WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to participate in his presidential inauguration next month. Sources revealed that Trump extended the invitation to Xi in early November, shortly after the election, but it remains unclear whether the Chinese president has accepted, CB...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump appeared to ridicule Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a social media post Tuesday. “It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. “I look forward to seeing the Governor a...
NEW YORK (AA) – A court in the US state of Delaware has reiterated the decision to reject billionaire Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package for his electric car firm Tesla. Delaware Judge Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick’s Monday decision came after she rejected the pay package in January. She repeated her decision despite the approval of...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he would impose a 100% tariff on any BRICS country that attempts to move from the US dollar in international trade. Referring to the economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — now expanded to include Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab ...
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s latest threats to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports, particularly from China, are raising alarms over their potential to significantly hike the cost of living for American families. According to a recent report from the National Retail Federation, the proposed tariffs could slash consumer...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he called an urgent meeting later this week with provincial premiers on how to deal with Donald Trump’s threat to impose crippling tariffs on Canadian products. Speaking to reporters one day after the US president-elect promised to slam Canada with a 25% tariff across the ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China via executive orders he plans to sign on his first day in office in retaliation for what he says is their involvement in the entry of deadly fentanyl and migrants into the United States. “On January 20th, as one […]
The cryptocurrency market has hit a major milestone, surpassing a $3 trillion market cap following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month. Bitcoin surged to more than $93,000, up from below $70,000 before the elections, with altcoins following suit. Trump’s positive stance is expected to influence the U.S. Securities and Exc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump nominated veteran Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick on Tuesday to become the head of the Commerce Department. Lutnick will lead “our Tariff and Trade agenda, with additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative,” Trump said on Truth So...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Justice Department will ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell its Chrome internet browser, according to media reports on Monday. The department will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google had built an illegal monopoly over internet searches, to require measures related to artificial intelligen...
