Breaking news! Foreign media: Russia's Ministry of Defense reported that 8 US-provided ATACMS missiles were shot down

Russia's Defense Ministry said that its forces shot down eight High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rockets provided by America during the night.The Russian military said the HIMARS missiles launched by Ukrainian forces were of American origin. "Aerospace defense systems' units shot down eight HIMARS US-made missiles and another 72 drones," it said.Russia did not specify whether there were any losses or casualties as a result of the barrage.As of the time of this publishing, the Ukrainian military has given

January 12, 2025

More than 1,000 officials are waiting for the U.S. Senate to enter the "confirmation war" of Trump's cabinet

On January 3 local time, US President-elect Donald Trump announced more new nominations for his incoming administration, including former Fox News reporter Tami Bruce as spokesperson for the State Department.Since securing his historic upset electoral victory in November 2024, Trump has continued to announce the picks for his cabinet. He seems to be on a roll: the long list of cabinet members only needs to be ratified by the Senate now.Waiting gameThe US Constitution stipulates that nominations to the president's

January 12, 2025

Iranian foreign minister talks about the drastic changes in Syria again: Iran and Russia provided intelligence months ago

When he arrived in China for his first official trip abroad following his appointment in December, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi thanked the Asian giant for mediating in the resumption of diplomatic relations between his country and its Middle East neighbor, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."Iran and Saudi Arabia have great potentials to be explored. We appreciate the efforts of countries like China, which always act positively and try to do good for the region. We have had good

January 12, 2025

American media: China built the world's largest high-speed rail network in just 15 years

On January 2, US-based cable news channel CNN introduced eight "most exciting new trains you'll want to ride in 2025" handpicked from around the world, including the China-made Fuxing CR450 train – currently the world's fastest high-speed railway (HSR) train in commercial operation. As the world's largest HSR network, China "built it, to an almost unbelievable degree of success, in only 15 years – leapfrogging the industry pioneers, Japan and France," said CNN.The first set of new CR450 trains will

January 12, 2025

After surgery Pelosi returns to the House for the first time, giving up her signature high heels

Wearing flats instead of her beloved stilettos, former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her first appearance in the US House chamber since having a hip replacement surgery earlier this month on January 3.After weeks of recovery following the operation, Pelosi was able to attend a House floor vote on who will be the new speaker. Pelosi voted for Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader.Pelosi was seen at her seat in the House for the speaker election on January

January 12, 2025

Japan's steel company sues the US government after Biden blocked a $14.9 billion acquisition

US President Joe Biden decided to block the Japanese steelmaker NSSMC's planned acquisition of US Steel Corporation, saying that "foreign ownership of U.S steelmakers poses risks to our national security and critical supply chains."NSSMC and US Steel to take "appropriate action" to defend legitimate rights and interests after White House decision."Unbelievable that the U.S. government would treat an America's close ally like Japan this way."On the morning of January 4, local time, Japanese Steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

January 12, 2025

US Congress reenacts farce on opening day, lawmaker: Civil war within the Republican Party has begun

Locally, it was a Friday, January 13 – the opening day of the119th Congress of the United States. Around the world, people with a taste for American political theater prepared popcorn and settled in.The main event of the day, as the US House gavel pounded and the cameras rolled,was the re-election by House Republicans of far-right Speaker Mike Johnson, a champion of Donald Trump who, to put it mildly, had a hard time assembling the votes for it.In the end,

January 12, 2025

Yoon Seok-yeol's team says he should enjoy immunity from prosecution, "in line with" Trump

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's legal team, citing Thursday's US Supreme Court ruling on former US President Donald Trump, contended that the constitutional court trial of Yoon over issuing a state of emergency declaration is unnecessary, because Yoon should be immune from prosecution."In a Jan. 3 filing with the country's top court ... Yoon's defense team said his declaration of the state of emergency last December 3 was legitimate, because he was exercising presidential powers to handle a 'sudden

January 12, 2025

Elon Musk steps up attacks on UK government, says Charles should dissolve parliament

World's richest man Elon Musk has now taken his campaign to attack the UK government – and Prime Minister Keir Starmer personally – to the country's monarch.Posting on Musk's social media platform X, on which he has been spending the day railing about British policy and politics, the billionaire businessman said on Friday that King Charles "should dissolve parliament," a day after accusing Starmer of covering up crimes committed as part of a "rape gang" in the United Kingdom.Musk's campaign

January 12, 2025

Media: It is noteworthy that Putin and Zelensky called the Afghan president on the same day

Local time on December 29 morning, an aircraft of Korean Air Jeju Air crashed into the airport fence after landing at Damyang Airport, Jeollanam-do. After a terrible fire, the death toll, originally reported at 100, has increased steadily: two survived, and 179 died.A South Korean passenger aircraft went off the runway and crashed on Dec 29 as it landed, bursting into flames.Azerbaijani Airlines a flight carrying 92 passengers and seven crew also went crashing to the ground near the Kazakh

January 12, 2025