US President-elect Donald Trump has repeated his call to acquire the Panama Canal, Canada, and Greenland, citing national security and economic benefits, in his Christmas greetings.
The US Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown with the passage of a bipartisan funding bill, but the process laid bare the persistent challenges of governance in an era of heightened partisanship and external influences.
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday in a strong-worded statement threatened Panama to give the canal back to them, and said that it was a vital asset of the US.
Everyone seems to have something to say about the allegedly “historic” election of Donald Trump. Well… it IS historic, in the sense that it’s only the second time in the country’s history that a president has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms in office.
South Korea saw a series of deepfake sex crime cases in early 2024, with police having apprehended 506 suspects in such cases as of October.
Last Friday, President Trump had ordered the death of Gen Qasem Soleimani, following which Iran had launched over a dozen ballistic missiles at two military bases housing US troops in Iraq.
The deal also claims tensions between the two nations as US legislators pass human rights bills critiquing the Chinese government's actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
The Tuesday attacks against Ain al-Asad airbase and another installation hosting US and coalition forces in Iraq is said not to be meant for military casualties but signalling Iranian resolve in response to the US killing of Soleimani.
The strikes are said to be in retaliation for a US drone strike that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis last week.
"Our concerns were not addressed by the president's insufficient War Powers Act notification and by the administration's briefing today," she said.
