North Korea launched its latest missile tests from a location near the seaside town of Wonsan. We are not kidding when we tell you that this same province is targeted for development as a seaside vacation spot that Donald Trump has said "could have the best hotels in the world." Click here for a musical real estate pitch that will leave you speechless.
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was captured while eating hashbrowns in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday after a customer recognized him, ending a six-day manhunt.
The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by half a point to 3.25% on Wednesday to kickstart some growth in the Canadian economy.
Canadian Finance Minister Chyrstia Freeland is expected to reveal Monday that she has missed the $40.1 billion deficit target that she set for herself last year, the latest in a long string of fiscal targets Justin Trudeau’s government has missed over the years.
On Saturday, not long after Syrian dictator Bashar Assad fled to Russia, Donald Trump wrote — in all caps — that the United States should stay out of Syria: “This is not our fight,” he wrote. “Let it play out. Do not get involved.”
Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 16, 2024.
2024 was a year of dramatic reversals. Some came at the ballot box, where long-ruling parties took a beating, anti-establishment figures stormed into power, or strongmen managed to see off what looked like fatal challenges. Some came on battlefields, where deadlocked conflicts began to break in one direction or another. And some came in how we think about politics and geopolitics more broadly.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will appoint his son Don Jr.’s ex, Kimberly Guilfoyle, as ambassador to Greece — the same day the New York Post reported that the younger Trump has taken up with a glamorous Palm Beach socialite.
Bah Humbug! Christmas tree prices are up again in 2024, with the American Christmas Tree Association reporting that the average price has risen 10% over the last year.
Donald Trump, whatever else you might say about him, has a sense of humor.
The fall of the Assad regime erases a decades-long ally of both Moscow and Tehran -- but one of those two countries has lost way more than the other.