US President-elect, Donald Trump has suggested that he will free Jan 6 rioters in response to President Joe Biden pardoning his son. In a statement issued by the White House on Sunday, December 1, Biden said that his son had been “singled out” and “selectively, and unfairly” prosecuted due to his family name. This official …
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UK Championship final: Judd Trump beats Barry Hawkins 10-8 to win second UK title
Judd Trump claimed his second UK Championship title with a hard-fought 10-8 victory over Barry Hawkins at the Barbican in York. Only Ronnie O’Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and John Higgins have won more than the 35-year-old’s tally of 30 ranking titles. Trump had to endure a stirring fightback from Hawkins, who fought back from 9-6 to 9-8 and almost got the …
Read More »Trump threatens BRICS countries with 100% tariff if they replace dollar
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 …
Read More »UK Championship results: Judd Trump beats world champion Kyren Wilson to reach final, Barry Hawkins defeats Mark Allen
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 …
Read More »‘Trump is intelligent and experienced? – Putin says as he compares outgoing U.S. president Biden to the newly elected president
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 …
Read More »Watch Trump roast Democrats with hilarious ?Christmas Vacation? turkey parody video on Thanksgiving day
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 …
Read More »UK Championship snooker results: Judd Trump edges past John Higgins
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 …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
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 – …
Read More »Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
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 …
Read More »Numerous bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees – FBI
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 …
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