Trump family crypto empire expands with Crypto.com partnership
(AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal crypto ventures are expanding again, this time with plans for a digital asset treasury company that holds an alternative cryptocurrency. Trump Media and Technology Group, which operates the Truth Social media...
Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions, officials said Tuesday. The move came a day after New...
EU defies Trump’s digital tax ultimatum, rattling a fragile trade deal
BRUSSELS (CN) — The European Union defiantly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to scrap digital regulations targeting U.S. tech giants, declaring Tuesday that Europe has a “sovereign right” to regulate American companies in its...
France to sue Kick platform for ‘negligence’ after livestream death
PARIS (AFP) — France will sue the Australian streaming platform Kick for “negligence” after a user died during a livestream, a government minister said on Tuesday. The platform has come under scrutiny in France after a 46-year-old Frenchman died in August...
Israeli protesters demand hostage deal as cabinet meets
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — Protesters demanding an end to the Gaza war and the return of hostages to their homes took to the streets in Israel on Tuesday ahead of a security cabinet meeting scheduled for the evening. Demonstrators blocked roads in commercial hub Tel...
Australia expels Iran ambassador over antisemitic attacks
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. It marks the first time Australia has expelled an ambassador since World War II. Intelligence services reached...
Federal court tosses DOJ suit against Maryland judges over immigration rules
BALTIMORE (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the U.S. District of Maryland and its 15 judges over a rule to temporarily freeze immigration cases, finding that any ruling other than dismissal would “offend the rule of...
Europe’s top rights court rebukes Iceland for letting domestic violence charges expire
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — An Icelandic woman took her fight over stalled domestic violence complaints to Strasbourg, France, where Europe’s top human rights court found that delays and bureaucratic mix-ups by police caused the charges to expire before a trial. A...
‘He has no authority’: Fed governor Cook vows to fight Trump firing
WASHINGTON (CN) — A top Federal Reserve official is defiant after President Donald Trump abruptly announced Monday night that he would fire her as members of his administration accuse her of mortgage fraud. The president told Lisa Cook in a letter, posted to his...