What will happen to TikTok on January 10th, US time?

On the morning of January 10, Eastern Time, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether "buy or ban" laws, which require social-media platforms to sell a foreign-owned service or face being blocked in the United States, violate the US Constitution's First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech. The oral arguments have come about because, after TikTok sued the US government over the law, a federal appeals court found that the US government's "buy or ban" law

January 10, 2025

Insiders: Trump will really "take the island"

US President-elect Donald Trump is apparently serious about trying to acquire Greenland – not necessarily by military force, but by other means such as putting economic and diplomatic pressure on Denmark."I'm not saying that he wants to use force to acquire Greenland," said the source, who is close to the Trump team. "But he is apparently serious about using other ways – economic, diplomatic – to acquire at least control of Greenland."According to a friend who saw a list of

January 10, 2025

South Korea's National Assembly failed to pass the "Special Act on Investigation of Internal Disturbance" and the "Special Act on Investigation of Jin Kyun Hee"

On January 8 local time, in the afternoon session of the National Assembly of Korea, a motion for the indictment of the suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol, named after an impeachment bill proposed in December 2023, was not accepted, nor was an investigation into Yoon's wife Kim Jian-hee. This came despite the fact that the two impeachment bills had already been passed by the National Assembly and had been vetoed by acting President Choi Sang-mu, which means that they need two-thirds

January 10, 2025

Devouring 5 football fields per minute, the "devil wind" in the US caused the forest fire to be almost the end of the world

On January 8 local time, six simultaneous wildfires broke out in Los Angeles County, California, United States, quickly spreading to the Hollywood Hills area, destroying the homes of American celebrities such as Paris Hilton, and causing property damage to escalate rapidly as wind-borne fires accelerated. Pushed by the "Santa Ana winds," the massive blaze, described as "the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history," has already killed at least five people, injured dozens of others, forced the evacuation of 150,000

January 10, 2025

Embiid scores 28 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists in three quarters, Russell returns injured and scores 5 points and 4 assists, 76ers beat Nets

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers used a dominant start to hand the Brooklyn Nets their fifth straight loss.Joel Embiid had 28 points and 12 rebounds and Tyler Martin scored a career-high 18 points, lifting the 76ers to a 123-94 win over the Nets, the second team they must catch to secure the NBA's No. 1 seed.Seth Curry and James Harden were out for the 76ers with injuries. With Harden out, Tyrese Maxey filled the ball-handling needs and ran Philadelphia's

January 07, 2025

Who is the "last warrior defending Yoon Suk-yeol"?

In a dramatic January 3 turn of events in Seoul, locals described the day's "president-ousting operation" as a "real-life TV drama" and "unprecedented presidential capture". The South Korean Special Prosecutor's Office for High-Ranking Public Officials, known as the SPP or Gochongbu, mobilized 30 investigators and 120 police officers to the presidential residence in the Hanan-dong district of Seoul's龙山区, only to be blocked by President Yoon Suk-yeol's own supporters and presidential guards (who are part of a military unit). After hours

January 12, 2025

American media: Pelosi makes her first return to the House of Representatives after hip surgery, abandoning her signature high heels for flat shoes

Shortly after entering the House Chamber of the US Congress for the first time since her hip replacement surgery a few weeks back, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, as observed by an American media outlet, removed "the four-inch heels" that "once signified [her] power" and entered the chamber wearing flat shoes.Pelosi's hip replacement surgery came after she fell during a group photograph at an official event in Luxembourg on December 13 last year. She has

January 12, 2025

Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry: "It is difficult to understand. We have no choice but to take it seriously."

Following US President Joe Biden's formal ban of Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.'s planned \$25billion acquisition of American competitor US Steel, Japanese Minister for Economy and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura called the decision by Biden's administration "very difficult to understand" on Tuesday."It is extremely difficult and regrettable for the Biden administration to explain (the decision), in light of national security concerns," Nishimura said in a statement to news agency AFP. "Japan's government has no choice but to take this business seriously

January 12, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's New Year video message has been met with skepticism by many in the country, after some frames were called out for showing a South Korean missile being launched while Zelensky claimed it was a Ukrainian weapon.

In a more than 20-minute address recorded outdoors, Zelensky, braving freezing temperatures at night, praised Ukraine's success in developing weapons of all types, calling the country's military-industrial base the "argument that will allow us to bring a just peace with Russia.""Once again, Ukraine is producing its own missiles, and for the first time, a million drones a year — forcing the enemy to learn Ukrainian, making their knees shake when they hear the names 'Neptun,' 'Sapsan,'" Zelensky said. "These are our missiles, ours, Ukrainian."The problem, however, arose when Zelensky mentioned Sapsan during the speech and footage of a missile launch

January 05, 2025

Las Vegas Tesla Truck Blast Kills 1, Injures 7

Elon Musk has taken to social media to comment on the Tesla truck that exploded outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, killing one person and injuring seven others."We have confirmed with Tesla that the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Vegas was due to large fireworks and/or a bomb placed under the vehicle," Musk wrote. "The Tesla had nothing to do with the explosion. Cybertruck was leased and all telemetry up until the moment of explosion was normal. Tesla's senior team is working on this."Musk: Explosion "Seems Like a Terrorist Act""The

January 05, 2025