Day: December 22, 2024

President-elect says he would demand vital waterway be ‘returned’ to US if it is not operated to his liking

President-elect Donald Trump came to Arizona on Sunday for his first rally speech since winning the November election.

CATALAO, Brazil (AP) — Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to children in a village near the Brazilian city of Manaus. The visit was arranged by Amigos do Papai Noel, a Brazilian charity that has been taking gifts to children in the Amazon rainforest for the past 26 years. “For t…

“All the different hoaxes. The new one is that President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon Musk. No, no, that’s not happening.”
President-elect Donald Trump, speaking to  a conservative audience in Phoenix, says Musk is “not taking the presidency.” Trump has tapped Musk to head a cost-cutting and deregulation effort he calls the Department of Government Efficiency, and the appointment has already brought complaints of conflicts of interest. (Source: Bloomberg)

A woman in a New York City subway car was killed early Sunday after another passenger set her on fire and then watched from a nearby bench in the Brooklyn station as she was burnt alive, the police said.

Police said there was no interaction before the attack and they did not believe the two people knew each other.