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American Samoa will be among the last to welcome 2025, a full 24 hours after New Zealand.

American Samoa will be among the last to welcome 2025, a full 24 hours after New Zealand.

President-elect Donald Trump has caused consternation in Canada with his threats to make the country part of the USA and his floating a 25% tariff on any imports. And a former economic adviser says it’s part of his typical negotiation

Missile debris fell in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, the Kyiv administration said, with no reports of casualties or damage.

Missile debris fell in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, the Kyiv administration said, with no reports of casualties or damage.

Weeks before Trump takes office, Xi is seeking to shore up confidence that the economy can withstand threats.

Why do we drop a ball on New Year’s Eve? The Times Square tradition, explained  NPR Final New Year’s Eve prep underway in cities across the globe as world prepares to ring in 2025  Fox News Why Times Square ball drop spectators

‘Major incident’: China-backed hackers breached US Treasury workstations  CNN U.S. Treasury says computers hacked by a Chinese ‘threat actor’  NBC News China Hacks the Treasury Dept., and a Hydropower Crisis  The New York Times Treasury says Chinese hackers remotely accessed documents in ‘major’

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be the cause and repairs could take up to two days. (Image credit: Alejandro Granadillo)

His collaborators included Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, Béla Fleck and Van Morrison.