Times Square New Year’s Eve rings in 2018 [with record cold]
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The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs met Thursday as Pyongyang launches a barrage of missiles. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Thursday that any North Korean nuclear attack against the United States or others would “result in the end of the Kim regime.” The statement came hours…
Poland has announced that it will close its border crossings with Belarus due to Minsk hosting large-scale joint military exercises with Russia. “For national security reasons, we will close border crossings with Belarus at midnight on Thursday night,” said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a meeting with his cabinet on Tuesday afternoon. “As you know,…
On Friday, SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, turned on Starlink in Iran. Signaling in a tweet to Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he will make the satellite internet system available in Iran. Starlink satellites are already passing over Iran where they appear as a string of lights flying in tandem. This is good news for…
President Trump announced early Friday that a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination was turned in by his father — with the suspect identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah student who allegedly wrote “Hey fascist! Catch!” on a bullet. “I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” during a live interview at…
EARTH’S population will grow to eight billion next week, the United Nations has revealed. The UN Population Division said that by November 15, the world’s population will have tripled since 1950. Meanwhile, in eight years’ time, the world’s population will swell to 8.5 billion, 9.7 billion by 2050, and 10.4 billion by 2100. Life expectancy…
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from its old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia. Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan “fake.” But U.S. officials say it shows Russia’s desperation with the…