European Union says video app TikTok must change ‘addictive’ design
TikTok calls European Commission probe ‘meritless’, pledges to challenge findings the video platform harms minors.

TikTok calls European Commission probe ‘meritless’, pledges to challenge findings the video platform harms minors.



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US National Defense Strategy says Chinese threat is not a priority as Washington pivots to the Western Hemisphere.
French prosecutors say Russia-linked tanker ‘Grinch’ under investigation after interception in western Mediterranean.

US President Donald Trump dropped his threat to impose tariffs on European countries over his bid to takeover Greenland.
Court of Justice of the EU will determine if accord with South American nations is compatible with the bloc’s policy.
Trump has angered European leaders with his Greenland ambitions and tariffs-for-all-who-oppose approach.
World leaders, rattled by Trump’s latest gambit in Greenland, look to present united front at World Economic Forum.

Macron said Europe will not be “intimidated” by US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs over Greenland.

The United States’s claim to the Danish territory has sparked fears of a trade war.
After tariff threats against Europe, Trump renews bid for Greenland in message to Norway as EU mulls retaliation.