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South Korea celebrates K-pop's 'Golden' historic Grammy win
The Milan Cortina Olympics officially open with a multi-site ceremony
South Korea's former first lady sentenced to 20 months for corruption
Zelenskyy Says Ukrainian Air Force Needs to Improve
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles Into Sea Between Korea and Japan
Some Democratic mayors and governors say they are experiencing an increasingly hostile relationship with President Donald Trump, driven by his immigration policies. Trump deployed National Guard troops to some U.S. cities last year over the objection of local leaders. Federal officers remain in Minneapolis despite local opposition, highlighting the growing divide.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ruling party congress, as he observed the North’s latest weapons launch, state media reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. The Republican president’s Thursday night post immediately drew bipartisan backlash for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady.
MILAN (AP) – Men’s downhill in Alpine skiing starts as the first medal event of the Milan Cortina Olympics and will take place Saturday, which is officially Day 1 of the Games.
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) – It seems only right that the snowboarder with the reputation as his sport’s highest flyer has a chance to win an Olympic medal in the event called big air.
The pursuit of a gold medal that has eluded the U.S. men’s hockey team since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 appears to be on sound footing.
TOKYO (AP) – Japan’s top automaker Toyota reported a 43% drop in quarterly profit Friday and announced that its chief financial officer, Kenta Kon, will become its new chief executive and president.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Looking back on the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump boasts that he has resurrected the American economy by imposing big import taxes on foreign products. He made his case in a recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, chiding the paper and critics, including mainstream economists, who predicted that tariffs would backfire, raising prices and threatening growth. “Instead,” he wrote, “they have created an American economic miracle.”
A federal jury this week found Uber to be legally responsible in a 2023 case of sexual assault – ordering the rideshare giant to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her during a trip using the platform.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union’s executive arm proposed further sanctions against Russia on Friday over the Ukraine war, including a ban on shipping services that help Moscow’s oil industry and measures targeting the country’s financial services and trade sectors.
Some Democratic mayors and governors say they are experiencing an increasingly hostile relationship with President Donald Trump, driven by his immigration policies. Trump deployed National Guard troops to some U.S. cities last year over the objection of local leaders. Federal officers remain in Minneapolis despite local opposition, highlighting the growing divide.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday described the performance of the air force in parts of the country as “unsatisfactory,” and said that steps are being taken to improve the response to large-scale Russian drone barrages of civilian areas.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a video call Wednesday to discuss the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States. The Kremlin leader accepted an invitation to visit China twice this year.
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Trump suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast
Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions
Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for endangered iguana
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US, Britain Impose New Sanctions Against Hamas Operatives
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