Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would respond if President Donald Trump pressed ahead with his threat to impose tariffs on the US’s northern neighbour. “Canada provides many of the necessary inputs that the American economy is going to need,” he said on Tuesday morning.

President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil” and reiterated his threat to use tariffs to bring manufacturing back to the US as he addressed world leaders gathered in Davos on Thursday.

Watch live as President Donald Trump announces investments worth up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

The tepid open for Asian markets came after the S&P 500 rose 0.6% on Wednesday, putting the index close to an all-time high.

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President Donald Trump announced a joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure worth billions of dollars with the leaders of Softbank Group Corp., OpenAI LLC, and Oracle Corp., an effort aimed at speeding development of the emerging technology.

Oracle's shares jumped on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the company would make a large investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure, alongside OpenAI and SoftBank. Lisa Bernhard has more. Is Meloni Europe's new 'Trump whisperer'?

Since the ABC is in the process of presenting its talent for 2025, it’s an appropriate time to reassess its “expert” commentators on the US as America enters the second presidency of Donald J. Trump.

Billionaires, foreign leaders, Cabinet picks, governors and lawmakers have converged on the president-elect’s Palm Beach estate.

President Donald Trump said he was still considering putting a 10 per cent tariff on imports from China on February 1, repeating a threat he made on the campaign trail. His comment came one day after he ordered an investigation into Chinese trade practices but held off on announcing any new tariffs.

Donald Trump is granting security clearances to new White House officials before they have completed the vetting process, according to reports. The US President claimed he was forced to issue temporary, six-month clearances because of a backlog left by his predecessor, Joe Biden.