Institution, the US’s ensemble of 21 great national museums, last week became the subject of an executive order by President Donald Trump. “Distorted narratives” are to be rooted out. There will be no more of the “corrosive ideology” that has fostered a “sense of national shame”. The institution has, reads the order, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology” that portrays “American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive”. The vice-president, JD Vance, is, by virtue of his office, on the museum’s board. He is charged by Trump to “prohibit expenditure” on programmes that “divide Americans based on race”. He is to remove “improper ideology”. The order is titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. George Or...

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18 h. ago World markets and US dollar suffer worst monthly losses since 2022 as Trump tariffs fuel recession fears – business live

Shares slide after President Donald Trump says new reciprocal tariffs expected this week will include all nations, and Goldman Sachs say US recession more likelyWall Street shrinks in response to price pressures, stoking fears of Trump tariffsSwiss bank UBS has cut its forecast for the US stock market’s gains this year.Having previously forecast the S&P 500 shares index would end the year at 6,600 points (which would have been a 12% gain in 2025), UBS have now cut their end-year target to 6,400 points.“After considering the effects of tariffs and slower growth data so far in 2025, we now expect 6% earnings per share growth, and we have accordingly reduced our year-end target for the index to 6,400 (from 6,600).But this also means that there is still meaningful upside for broad US equities by year-end, in our view.”The Nikkei closed down 4%, while European indices are a sea of red. The sell off is broad based, with more than 550 of the Eurostoxx 600 stocks lower as investors take...

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18 h. ago Trump tariff tumult has ripples for sporting goods, puts costly hockey gear in price

The sports equipment industry is no exception to the headaches being caused throughout the U.S. commercial ecosystem by the promise of 25% tarrifs on Canadian imports by President Donald Trump

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18 h. ago Donald Trump’s fury with Vladimir Putin explained as US President 'p****ed off' with Kremlin

The US President said he was 'very angry, p****d off' after Vladimir Putin suggested Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky step down before he enters into any negotiations

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20 h. ago World markets and US dollar suffer worst monthly losses since 2022 as Trump trade war riles investors – business live

Shares slide after President Donald Trump says new reciprocal tariffs expected this week will include all nationsWall Street shrinks in response to price pressures, stoking fears of Trump tariffsEurope’s main stock indices are a sea of red, as investors react to Donald Trump’s declaration that the reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations.Italy’s FTSE MIB index has dropped 1.4%, France’s CAC is down 1%, and Germany’s DAX has lost 0.95%.The tariffs imposed by the U.S. government and the fear of new announcements as early as Wednesday are creating a bleak atmosphere on trading floors worldwide. Just last Wednesday, the DAX was above 23,000 points, but it now appears that the index may soon test the 22,000 mark.The risk appetite seen in the initial weeks of the year has dissipated as investors and asset managers pull back, reduce positions, and refrain from taking on large new ones. The inclination to buy the dips has nearly vanished. Continue reading...

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