Trump extends deadline by 75 days, threatening tariffs on China if Beijing does not approve a deal regarding the short-video app.
Donald Trump, who takes office on Monday, has vowed to address the TikTok ban issue through ‘political means’.
19 Jan 2025 - 11:15PM videocam
High court rules that law requiring ByteDance to sell video-sharing app to non-Chinese buyer or face US ban starting Sunday is constitutional.
18 Jan 2025 - 3:22PM videocam
Resolving the matter of nearly 270 pending adoptions from China could be a win-win for both Beijing and Washington, experts say.
Incoming administration officials and some Democrats lead effort to try to help popular Chinese-owned app avert being banned in the US.
17 Jan 2025 - 7:23AM videocam
Different content regulations and lack of English support could mean short-lived American-fuelled growth for suddenly popular alternative platform.
16 Jan 2025 - 2:23AM videocam
Chinese users of Shanghai-based RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, welcome American arrivals to the platform.
15 Jan 2025 - 12:56PM videocam
But observers split on whether a ‘dark day’ for 170 million American users looms or a preliminary injunction to delay the ruling is coming.
11 Jan 2025 - 7:04PM videocam
Justices’ questions about popular platform suggest First Amendment free-speech rights could take back seat to ByteDance’s Chinese ownership.
A former tenured professor of chemistry accuses the University of Kansas of discrimination and improperly collaborating with the FBI.
In extraordinary remarks, US president-elect also threatens Canada again with high tariffs as he proposes annexing it as 51st American state.
8 Jan 2025 - 10:42PM videocam
Justin Trudeau will resign as Liberal Party head but remain prime minister until new leader is chosen, months before legislative elections.
7 Jan 2025 - 11:03AM videocam
Its filing comes as Justice Department argues the law is meant to cut the popular short-video app’s ties to the Chinese government.
In asking court to halt a law until after he takes office, some contend the US president-elect seeks action that oversteps its authority.
3 Jan 2025 - 5:39AM videocam
Oral arguments before the high court are set for January 10, nine days before the divest-or-ban law is to go into effect.
28 Dec 2024 - 7:17AM videocam
President-elect cites recent election win in calling himself the ‘right constitutional actor to resolve the dispute through political means’.
Security concerns over a network equipment manufacturer that controls more than 60 per cent of the US market for home internet routers.
The arguments over whether the law violates freedom of speech protected by the US Constitution will be heard on January 10.
19 Dec 2024 - 5:07AM videocam
The meeting is part of a diplomatic mechanism that was halted after deadly clashes broke out along the Himalayan frontier five years ago.
19 Dec 2024 - 6:59AM videocam
Pentagon and Homeland Security’s claim that no evidence of foreign entity or criminal activity ‘means they don’t know what it is’, he adds.
19 Dec 2024 - 12:13AM videocam
Highest US court is asked to review lower court’s ruling as Donald Trump praises popular video app for helping him connect with young voters.
17 Dec 2024 - 7:10AM videocam
President-elect said the two countries can work together when pressed about his invitation to the Chinese leader to attend inauguration.
13 Jan 2025 - 11:17PM videocam
The US president-elect’s overture to China’s leader shows he doesn’t want to be as confrontational as his messaging and advisers suggest.
16 Dec 2024 - 8:30PM videocam
Substantial revisions include enhanced inter-agency review, but backlash from some Republicans was swift.
14 Dec 2024 - 9:25AM videocam
Warning comes just hours after bureau’s director announces resignation ahead of president-elect Donald Trump’s planned overhaul of agency.
13 Dec 2024 - 12:10AM videocam
Steep duties taking effect January 1 meant to guard against Beijing’s rising clean-energy prowess.
13 Dec 2024 - 12:13AM videocam
Defending his economic record, the departing US president warns that his successor will ‘return the country to trickle-down economics’.
11 Dec 2024 - 6:37AM videocam
Company and its parent, ByteDance, say the appellate ruling upholding the law is based on ‘flawed legal rationale’ the court should address.
10 Dec 2024 - 1:45AM videocam
President-elect says in an NBC interview aired Sunday that he had an exchange with Xi last week.
ByteDance, owner of popular short-video app, must sell it to non-Chinese buyer by January 19; TikTok vows to appeal to US Supreme Court.
7 Dec 2024 - 9:53PM videocam