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Thai F-16 Fighter Jet Shot Down This Morning During Clash with Cambodia
A Shocking Shootdown This morning, a dramatic incident unfolded near the border area of Banteay Meanchey province, as a Thai F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Cambodian forces during a brief military skirmish. According to a statement from Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense, the Cambodian military successfully targeted the aircraft using a surface-to-air missile…
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Thailand and Cambodia still fighting after Trump announces ceasefire talks
Cambodia and Thailand exchanged fire across their disputed border for a fourth day on Sunday, hours after US President Donald Trump announced the two Southeast Asian nations had agreed to ceasefire talks and threatened continued fighting would jeopardize their trade deals with Washington. At least 32 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced since Thursday,…
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TikTok’s brief shutdown blasted as likely ‘deliberate PR stunt’ to create ‘sense of panic’
TikTok’s decision to shut the app down for barely 12 hours – only to restore access to the China-owned app on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump chimed in – appeared to be a PR stunt meant to stoke a public outcry, policy experts told The Post. “TikTok’s early shutdown either came down to corporate incompetence or a…
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Trump takes victory lap, lays out goals at rally on eve of inauguration
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump used a raucous rally Sunday on the eve of his inauguration to promise swift Day 1 action remaking the federal government, shifting federal priorities at breakneck speed and ensuring that “the curtain closes on four long years of American decline.” Supporters filled nearly all of the 20,000-plus-seat Capital One Arena in…
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TikTok stops working for U.S. users, vanishes from Google and Apple app stores
TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said earlier in the day he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve…
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The Gaza cease-fires is the first win for Trump’s ‘big stick’ dimplomacy
America stands hours away from the second Trumpian era. But around the world, it feels like it has already begun. Almost since election day, jihadis, autocrats, and NATO allies alike have been watching their backs in what has felt like a global game of Whac-a-Mole in which the moles finally believe that they might get…
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Trump’s TikTok flip-flop: The U.S. president-elect’s social media evolution
Trump bashed TikTok as recently as 2023 and Facebook in 2024. Both companies’ CEOs may attend his inauguration TikTok, barring Supreme Court intervention, is facing a federal ban of the popular platform in the U.S. on Sunday, just one day before Donald Trump is inaugurated to serve another term as president. Trump’s nominee for national…
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Could Donald Trump be a boon for Canadian patriotism?
In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. Amid the turmoil that ensued, Justin Trudeau posted a message to Twitter. “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith,” he wrote. “Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada.” Trudeau’s tweet…
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Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
WASHINGTON — A ceasefire deal was reached Wednesday to end 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to President Joe Biden, Qatar’s prime minister and Hamas officials. The hard-won agreement will also free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinians in Israeli jails, bringing the first real break in violence since a weeklong truce…
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Investigators comb a scorched slope to solve a mystery: How did the Palisades Fire start?
So far, the probe is focusing on potential human causes, which could include arson, fireworks, unauthorized camping or a rekindling of an earlier fire, law enforcement sources said. One week after the Palisades Fire rushed down a mountainside, swallowing whole communities and killing at least eight people, its cause remains unknown. The answers, when they emerge, will…
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