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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump, stressed that allies must stand together to support Ukraine, the British prime minister's office said in a statement yesterday evening.more

Many Canadians want Canada to become America's 51st state, I think that's a great idea, President-elect Donald Trump announced yesterday morning. In doing so, he stated that the US was ‘subsidising’ Canada.more

The Electoral College officially elected Donald Trump as President of the United States yesterday. According to the results in the individual states, Trump received 312 votes, while Kamala Harris received 226 votes.more

In the assessment of the US services, the observed drone activity in and around New Jersey is hobby drones, commercial drones and police drones operating fully legally, announced US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. In doing so, he responded to allegations that authorities were hiding knowledge of ‘secret’ drones.more

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy yesterday called on Washington authorities to investigate suspicious drone activity detected near important facilities in their states. There are nearly a million registered drones in the US, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official.more

The richest person in the world just hit an even higher milestone. Elon Musk’s net worth has reached $400 billion, according to Bloomberg, making him the first person ever to cross that mark. Behind his nearly $20 billion jump in wealth was a deal that shot up Musk’s rocket company SpaceX’s valuation to roughly $350 billion, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.more

Donald Trump's team has been in talks with the White House and Ukrainian representatives in recent days about ending the war, NBC News reported yesterday. However, the station reports that so far the new team has not presented a concrete plan.more

The US weekly Time magazine has named Donald Trump as its Man of the Year, the magazine's editors announced yesterday. more

The world record for a 100-kilometre run with a pushchair was set by Lorenzo Lotti, head of the sports department in the Italian town of Predappio. He ran the route in eight hours and one minute. His seven-month-old son slept almost the entire race.more

A list of people who have died, Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the history of the Indian cricket league are the most popular search terms on English-language Wikipedia pages in 2024, the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the service, has announced.more

For the 92nd time, the coloured lights on the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York's Manhattan were lit yesterday. This year, the festivities were accompanied by a massive police presence due to this morning's murder in close proximity to the head of a major insurance company.more

The prime minister has rejected any suggestion that the UK must choose between closer ties with the US or the European Union, when Donald Trump returns to the White House.more

One of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the Welsh countryside. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, has been on the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists” list for almost two decades for his alleged involvement in two office building bombings in San Francisco in 2003.more

Emily Calandrelli has made history as the 100th woman in space. ‘Looking (at Earth), a lot of emotions are intertwined. Excitement, awe and pride, and also some fear and confusion,’ - wrote the space tourist on Channel X on Monday, describing the flight aboard Blue Origin's NS-28 mission.more

Europe could soon be welcoming a wave of well-heeled Americans, as Democratic voters facing the prospect of another Donald Trump presidency eye refuges abroad. Interest in so-called “golden visas” has skyrocketed among US citizens since the election, according to consultants that help the wealthy migrate. more

Life expectancy in the U.S. varies by more than 20 years by race, ethnicity and location, according to a study in The Lancet. Some blacks, American Indians and Alaska Natives die the fastest. Asians live the longest.more

The UK may be forced to choose between future US President Donald Trump and the planned rebuilding of relations with the European Union after Brexit, the ‘New York Times’ noted yesterday, recalling that Trump has been a staunch supporter of Britain's exit from the EU.more

The Pentagon intends to soon announce another package of military aid for Ukraine worth at least $275 million, AP reported yesterday, citing an anonymous Pentagon official, who also confirmed the use of ATACMS missiles by Ukraine, saying that Russia shot down two of the eight missiles used.more

American social media has been flooded by a wave of fake posts about celebrities who would emigrate from the USA because of Donald Trump's presidential election win. Names mentioned in this context include: Miley Cyrus, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda or Taylor Swift.more

US President Joe Biden's administration has given the green light for Ukraine to use US weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia, Reuters reported yesterday, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Similar information was reported by other media, citing sources in the US administration.more

According to reports from the British "The Sun", newly elected US President Donald Trump is considering sending hundreds of thousands of migrants staying illegally in the US to Rwanda, where they would wait for their residence applications to be considered.more

President-elect Donald Trump's advisers are exerting pressure to ‘freeze’ the Ukrainian-Russian conflict and create a more than 1,200-kilometre demilitarised zone, US 'Newsweek' reported yesterday. According to the 'Wall Street Journal', the zone would be overseen by European forces, including Polish forces.more

US President Joe Biden welcomed his successor Donald Trump to the White House yesterday, expressing hope for a smooth transition of power. Trump thanked Biden, acknowledging that ‘politics is tough in many cases’.more

Billionaire Elon Musk has been meeting with Trump every day since November 5, the day President-elect Donald Trump was elected, influencing personnel decisions in the new administration, ABC News reports. The New York Times reports that he suggested hiring SpaceX employees in the Defense Department.more

The economic policies announced by US President-elect Donald Trump could elevate the exchange rate of the US currency; a strong dollar would in turn affect global trade and finance, stifling growth in other parts of the world, the UK's ‘Economist’ weekly assessed.more