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Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, January 20, 2025. This significant event coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday honoring the civil rights leader. The day will begin with a reflective morning service at St. John’s Episcopal Church, providing an opportunity for unity…
In a shocking turn of events, Sam Altman, the prominent CEO of OpenAI, finds himself at the center of a legal battle involving serious allegations of sexual abuse. Ann Altman, his sister, has filed a lawsuit claiming decades of abuse, a situation that could have significant implications for Altman’s career and leadership in the tech…
Tributes have been paid to a nine-year-old boy who was killed in an attack on a German Christmas market. André Gleißner died after a car drove into a crowd of shoppers at the market in Magdeburg on Friday evening, a local fire department said. A social media post, reportedly attributed to his mother, called André…
The Ministry of Defence is contemplating deployment of troops to Ukraine to assist in training its armed forces. Defence Secretary John Healey has been in the capital Kyiv to discuss plans to provide more support to Ukraine in the coming year. He declined to give details of those plans, but defence sources say he has…
South Korean President Declares Martial Law The martial law decree issued by South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has faced significant opposition, resulting in his impeachment by the National Assembly. The decree, announced on December 3, 2024, aimed to ban all political activities and suspend due process rights and freedoms of speech and assembly. The decree…