Shortly after returning from his first leaders-level visit to Washington‚ D.C.‚ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sat down with Newsweek for an exclusive interview in his Tokyo office to discuss the main takeaways from his trip‚ as well as the historic changes he is overseeing in his nation's military‚ economic and diplomatic strategies. Kishida‚ who took office in October 2021‚ is looking to fortify his country's long-standing alliance with the United States and expand regional ties. At...

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers nearly $200 million for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information. The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020‚ including $80 million for T-Mobile‚ $12 million for Sprint‚ which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57 million for AT&;T (T.N)‚ opens new tab‚ and nearly $47 million for Verizon Communications (VZ.N). The carriers sold &;quot;real-time location information to data...

A group of Republican senators shared concerns over ideological bias at National Public Radio (NPR)‚ with the organization's controversial CEO Katherine Maher following high-profile criticism from former senior editor Uri Berliner‚ who recently resigned from his role citing her &;quot;divisive views.&;quot;  &;quot;We have deep concerns regarding the editorial direction under NPR's national leadership‚&;quot; wrote a group of Republicans in a letter on Monday led by Sen. Kevin Cramer‚ R-N.D. In the letter‚...

The U.S. economy is showing signs of stagflation as growth slumps down and prices continue to surge for average Americans‚ experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. U.S. annual economic growth measured just 1.6% in the first quarter of 2024‚ following a report of persistently high inflation in March of 3.5% year-over-year. The combination of both low growth and high inflation‚ in conjunction with continuously high amounts of government spending and debt‚ has led to signs of stagflation...

Just over half of Americans say that they support the mass deportation of illegal immigrants‚ a recent poll found as the issue takes center stage in the race for the presidency. A slim majority of Americans‚ 51 percent‚ said that they support the mass deportation of illegal immigrants‚ a policy that former President Donald Trump has promised if he is reelected to the presidency in November. Support for mass deportations varied widely by partisan affiliation‚ with 68 percent of Republicans‚...

There's a misconception that only a certain demographic of people can have light colored eyes and different colors and textures of hair naturally. This can cause a lot of frustration for people on the receiving end of someone else's disbelief and curiosity. One mom has been dealing with hurtful assumptions since her daughter was born‚ all because her dark-skinned Black daughter was born with crystal blue eyes. Cheryl Neufville Neufville took to social media to address the hate and rumors once and for all.In the video Neufville shares that as soon as her daughter was born the doctor said he wanted to get the little girl's eyes checked for cataracts due to the color. But some of the most presumptuous comments come from people outside of the medical field. The mom has been accused of editing not only her daughter's eyes but her husband's eyes too‚ since her husband is the one that passed down the blue eyes. People have accused her of putting contacts in her toddler daughter's eyes‚ which seems like a herculean feat if we're being honest. Toddlers are deceptively quick and strong for tiny people with oversized noggins. While the comments likely frustrate her‚ she took the comments as an opportunity to educate people. Neufville shows several pictures of her husband's side of the family before moving on to the education bit. Every one of them have blue eyes and according to the mom‚ this goes back at least seven generations. &;quot;Now with even all of this‚ there are still going to be people who do and say whatever they want but I just wanted to make a few things clear. This idea that a certain feature on someone is only reserved for a certain demographic of people is extremely damaging and it can be harmful to families like mine‚&;quot; shares Neufville.The mom reveals that she's had people &;quot;slap&;quot; her baby to wake her up to see if she actually had blue eyes. She closes the video by reminding people that just because someone hasn't seen something with their own eyes doesn't mean that something's not true. Watch her entire video below‚ you'll even get a peek at her precious blue eyed baby trying to steal the show. @heyy..cheryl #greenscreen a quick little lesson 🌈🥰🦋✨💕🍄🌺

