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Trump’s latest comments come as China, North Korea, Russia say the Golden Dome missile defence system will create ‘space arms race’.United States President Donald Trump says he has told Canada it will have to pay $61bn to be part of his proposed Gold Dome missile defence system “if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation”. In a post on TruthSocial, Trump claimed Canada “very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System” and would gain free access if it joins with the US. Participating in the proposed defence system would cost Canada “ZERO DOLLARS if they become…

US President Donald Trump says Russia’s Vladimir Putin is ‘playing with fire’ and Russia has so far been shielded from ‘really bad things’.A senior Moscow security official has rebuked United States President Donald Trump and raised the danger of another world war breaking out after Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire” by refusing to engage in Ukraine ceasefire talks with Kyiv. Dmitry Medvedev said World War III was the only “REALLY BAD thing” in a response, late on Tuesday, to Trump, who had earlier posted a message to Putin on social media saying that “really bad…

Latest Trump administration move comes amid a wider pressure campaign against top universities, and targeting of students.The administration of United States President Donald Trump is temporarily suspending the processing of visas for foreign students, according to an internal memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The cable, widely reported by US media on Tuesday, ordered embassies and consulates not to allow “any additional student or exchange visa… appointment capacity until further guidance is issued”. It added that the State Department “plans to issue guidance on expanded social media vetting for all such applications”. The move is the latest blow to…

By Thomas Gallagher Cameron Adams, the Australian billionaire cofounder of Canva, and his wife Lisa Miller, have just joined the Giving Pledge.Courtesy of the Giving Pledge In its largest cohort since 2021, the Giving Pledge announced 11 new signatories in 2025 who have pledged to donate the majority of their wealth to charitable causes in their lifetime or in their wills. Nine of the new signees hail from the U.S., one from Australia and one from the U.A.E. Six of the new pledgers are members of Forbes billionaires’ list and have a combined estimated net worth of $9.3 billion. The…

Google cofounder Sergey Brin is back in the office working on AI. But he’s also ramping up his philanthropic investments, largely centering conditions of the central nervous system.Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Last week Google cofounder Sergey Brin gave away $700 million worth of Alphabet shares. The gifts were split between three nonprofits, according to a representative of Brin’s family office. Nearly 80% of the shares—worth around $550 million—went to Brin’s four-year-old nonprofit Catalyst4, while the remaining shares went to the Sergey Brin Family Foundation ($100 million) and Michael J. Fox Foundation ($50 million), which supports research and treatments for Parkinson’s disease.…

Government escalates row with university over demands to curb pro-Palestine student activism and change racial diversity policies.The administration of US President Donald Trump will move to sever remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, escalating a row centred on issues such as pro-Palestine student activism and racial diversity. The New York Times and Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday that a draft letter from the General Services Administration (GSA) instructs all federal agencies to review and possibly cancel existing contracts with Harvard, worth an estimated $100m. A copy of the draft letter shared by the Times states that Harvard has continued…

King Charles III has delivered a rare royal speech from Canada’s Parliament, emphasising the country’s sovereignty in a new era of “dangerous and uncertain” times. The so-called “Speech from the Throne” on Tuesday was historic. It represented both the first time Charles had given an address from Canada since becoming king and only the third time the annual speech kicking off the parliamentary session had been delivered by a British monarch, not a lower representative of the Crown. Speaking from the Senate in Ottawa, Charles sought to ground the event as taking place during an equally historic “epoch”. During the…

Topline Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, is raising $2.5 billion through a stock and bond sale—aiming to build a corporate bitcoin reserve, mirroring President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda. President Donald Trump delivers the keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in July in … More Nashville. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)Getty Images Key Facts Trump Media said it will sell $1.5 billion in shares and $1 billion in convertible bonds to institutional investors, according to a filing it made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. It says the proceeds will fund a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said. A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to applicants who had previously scheduled interviews. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal administration document. A cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by The Associated Press says the State Department plans to issue guidance on expanded social…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stragglers beware: U.S. travelers flying with United Airlines will have to check in to domestic flights a little earlier starting next week. That is, if they’re customers only taking carry-on bags.Effective June 3, United’s “check-in cutoff” for most U.S. flights will be 45 minutes before departure. That’s the same deadline United has for passengers checking luggage at the airport but 15 minutes earlier than the current one for people without bags to check. In an email to The Associated Press, a United spokesperson said the change to a single cut-off minimum “brings greater consistency for our…