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US President-elect Donald Trump has escalated tensions with the BRICS bloc by threatening to impose 100% tariffs on imports from member countries if they proceed with creating a new currency to rival the US dollar.   In a statement posted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, November 30, Trump declared, “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to …

After so much, hype, hope and expectation of a classic contest it proved to be a slightly underwhelming affair given the quality of the two players on show. While Trump made two centuries, there were only two other breaks in excess of 50 and both players struggled to find their normal rhythm despite being presented with numerous opportunities to score …

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised US President-elect Donald Trump as an “intelligent and experienced” politician capable of finding “solutions,” as tensions between Moscow and the West ramp up over the war in Ukraine.   Speaking to reporters in Kazakhstan, Putin castigated President Joe Biden for creating “additional difficulties” for the incoming Trump administration, after Biden gave Ukraine permission …

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday night, November 28, roasted Democrats with a hilarious “Christmas Vacation” parody video.  “If this turkey tastes half as good as it looks, I think we’re all in for a very big treat,” a computer-generated President Biden, whose head is superimposed on the body of Chevy Chase’s Clark Griswold character, says in the 35-second video …

World number one Judd Trump defeated three-time champion John Higgins 6-5 in a final-frame decider to book his place in the quarter-finals of the UK Championship at the Barbican in York. A hard-fought opening to the match with several tactical exchanges left the scores level at 2-2 at the mid-session interval, with the contest becoming more fluent thereafter. Trump crafted …

Getty Images Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has visited Donald Trump at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, further evidence of the apparent thawing in their once frosty relations. The president-elect already has a close, high-profile relationship with another of the leading figures in tech, X owner Elon Musk. Historically, though, there has been no such closeness between Trump and Mr Zuckerberg – …

Billionaire Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg met Wednesday with  incoming US president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the latest sign of the Meta chief’s warming up to the president-elect ahead of his second term. “It’s an important time for the future of American Innovation. Mark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner …

Several nominees for Donald Trump’s cabinet and White House team have been targeted by bomb threats and swatting incidents, according to law enforcement and the Trump transition team. The FBI confirmed it is investigating “numerous bomb threats” alongside “swatting incidents,” where hoax calls prompt an armed police response to the victim’s home.   The wave of threats began on Tuesday …

Embattled music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs compared himself to soon-to-be US president Donald Trump in another attempt to be bailed out of jail before Thanksgiving.The disgraced rapper’s lawyers cited Trump in a Monday court filing, pointing out the similarities between their respective legal situations.Lawyers quoted an appellate decision from Trump’s election interference case regarding the First Amendment.’Only a significant and imminent threat to the administration …

World number one Judd Trump won five frames in a row as he fought back from 3-1 down to beat three-time UK champion Neil Robertson 6-3 and move into the last 16 in York. Australian Robertson had a glorious chance to move 4-1 ahead but missed the penultimate ball and that proved to be the turning point in the match. …