US & Canada
Donald Trump promises ‘new golden age’ after he is sworn in as 47th US president
BY ZEKE MILLER AP Donald Trump begins his speech as president by addressing his fellow presidents and others attending the event, including ...TikTok goes dark for US users, company pins hope on Trump
By David Shepardson Reuters TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ...US TikTok ban looms as Trump seeks last-ditch solution
By Alex PIGMAN AFP TikTok says it will “go dark” in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for ...Russia says it welcomes Trump’s readiness to solve problems through dialogue
By Dmitry Antonov Reuters Russia welcomes the stated willingness of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to resolve problems through dialogue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ...Deadly Los Angeles wildfires threaten Hollywood
By Huw GRIFFITH AFP Wildfires threatened to engulf parts of Hollywood on Thursday as a growing number of blazes raged across Los ...FBI probes ‘terrorist’ links in New Orleans truck-ramming that killed 15
By Michael Mathes AFP A US Army veteran with an Islamic State flag and “hellbent” on carnage steered a pickup truck into ...World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows
South Korea holds muted New Year events after plane crashpublished New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back ...Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
By Alex Wroblewski in Atlanta with Susan Stumme in Washington AFP Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate ...US President Joe Biden pardons son Hunter despite pledging not to
BY ZEKE MILLER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG AP President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a ...China sends naval, air forces to shadow US plane over Taiwan Strait
China’s military said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew ...