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Soaring global demand for semiconductors fuelled by a boom in artificial intelligence sent South Korea's exports to their highest-ever level in 2025, official data showed Thursday.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed on Thursday to defend the democratic island's sovereignty in a New Year's speech, after China carried out military drills.

Three girls and three boys were born in Hong Kong’s public and private hospitals in the first hour of New Year’s Day. The CUHK Medical Centre, a private teaching hospital owned by Chinese University, delivered the city’s first baby of 2026 at 12am. The newborn is a boy and his family’s first child. Two minutes later, United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong delivered a baby girl, weighing 3.02kg (6.66lbs). Another baby, a boy, was born at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei at 12.06am, weighing...

US Southern Command kicked off the New Year with early fireworks, striking two more drug smuggling vessels on New Year’s Eve.  The latest strikes killed five narco-terrorists, SOUTHCOM said in a statement. The post WATCH: US Military Rings in the New Year with Fireworks, VAPORIZES Two More Drug Boats Totaling 35 Boats Destroyed appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Paris was welcome to Hollywood star George Clooney after the actor got French citizenship - and took the opportunity to bash France, too. Trump, whose administration has backed anti-immigration parties in Europe, said key ally France had a “horrendous” problem with crime and immigration. An official decree on Monday showed that 64-year-old Oscar winner Clooney, his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney and their two children had become French citizens. “Good...

A defund-the-police organization bailed out a repeat domestic abuser who went on to strangle and slash his ex-girlfriend to death in front of their children. The post Defund the Police Group Bailed Out Domestic Abuser Who Immediately Murdered Mother of His Children appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

See global New Year's Eve celebrations for 2026 from around the world, including eye-popping fireworks displays from Hong Kong, Dubai, Paris and other major world cities.

In blockbuster testimony, the former special counsel batted down allegations of political partisanship, spoke of Trump retaliation threats, and explained why investigators sought phone records from members of Congress

A prominent California farmer has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the shooting death of his estranged wife at her home in Arizona.

The US military said Wednesday that eight people were killed in multiple new strikes on alleged drug boats, bringing the death toll in Washington's campaign against what it says are narcotics traffickers to at least 115.

Sir Keir Starmer's New Year promise to voters and developments in the case of Shamima Begum lead Thursday's papers.

Sir Keir Starmer's New Year promise to voters and developments in the case of Shamima Begum lead Thursday's papers.