France on Thursday adopted a tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook despite U.S. threats to use a favorite tool of the Trump administration: tariffs. The administration says it could invoke the same 1970s-era laws it used to slap tariffs on imports from China and other trading partners, including traditional U.S. allies. more
Three people have been killed and 15 injured after a gunman attacked a food festival in California. The gunman was shot dead by police shortly after he began firing, although police are investigating reports that a second suspect may still be at large.more
France's Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, said Paris would not abandon digital tax. He added that this should not be combined with other tariffs. These matters are connected with the President of the United States, Donald Trump.more
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed North Korea's missile tests that took place the day before, saying he wasn't surprised by the short range launches and shrugging off the volatile nation's warning to South Korea.more
The administration of US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days.more
In the recently published and later edited report of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, apparently by mistake, the places where US nuclear weapons in Europe are deployed - reports the Washington Post.more
Theresa May denounced Donald Trump over the U.S. president's online attacks on Democratic congresswomen of color. Trump tweeted Sunday that the four women, who "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe," should "go back" and fix issues in those countries before telling him how to run the U.S. government.more
Boris Johnson's plans to strike an immediate Brexit trade deal with Donald Trump are in "breach of European law," with a UK-US deal likely to take years to complete, the International Trade Secretary has warnedmore
Police have opened an investigation into the alleged leaking of diplomatic cables involving the outgoing UK ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, and asked that those responsible hand themselves in.more
The United Kingdom's former ambassador to Washington said United States President Donald Trump seemed to be pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal for "personality reasons", as it was signed by his predecessor, Barack Obama, according to a British newspaper citing leaked documents.
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A man armed with a rifle and throwing incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state early Saturday morning died after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said.more
Amazon announced it will spend $700 million over the next six years to help retrain a third of its US workforce to adapt to an economy increasingly disrupted by automation and new technology.more
The police are involved in the inquiry into how top-secret UK cables about Donald Trump's administration were leaked, the Foreign Office's top diplomat has confirmed.more
Britain is planning to send more troops to Syria to support partner forces in the fight against Isil, after pressure from the US to pick up slack as it begins its drawdown, it has been reported.
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US President Donald Trump has lashed out for a second day at Britain's ambassador to the United States, describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool," after a leak of emails critical of the American administration.more
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, assured her full support for the British ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch. Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he would not be in touch with him.more
The head of the United Kingdom Foreign Ministry, Jeremy Hunt, announced that there would be "serious consequences" for people who conveyed to the media the content of confidential diplomatic cables in which the British ambassador in the US criticized the administration of Donald Trump.more
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rattled parts of Southern California, US meteorologists say, in the biggest tremor to strike in two decades. It struck at the shallow depth of 0.9km (0.6 miles) and its epicentre was near the city of Ridgecrest, about 240km north-east of Los Angeles.more
"We were on the moon and we will soon be stuck in an American flag on Mars," President Donald Trump announced in a commemorative speech on Independence Day in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington as part of "Salute for America."more
Over 20 immigrants illegally staying in the US and formerly employed by Donald Trump in a letter to the White House asked for a meeting with the president and protection against deportation. Trump has made blocking illegal immigration central to his presidency.more
