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North Korea launches ballistic missiles as troops fight for Russia: Pentagon The launches come days after a trilateral military exercise run by the U.S., South Korea and Japan, according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Sourse: abcnews.go.com Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit Rating…

Donald Trump has spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. He was keeping a…

Hurricane Rafael has made landfall in Cuba as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, shortly after powerful winds knocked out the country’s power grid. Forecasters warned Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to western areas of the…

Shares in Tesla have soared after an election win for Donald Trump that had been strongly backed by chief executive Elon Musk in the closing months of the presidential race. Tesla stands to make significant gains under a Trump administration…

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College and so did George W. Bush in 2000, even when neither captured the popular vote. The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is…

Elon Musk’s transformation of X, formerly Twitter, into a political machine supporting Donald Trump could see the billionaire rewarded with a place in the president-elect’s new administration. The SpaceX boss has become Trump’s most vocal fan and one of his…

Russia suspected of plot to send incendiary devices on planes: Sources Russia schemed to send incendiary devices, shipped through a commercial carrier on planes that would potentially end up in the United States, according to sources. Sourse: abcnews.go.com Rate this…

Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s cultural capital, Lahore, is sending more people to hospitals and private clinics, doctors said on Wednesday, as authorities warned a complete lockdown could be imminent if residents fail to wear face masks and follow other…

An emperor penguin has swam all the way from Antarctica to western Australia. Scientists think the 3,400 kilometre journey is the longest ever recorded for the species. People on a beach in Denmark in Australia initially thought the penguin was…

The upper house of Russia’s parliament has ratified a treaty with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes as the US confirmed that 10,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia. The “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty,”…