Reuters It’s been a little over 18 months since Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country’s relationship with the United States, based on over a century of tight economic and military cooperation, was “over”. Trade talks collapsing, tit-for-tat tariffs, and Donald Trump’s talk of making Canada a “51st state” have all fuelled this bitter … Read moreCarney gambles on the world’s biggest investors betting on Canada
Meta’s decision to settle the case on Wednesday came as a surprise. I was expecting weeks of courtroom drama as 29 states – almost two-thirds of North America – took on one US tech giant. Technically, the trial was about children’s online privacy. It was based on a US law called the Children’s Online Privacy … Read moreMeta’s $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety
Reuters President Donald Trump has threatened that the US would destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant any time its forces attack a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Potential targets would include ones “located next to, or in,” the capital Tehran, he said in a post on Truth Social. The military response would follow … Read moreTrump threatens to target Iran’s bridges and power plants if Hormuz attacks persist
Getty Images The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday. With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently … Read moreUS Congress takes next step to make daylight saving time permanent
Getty Images Donald Trump’s latest Iran War demand lasted all of 24 hours and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position. On Monday morning, in a social media post announcing the resumption of an American naval blockade on Iranian shipping, he said that all vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz … Read moreTrump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war
US President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants next week if the country does not return to talks. The comments, made in a Fox News interview, aired as the two countries exchanged fire for the fourth day in a row. Trump earlier reversed a threat of a 20% fee on … Read moreTrump threatens to bomb bridges and power plants unless Iran resumes talks
Getty Images A US-AF F-35 Lightning II fighter jet pictured in April 2026 The US military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines. US Central Command said in a statement the strikes were taken in “self-defense”, and were designed “to protect our troops … Read moreUS military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran
Getty Images A US official has struck down security funding allotted for President Trump’s White House ballroom project from a proposed spending package, in a win for Democrats. The Senate rule-keeper ruled against the use of taxpayer funds in the bill on Saturday, after Democrats argued that security money doesn’t belong in it. Trump has … Read moreTrump’s White House ballroom loses federal funding proposed by Senate Republicans
Reuters Trump had labelled Iran’s counter-offer to US proposals to end the war ‘garbage’ US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled. “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote on his Truth Social … Read moreTrump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran as peace progress stalls
Getty Images Means failed to win enough support in the Senate to be confirmed President Donald Trump has pulled his controversial pick to be US surgeon general, Casey Means, after she failed to win over enough votes from the Senate to be confirmed to the role. On Thursday, Trump posted on his social media network, … Read moreTrump pulls surgeon general pick after nomination stalls