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Trump announces his intention to have diplomatic “relations” with North Korea
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced this Friday his intention to forge “relations” with the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un, with whom he already maintained a good relationship during his first term (2017-2021).
“We will have relations with North Korea and Kim Jong-un. I got along very well with him,” he said at a press conference at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
“I think it’s a great advantage for everyone that I get along with him. I like him, I mean, I get along with him, he gets along with me. And that’s a good thing, not a bad thing,” added the Republican, who already governed between 2017 and 2021.
He also assured that “Japan likes the idea because its relationship is not very good” with Kim Jong-un and the United States could mediate between the two.
“I think that’s a tremendous asset for the world, not just for the United States,” Trump said.
For his part, the Japanese Prime Minister replied that the relationship between the US and North Korea must be “determined by the United States” and that it is not something that Japan would “ask” Trump.
Ishiba added that Trump’s meetings with Kim Jong-un in Vietnam and Singapore were “very positive.”
He also said that “it would be fantastic” if the Republican could “move towards solving the problems with North Korea,” among which he cited denuclearization.
During his first term, Trump starred in a strategy of rapprochement with the North Korean dictator, with whom he said that “love letters” were written, and both held three historic meetings between 2018 and 2019, in Singapore, Hanoi and the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.
However, the negotiations stagnated and did not result in significant progress in the denuclearization of North Korea.
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Thirteen kidnapped individuals found alive in Honduras after drug cartel abandonment
At least thirteen people who had been reported missing since June 17, 2024, in the Caribbean region of Honduras have been found alive, according to Miguel Martínez, spokesperson for the Secretariat of Security.
Martínez provided a brief statement confirming that the thirteen individuals—four women and nine men—were discovered “alive at a dock on the shore of a beach in Tela, Atlántida,” near the village of Crique Las Marías.
The group had been abandoned by a criminal organization linked to drug trafficking, which remains under investigation, he added.
Martínez also noted that “intense police pressure” led to the group’s release. They were subsequently taken to the Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Tela, where they received medical attention.
The abduction of these thirteen individuals, who were reportedly taken at gunpoint on June 17 by an armed group arriving by sea at Crique Las Marías, is believed to be connected to the death of a relative of José Rafael Sosa. Sosa, a Honduran national, was extradited to the United States at the request of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on drug trafficking charges.
Sosa, who was arrested on March 5, 2017, in Jutiapa, Atlántida, had been held at the National Penitentiary in northern Tegucigalpa.
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Trump accuses EU of exploiting the U.S., promises retaliation over tariffs
President Donald Trump has stated that the United States will respond to the European Union’s countermeasures against his new 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, escalating the risk of a broader global trade war.
“Of course, I’m going to respond,” Trump said Wednesday when asked by reporters at the White House if he would take retaliatory action. “The problem is that our country never responded. Look, the EU was created to take advantage of the United States.”
Trump did not specify what measures he would take. The U.S. tariffs on metals, which went into effect Wednesday, have already triggered immediate retaliation from the EU and Canada, prompting other countries to intensify negotiations with the Trump administration in an attempt to remove the import taxes.
The European Commission delivered the strongest response yet to Trump’s latest trade offensive, launching “swift and proportionate countermeasures” on U.S. imports. The EU reinstated countervailing duties from 2018 and 2020 and added a new list of industrial and agricultural products. These measures will impact up to €26 billion (US$28.4 billion) in U.S. exports—matching the economic impact of the U.S. tariffs, according to EU officials.
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Gal Gadot opens up about her emergency surgery during pregnancy
he 39-year-old actress has confessed that she was terrified when doctors found a blood clot in her brain in February 2024, just before giving birth to her daughter, Ori.
The Hollywood star—who also shares daughters Alma, 13, Maya, 7, and Daniella, 3, with her husband Jason Varsano—opened up about the frightening experience on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: “It was a huge scare. Suddenly, I understood what it really means to be scared to death.”
Gal had been suffering from severe headaches for weeks before finally receiving the correct diagnosis.
She was also “very pregnant” when the symptoms first appeared.
“I had excruciating headaches for three weeks and saw different doctors and neurologists,” she explained.
Initially, medical professionals attributed her headaches to migraines and hormonal changes. However, it was Gal’s mother who convinced her to get an MRI.
“They discovered something terrible, and we were rushed to the hospital. They delivered the baby immediately. I had a thrombectomy,” she shared.
In December, Gal publicly addressed her health scare in an emotional Instagram post.
Best known for her role as Wonder Woman, the actress wrote: “Back in February, during my eighth month of pregnancy, I was diagnosed with a massive blood clot in my brain. I had been suffering from unbearable headaches that left me bedridden for weeks, until I finally underwent an MRI that revealed the terrifying truth. In an instant, my family and I were reminded of how fragile life can be. It was a harsh reality check on how quickly everything can change. In the midst of an already difficult year, all I wanted was to hold on and survive. We rushed to the hospital, and within hours, I underwent emergency surgery. My daughter, Ori, was born in the middle of that uncertainty and fear.”
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