By mid-April, every soldier from North Korea fighting for Russia against Ukraine will likely either be dead or wounded. That assessment is not coming from Ukrainian intelligence but from the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War. North Korea started sending troops to Ukraine sometime in the fall of last year — about 12,000 in…

Chinese hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department between September and November 2024, gaining access to more than 3,000 files, including documents from high-ranking Treasury officials, according to testimony provided to lawmakers on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The breach impacted unclassified files, including those belonging to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo. Treasury and…

President-elect Donald Trump announced his inauguration will be held inside the Capitol rotunda due to the extreme cold temperatures forecast for Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 20. The area has had consistent freezing conditions throughout the month of January. There is also still snow on the ground from the storm on Jan. 6, which dumped…

China’s population fell for a third straight year in 2024 despite births being up for the first time in eight years. Members of the population died faster than babies were born, and data analysts warn the problem is likely to get worse. The latest numbers coming From China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Friday, Jan.…

Everyone with a sibling knows it can feel like their parents have a favorite. It turns out they do, at least according to a new study. Researchers at Brigham Young University looked at the results of more than 30 studies including more than 19,000 participants and found parents do, indeed, treat their children differently.  For…

The Israeli security cabinet on Friday, Jan. 17, approved a Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas. The move came just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the two countries reached an agreement to return hostages. The agreement satisfied last-minute snags that held up the deal on Thursday, Jan. 16. It would see a pause in…

A newly constructed airstrip on Abd al-Kuri Island, part of Yemen’s remote Socotra Archipelago, is nearing completion, according to satellite imagery analyzed by The Associated Press. Located near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, a critical maritime trade route, the runway has drawn attention for its potential strategic significance in a region plagued by…

President-elect Donald Trump said he won the presidency on the promise he would lower the cost of groceries. But days before he takes the oath of office, most Americans remain skeptical he can deliver on that promise.  More than three in five Americans are slightly or not at all confident Trump will lower the cost…

An east Texas truck driver pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found inside a semitrailer with no air conditioning during scorching temperatures. The 2022 incident is the deadliest human smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border in American history. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday, Jan. 16,…

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is joining Republican-led states in raising American flags to full height for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. Flags have been ordered at half-staff across the U.S. to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. The standard period for lowering flags in honor of a deceased president…