If you haven’t stumbled across Grandad Joe (@grandadjoe1933) on TikTok yet‚ you’re in for a treat. The charming 91-year-old‚ who lives with his daughter Sasha in the UK‚ delights over 6 million followers with his infectious joy and enthusiasm—particularly when Sahsa cooks him special meals. Recently‚ by “popular request‚” Joe got to introduce his taste buds to that deceptively delicious Southern staple: biscuits and gravy. “Guess what I got for you” Sasha can be heard sing-songing in the clip as she brings a smiling Joe a plate with with a heaping helping of the exotic cuisine. “It’s from the South‚ sort of down Texas way‚ I think. Maybe Alabama‚” she explains as Joe readies his napkin. As she places the plate down‚ Joe wonders if the biscuits are scones. Which is a fair assumption‚ since‚ as we know biscuits in the UK are actually cookies. Whereas scones‚ while still semi-sweet‚ appear more like American biscuits.Of course‚ Sasha does admit that she did make scones‚ since “you can’t really get the American biscuits‚ I don’t think. But I think they’re pretty similar.” But that hardly seems a problem‚ judging by the ecstatic look on Joe’s face when Sasha tells him that the gravy includes sausage. All in all‚ the video just hits a sweet spot between witnessing an elder display child-like joy‚ wholesome family bonding‚ and appreciation of good food. What’s not to like&;#63; Feast your eyes below: @grandadjoe1933 Here is Grandad Joe reacting to the highly requested American meal of Biscuits and Gravy&;#33; Thank you to everyone that recommended it‚ he absolutely loved it . Please recommend some more recipes for him to try 🙏 #bisuitsandgravy #grandadjoe #americanfood #dadanddaughter ♬ original sound - Grandadjoe Needless to say‚ Joe liked his meal‚ and his tasting video inspired a few bona fide Southerners to chime in. “As a southerner (eastern nc) that has introduced this meal to many‚ I am so happy that grandad Joe likes it so much&;#33; ❤️‚” one viewer wrote on Reddit. “This is so funny to me‚ because I grew up in the south and ate this‚ as well as‚ fried chicken biscuit sandwiches for breakfast every morning growing up 😆” another added. Others felt compelled to share their own personal love for the dish. “Biscuits and gravy is one of the tastiest and easiest ‘impressive’ comfort foods to make for people. I love making it for people and I love seeing how much they enjoy it. Not great for you‚ but worth the few extra miles you have to run the next day every time‚” one person shared.“It's one of my fav breakfast foods&;#33;&;#33;&;#33; My lovely wife makes it all the time. She adds a little bit of cayenne pepper to spruce it up just a bit. I'm drooling just thinking about it.” wrote another. And others still simply shared their love of sweet Grandad Joe. I think this commenter sums up what we’re all feeling:“May we all live with this much glee and wonder in our everyday lives.”And by the way‚ if you’re jonesing to watch more endearing videos of Brits trying American foods‚ click here ‚ here and here. Bon apetit.

Little kids will try just about anything to avoid going to bed on time. Typically it involves calls for approximately 13.2 glasses of water‚ five trips to the bathroom and the sudden imminent threat of starvation a couple of hours after dinner. But when none of those tricks work‚ they tend to pull out the old reliable monster under the bed or hiding in the closet.Most parents have checked under the bed‚ in closets and behind curtains more times than they can count. Some parents have checked so many times for the monster complaint that they're hoping to uncover Monstropolis in the closet just to change up the routine. But there's never a Sully or Mike hidden amongst the clothes‚ so parents assure their kiddo its all in their imagination before putting them back to bed.Except‚ when Ashley Class dismissed her daughter's concerns about monsters in her room‚ the little girl turned out to be telling the truth. Well...sort of. The girl did think she was hearing monsters in the wall but it turned out that she was actually hearing thousands and thousands of bees. Class‚ who goes by the TikTok handle @classashley‚ didn't say what made her finally believe her daughter about the noise‚ but with that many bees some must've made their way into the house. Either way‚ an exterminator was called and the infrared camera lit up like there was a rave happening in the wall.The mom‚ who recently just had a newborn weeks ago has updated her page several times. It seems that after the 50‚000 bees were safely removed from the wall with the assumption they got them all‚ more bees made their presence known. There was another hive with thousands more bees hidden in the wall of her 100-year-old house.&;quot;Still seeing thousands of bees even though 50k were removed (safely) from our daughter's bedroom wall‚&;quot; Class writes in the caption of one video. @classashley What nighthmares are made of #bees #toddlersoftiktok #toddlers Hundreds of pounds of honeycomb was removed from the walls‚ Class received several bee stings‚ and the family's floor was covered in honey. This was probably not the push present the mom had in mind after giving birth to her youngest baby. Commenters were not only shocked but terrified of the discovery of so many bees‚ though some thought of much scarier scenarios. @classashley Replying to @lexi 🎀 Update 4: Still seeing thousands of bees even though 50k were removed (safely) from our daughter’s room wall #honeybees #bees #savethebees #homerenovation #toddlertiktok #momsoftiktok #beegate #nightmarefuel &;quot;I would honestly rather have monsters in the wall than to have 50k bees‚&;quot; one person says.&;quot;I would've screamed and ran outside and not went back into the house‚&;quot; another wrote.&;quot;If your whole house mysteriously burns down homeowners insurance would cover it then...This is a joke‚&;quot; someone laughs. @classashley Replying to @Claudia Guerrero-Dal not taking any chances #savethebees #nightmarefuel #beegate #dangerzone #beekeepersoftiktok #momsoftiktok One person asks if the family have tried hiring a bear‚ since the bees just seem to keep coming. This will be a costly project since homeowner's insurance doesn't cover the damages caused by having to relocate the bees. Unfortunately‚ it doesn't look like the Class family is quite done fighting with the bees as the last video posted shows the mom of three suited up to entered the sealed off room to retrieve something. Here's hoping all bees will be in their new home soon and the little girl with a keen ear will have her bedroom back.

Less than a month before the intended vote‚ the proposed changes to the International Health Regulations and the draft Pandemic Agreement are still being negotiated.  On 16 April‚ a new draft of […]