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On 25 June, two separate seismic events shook the world: a 6.9-magnitude quake rattled northeastern Japan, suspending bullet trains and registering near-impossible-to-stand shaking in Aomori — while…
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy took to X on June 25, 2026, to mark the approaching 250th anniversary of American independence,…
President Donald Trump addressed attendees at the Great American State Fair on June 25, 2026. The White House broadcast the…
The White House on June 24, 2026, honoured American truck drivers and blue-collar workers with a video post quoting President…
President Trump met the NATO Secretary General at the White House on 24 June 2026. The meeting continues direct US engagement…
President Trump declared his party 'well unified' after a Senate Republican meeting on 24 June 2026 and called on Congress to…
The paper in Japan's banknotes traces back to a Himalayan shrub grown 5,200 km from Tokyo. Nepal now produces around 100 tons of…
The US has over 1,300 operational F-35s but a sustainment system built for fewer than 800 — a structural readiness gap that Lt…
Rubio's Abu Dhabi stop was more than a courtesy call — it was Washington publicly drawing a security line around the UAE after…
