Correction This article was updated to clarify that Bitcoin and Ethereum rose more than 10 percent after Trump’s announcement.

The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, in line with US President Donald Trump’s policy of exerting “maximum pressure” on Tehran. In a statement released on Sunday, the US Department of State said the decision not to renew the waiver was made to “ensure we…

More than 280,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to strip tech mogul Elon Musk of his Canadian citizenship for acting against Canada’s national interest. Launched on February 20, the parliamentary petition claims that Musk, the head of United States President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, has “become a member…

United States President Donald Trump has said Microsoft is among the companies considering buying TikTok so the platform can avoid a ban on national security grounds. Asked late on Monday if Microsoft was in talks to acquire the popular video-sharing app, Trump said: “I would say yes.” Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1…

United States President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent US ban. Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account on Sunday…

Washington, DC – As President Donald Trump called for ethnically cleansing Gaza and for the United States to “own” the territory, hundreds of protesters outside the White House warned him that “Palestine is not for sale”. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday evening to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to…