U.S. crude exports to China plunged by almost half this year as shifts in the nation’s economy weighed on demand and it bought more barrels from other countries including Russia and Iran. Exports of U.S. oil to China plunged to 81.9 million barrels over the course of the year, down 46% from 150.6 million barrels…
A foreign adversary or a U.S. military dark program? The origin of the mystery drones over New Jersey is drawing more intense scrutiny by the hour and has become a lingering, unanswered question. The mystery may have piqued the interest of Pramod Abichandani more than anyone. Abichandani is an expert on “swarming drones” who has…
FBI Director Christopher Wray fought with Donald Trump for years U.S. Election 2024 Sports Entertainment Life Money Tech Travel Opinion ONLY AT USA TODAY: OUR PORTFOLIO: WASHINGTON − Seven years before President-elect Donald Trump pushed FBI Director Christopher Wray into announcing Wednesday he will step down at the end President Biden’s term, Trump appointed Wray…
WASHINGTON – From the White House, President Joe Biden on Sunday called the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime “a moment of historic opportunity” for the country’s long-suffering people. What he didn’t say: It’s also potentially good news for the United States. Assad’s fall not only ends his family’s bloody, half-century reign, it…
Bashar Assad never intended to go into politics. He became one of the world’s most brutal dictators whose thuggish rule ended abruptly when rebels stormed into Damascus Saturday night, causing his army − and him − to flee. Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist. He…
Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness” in the region. The president-elect’s message, which he shared on Truth Social, came hours after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy in Paris. Trump vowed during the presidential campaign to bring an end to the conflict but…
A coalition of Ukrainian American organizations is aiming to stop SpaceX from launching more satellites, citing worries over founder Elon Musk’s connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the unclear standing of the Department of Government Efficiency, President-elect Donald Trump’s quasi-official advisory group. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America filed a petition with the Federal…
The Earth’s magnetic North Pole is currently moving toward Russia in a way that British scientists have not seen before. Scientists have been tracking the magnetic North Pole for centuries, telling the British newspaper The Times that it had moved closer to the northern coast of Canada. In the 1990s, it drifted into the Atlantic…
Ukraine fired at least six long-range U.S. missiles against Russia Tuesday, two days after President Joe Biden lifted a ban against their use, allowing Ukrainian forces to hit targets farther inside Russian borders. The missiles, known as the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, targeted a weapons depot near the city of Karachev in Russia’s…
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, said three sources familiar with the matter, in a significant change to U.S. policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to…