Yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials, drugs involving Thailand
A Japanese yakuza leader on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court in New York to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials such as uranium and weapons-grade plutonium from Myanmar to other countries, the Justice Department said. 

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Ukraine allies hold last meeting before Trump takes office
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - Ukraine's Western allies will gather with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany on Thursday in their last such meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.

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What you need to know about HMPV
BEIJING - Reports that cases of a flu-like virus called HMPV are rising in China have sparked concern, but experts have dismissed fears that the situation is comparable to the beginnings of Covid-19 five years ago.

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'Make Greenland great again'? No, thank you, Greenlanders say.
NEW YORK — Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen remembers how this all started.

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Spike in hate speech feared as Meta lifts restrictions
WASHINGTON - The tech giant Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has rolled back restrictions around topics such as gender and sexual identity, a sweeping move that advocacy groups fear will fuel hate speech.

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Mexican president trolls Trump, suggests US renamed 'Mexican America'
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president took a swipe at Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying that the United States should be called "Mexican America," after Trump's vow to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

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