He had threatened to shut down the China-owned company.September 20, 2020, 12:21 AM• 5 min readPresident Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that a deal has been made on TikTok with Walmart and Oracle, calling it a “great deal for America.””We have some very big news on TikTok,” Trump said Saturday. “TikTok is…

No immediate reason was given for the deployment.August 29, 2020, 6:14 PM• 3 min readMassachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed an order on Friday obtained by ABC News, activating up to 1,000 National Guard members in the state.The Republican governor did not cite a specific reason for signing the order.The activation began on Friday and will…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield and US President Donald Trump have been giving contrasting messages on face masks and vaccines.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHurricane Laura left a trail of destruction in Louisiana and TexasResidents in coastal areas of Louisiana in the US face the prospect of weeks without power or water as the clean-up begins following the devastating impact of Hurricane Laura.More than 400,000 were without power on Saturday morning…

Nicola Sturgeon has written to Boris Johnson calling for urgent four-nation talks to tighten lockdown restrictions further.The Scottish first minister cited scientific opinion that stronger action was needed to control coronavirus.Ms Sturgeon also said more financial support was necessary to cushion the impact on businesses. It comes as the chancellor prepares to unveil plans to…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAngela Rayner accuses the PM of blaming others for his “incompetence” with “no plan” for a second coronavirus waveAngela Rayner has faced Boris Johnson for the first time at Prime Minister’s Questions, accusing him of “incompetence” in the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.She said the PM…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: “I have absolutely no desire to use these measures”Boris Johnson has said the UK must reserve the right to override the Brexit deal to protect the country’s “economic and political integrity”.The PM said legislation was needed to resolve “tensions” in the EU-UK deal. He said…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have signed agreements fully normalising their relations with Israel at the White House. US President Trump, whose administration helped to broker these agreements, has said he hopes that more countries will follow. But Palestinians have urged them not to while their conflict remains unsolved.Read more: Trump hails ‘dawn…

US President Donald Trump has been greeted with boos and chants of “Vote him out” by the crowd outside the Supreme Court.He visited the court Thursday morning to pay his respects to the late justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump is keen to confirm Ginsburg’s replacement before the 3 November presidential election – much to the…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption President Trump at a briefing on wildfires in California As forest fires blaze in the western states and a new hurricane hits the southern coast of America, President Donald Trump has caused controversy by questioning the science around climate change. At the same time, he has called himself a…

The husband of a major donor to Boris Johnson’s Conservative party has allegedly been secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close links to Vladimir Putin, according to leaked files. Lubov Chernukhin, the party’s biggest female donor, has paid to spend time with each of the last three prime ministers, having played a tennis match…

Citigroup has taken steps to freeze out a group of hedge funds and investment managers from its sales and trading business after the funds refused to return money the bank mistakenly sent to a group of creditors to beleaguered cosmetics company Revlon. Managers at Citi’s sales and trading unit have instructed staff to remove the…

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