During the first day of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, world leaders discussed imposing tougher sanctions against Russia, while providing more support for Ukraine. And The Walt Disney Company has decided to cancel the construction of a nearly $1 billion new corporate campus in Florida amid ongoing disagreements with Gov. Ron DeSantis. These stories…

Russian officials say that the several drones that intercepted over the Kremlin in recent days were attempts to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The drones were shot down by Russian air defenses, according to officials in Moscow, who said Putin was not there at the time. In response, the Kremlin, which accused the U.S. and Kyiv…

At $31.4 trillion, the national debt is the subject of a showdown between the White House and House Republicans. Unless Congress raises the debt ceiling, the U.S. is at risk of defaulting on its debt, which would have catastrophic consequences. House Republicans have proposed raising the debt ceiling into 2024 in exchange for spending cuts,…

The U.S. is hosting South Korea’s president who is expected to make a speech to a joint session of Congress. And the number of Americans smoking cigarettes has reached an all-time low. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Thursday, April 27, 2023. South Korean president to address Congress South Korean President Yoon…

President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol signed an agreement that will see the United States dock nuclear-armed submarines in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years. The announcement of the agreement, dubbed the “Washington Declaration,” came as President Biden welcomed President Yoon for a state visit on…

While the world waits for Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Russia is rattling its nuclear sabers once again. Sensing the urgency of the situation, the United States is also speeding up delivery on the Abrams tanks it promised Ukraine. On April 25, Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin ally and the former president and prime minister of Russia, said “the…

If sharing is caring, Russia could not care less about the United States. On March 29, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was halting all information exchanges with Washington. Russia already said it was pulling out of the new START treaty. It was the last arms control pact between the U.S. and Russia.…

New images released by Russia’s Defense Ministry shows a supersonic missile launching and successfully hitting a target in the Sea of Japan. Two of the medium-range missiles that were launched are capable of destroying a ship within 75 miles. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the missiles successfully hit a mock enemy sea target. Japan has responded…

For the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian tactical nuclear weapons are being deployed outside the country’s borders. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’s deploying the weapons because the U.K. gave armor-piercing shells containing depleted uranium to Ukraine. Russian President Putin has announced today that they will soon begin Deploying a…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. He called the meeting after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to deploy nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Russia has been using Belarus as a launchpad for assaults on Ukraine. Ukraine is asking the U.N. to intervene now that…