President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s sale in the US for a further 90 days. The video-sharing app has faced questions over its future after the US passed a law last year requiring the app to be banned unless sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Lawmakers said it posed a risk...
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year. “President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House Press...
US President Donald Trump has appeared to set a two-week deadline for Vladimir Putin, threatening a different response if the Russian counterpart was still stringing him along. As the Kremlin escalated its attacks on Ukraine, Trump was asked in the Oval Office on Wednesday if he thought Putin wanted to end the war. “I can’t...
Eleven New York state high school athletes accused of a hazing prank where they allegedly brandished a gun and traumatised their lacrosse teammates have turned themselves in, authorities said on Wednesday. The student-athletes at Westhill High School in Syracuse allegedly drove a group of younger players to the woods, where one of the victims had...
Registration to vote in May’s local and mayoral elections in England is to close on Friday. Anyone who wants to vote has until 23:59 BST on Friday to submit an application to register. There are local elections to 24 of England’s 317 councils as well as some mayoral authorities on 1 May. It’s the first...
US President Donald Trump has extended the deadline to comply with a law that requires TikTok’s parent company “ByteDance” to sell the popular video app to an American buyer. The 75-day extension comes as the administration finalises a plan to keep the popular app running in the US. The social media platform, which is used...
Lily Jamali BBC tech correspondent, San Francisco Getty Images President Donald Trump says he is “very close” to brokering a deal to find a buyer for TikTok, which faces a US ban if its Chinese owner does not sell the app by the weekend. A bipartisan law passed by Congress last year mandates TikTok’s Chinese...
Reading owner Dai Yongge has been given more time to sell the club by the English Football League. The EFL previously said that he must complete a sale or move on from the Royals this week, but this has now been extended to 22 April. Last month the EFL also announced that Yongge had been...
The Hundred has long been a source of frustration to county cricket supporters who feel the 18 teams are negatively impacted by the marquee competition. A county-led review offering feedback as to how a future structure could work will be undertaken in the coming weeks. Rob Andrew, managing director of the professional game, said: “There’s...
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images The list of would-be buyers for TikTok in the US – both rumoured and confirmed – has grown longer as the deadline for deciding its future looms. The social media giant faces being shut down in the US unless it sells to an American company by 5 April. The...
Ana Faguy & Brandon Drennon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car...
The deadline to finalise the sale of The Hundred franchises has been extended by the England and Wales Cricket Board after delays in negotiations. Multiple sources have told BBC Sport there are no major concerns over the hold-ups, with investors still fully committed to the deals agreed earlier this year which had an initial eight-week...
Check out the significant signings and departures in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, EFL and Women’s Super League. Read article in full at source...
Senate Democrats have signaled that they will not support a continuing resolution bill to fund the government that is being offered by Republican lawmakers, setting up a potential government shutdown if a deal cannot be reached by Friday at midnight. The resolution offered by Republicans, already passed in the GOP-run House of Representatives, would make...
HEADLINES Will Devon’s eleven councils find common ground as local authority reorganisation deadline looms? A county-wide consensus is gaining traction with most Devon councils already on board and only Exeter City Council standing in its way while County Hall has yet to make up its mind. Read more. Exeter City Council approves own planning application...