SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) — South Koreans headed to the polls in record numbers on Tuesday to vote for a new president exactly six months after a botched martial law decree by impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol unleashed political turmoil and deepened divisions in the country. As of 6:00 p.m., some 33.8 million voters had…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to Rome with a firm handshake on Tuesday, a meeting that many interpreted as a sign of diplomatic rapprochement. Macron wanted to ensure that Meloni and he could move forward together, the Élysée Palace said. There are some points that need to be clarified, particularly…
Ukraine unleashed more than a hundred drones smuggled deep into Russia in what it called its most damaging attack yet. WASHINGTON − Ukraine destroyed dozens of enemy bombers using a horde of drones smuggled deep into Russia in a stunning attack that Russian war bloggers are calling Moscow’s Pearl Harbor. It was the most damaging…
Greetings from Tyler, The mainstream is still knocking itself claiming Donald Trump is trying to enrich himself. Somebody told me long ago, you want a president who doesn’t need money. And Ronald Reagan didn’t. Neither does Trump. Quote from article in the Atlantic. From “The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist” The subhead was, “He is taking…
President Trump has several tools at his disposal that he can use to impose tariffs despite a court ruling that ordered the reversal of his hefty “Liberation Day” taxes, two major Wall Street banks said on Thursday. The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked many of Trump’s steepest levies, arguing federal law does…
ROME, May 29, 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Top officials from a group that rescues undocumented migrants from boats in the Mediterranean will go on trial in Italy in October on charges of aiding illegal immigration, the group announced Wednesday. The Mediterranea Saving Humans (MSH) group said in a Facebook post that the case had been sent…
17,000 people expected to be evacuated as fires intensify in both northern and eastern Manitoba Manitoba has declared a provincewide state of emergency as wildfires continue to threaten communities across the province. An emergency alert issued at around 5:25 p.m. CT Wednesday said the measure was due to rapidly spreading wildfires and extreme fire conditions in…
A Swiss mountain village has been buried in a deluge of ice, mud and rock, after a big chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed into the valley below. The village of Blatten, which was evacuated of its roughly 300 residents several days ago, was on Wednesday overwhelmed by thousands of tonnes of mud and ice….
Western allies are no longer imposing any restrictions on the use of long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine for Kyiv against Russian military targets, the German chancellor said on Monday. Western allies are not imposing any range restrictions on the use of long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine against Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said…
King Charles has given a major speech at the opening of parliament in Canada in which he sought to define its place in an uncertain world and its relationship with the US. The address in Ottawa laid out priorities for new Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose Liberals won the country’s general election in April –…