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On Thursday, President Joe Biden denounced President-elect Donald Trump's declaration that he would impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, calling the remarks "counterproductive." "I hope he rethinks it, and I think it's a counterproductive thing to do," Biden claimed in response to a reporter's inquiry about his thoughts on Trump's declaration. "The last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships," he stated. Biden made these remarks while visiting a fire station in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Thanksgiving Day. In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump stated that imposing a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico will be one of his first executive orders. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative reports that Mexico and Canada rank second and third in terms of the number ...

On Wednesday, a State Department official announced the release of three American nationals who had been imprisoned in China for years. They are John Leung, Kai Li, and Mark Swidan. Long Island, New York native Li, 62, was arrested in 2016 and given a 10-year term in 2018 on espionage allegations that his family claims are unfounded. Swidan, a 40-year-old Texas businessman who had been in custody since 2012, was found guilty of drug-related accusations that a United Nations working group deemed lacked evidence, and in 2019 he was given a death sentence with a reprieve. The State Department believed that Li and Swidan had been illegally detained. Last year, a court in eastern China found John Leung, a 70-year-old American with permanent citizenship in Hong Kong, China, guilty of espionage a...

President-elect Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum seem to have quite different memories of a meeting that touched on the contentious topic of migration, in what appears to be a case of he said, she said. Trump posted on social media during the late-Wednesday phone conversation that the Mexican leader had committed to halting immigration to the United States via Mexico. I just had a great talk with Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the new president of Mexico. In a post on Truth Social, he claimed that she had committed to halting migration via Mexico and into the United States, so sealing our southern border. It was a really fruitful discussion! Trump's story was different from Sheinbaum's. During our discussion with President Trump, I informed him of Mexico's all-encompassing a...

Ukraine's KYIV Russia conducted a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy industry early Thursday, leaving over 700,000 homes and businesses without power throughout the icy country. The complicated strike, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a response to Ukraine's use of American-made ATACMS missiles to launch an attack within Russia. He asserted, without proof, that the attack targeted military locations despite the severe harm to civilians. Late Wednesday night, air raid sirens started to sound and continued to do so for over nine hours. Along with strollers, pets, and whatever small blankets they could carry, people across sought shelter in bomb shelters, subway stations, and even their own restrooms while they waited out the bombardment. Targeting the po...

On Wednesday, a State Department official announced the release of three American nationals who had been imprisoned in China for years. They are John Leung, Kai Li, and Mark Swidan. Long Island, New York native Li, 62, was arrested in 2016 and given a 10-year term in 2018 on espionage allegations that his family claims are unfounded. Swidan, a 40-year-old Texas businessman who had been in custody since 2012, was found guilty of drug-related accusations that a United Nations working group deemed lacked evidence, and in 2019 he was given a death sentence with a reprieve. The State Department believed that Li and Swidan had been illegally detained. Last year, a court in eastern China found John Leung, a 70-year-old American with permanent citizenship in Hong Kong, China, guilty of espionage a...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was prepared to have talks with the Republican president-elect on Thursday, congratulated Trump on his victory in the U.S. election, and commended him for his bravery in the face of an assassination attempt. Speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July, Putin made his first public comments since Trump's victory, claiming that Trump had behaved like a genuine man after an attempted assassination. At the Valdai debate club in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Putin stated, "I think he acted in a very right way, bravely, like a real man." This is my chance to congratulate him on winning the election. Putin claimed that Trump's comments regarding Ukraine and repairing ties with Russia during the election campaign merited notice. Putin ...

Australian lawmakers enacted one of the strictest social media bans in the world on Thursday, banning youngsters under the age of sixteen. Although YouTube is exempt, the ban, which attempts to address the negative effects of excessive social media use on kids' physical and mental health, applies to X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Reddit. The age limit is the highest established by any nation, and the platforms, who are solely responsible for enforcing it, have a year to find out how to apply it. The platforms face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) if there are systematic failures to prevent children from obtaining accounts. The law, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor government had set as the deadline for its passage, was the s...

Ukraine's KYIV Russia conducted a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy industry early Thursday, leaving over 700,000 homes and businesses without power throughout the icy country. The complicated strike, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a response to Ukraine's use of American-made ATACMS missiles to launch an attack within Russia. He asserted, without proof, that the attack targeted military locations despite the severe harm to civilians. Late Wednesday night, air raid sirens started to sound and continued to do so for over nine hours. Along with strollers, pets, and whatever small blankets they could carry, people across sought shelter in bomb shelters, subway stations, and even their own restrooms while they waited out the bombardment. Targeting the po...

A guide to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which is in its 98th year. Meet the all-female fire crews known as Ukraine's Witches of Bucha, who are protecting the skies from Russian drones. And what has generated the most excitement for the 2025 Oscars thus far? What to know today is as follows. What to know about the Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade Cheers to Thanksgiving! Today is about watching a lot of TV, eating delicious food, and spending time with loved ones. The 98th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the first event of the day. The show, which has 22 large balloons, 34 amazing floats, seven-wheeled balloonicles, and more, will be hosted by Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker, stars of NBC's TODAY program. Expect to witness scores of acts in between, such as The...