South Korea welcomed a new liberal president on Wednesday as Lee Jae-myung took office, vowing to heal a divided nation and revive the economy. His win follows months of unrest after former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s controversial attempt to impose martial law, which led to his removal from office. Lee won the presidency in a…
New satellite images have shown that a drone attack carried out by Ukraine destroyed and badly damaged Russia’s strategic bombers. The attack, carried out over the weekend, targeted air bases deep inside Russian territory. According to Reuters, Ukraine launched around 117 drones from close-range containers, targeting at least four different Russian air bases. Drone footage…
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the US Ambassador to Beijing that the United States must create better conditions to bring bilateral relations back on “the right track.” According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the statement came during a meeting on Tuesday. Wang stated that after trade discussions held last month in Geneva, China has…
Elon Musk has never been one to hold back. On Tuesday, the billionaire unleashed a fiery broadside against the Trump administration’s latest tax-and-spending bill, branding it a “disgusting abomination” that will balloon the federal deficit. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Musk posted on X’s social media platform, voicing outrage at the…
The United States has put forward an interim proposal that would permit Iran to carry out low-level uranium enrichment as part of ongoing nuclear negotiations, according to a report by The New York Times on Tuesday. Citing unnamed Iranian and European officials, the report states that the plan—put forth by the administration of US President…
Usha Vance, Second Lady of the United States, shared a heartfelt reflexion on her family’s visit to India, fondly recounting her children’s delightful encounter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington, D.C., Usha Vance described how the journey impacted her family — especially her children, who were visiting…
An Egyptian man has been accused of throwing firebombs at a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, injuring at least 12 people. Prosecutors said the man, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, had been planning the attack for over a year. The man used Molotov cocktails because he couldn’t buy guns since he is not a US citizen. Soliman,…
A dozen people were injured in a stabbing attack at an Oregon homeless shelter on Sunday night, and a suspect was arrested, police said. A man with an eight-inch (20-cm) knife walked into the lobby of the Union Gospel Mission in Salem around 7:15 PM, the Salem Police Department said on Monday. The man had…
Three people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near South Beach Park in Vero Beach, Florida, on Sunday night. The incident occurred just a few miles off the coast. A large-scale multi-agency rescue operation is underway. The aircraft, a single-engine Cessna 172 Skyhawk, had departed from Flagler Executive Airport in…
Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops, they made no progress toward ending the three-year-old war, officials said. The talks unfolded a day after a string of stunning…