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GOP leaders say: Bomb Mexico (yes, really)

“On the Holmes Front,” with Frank Holmes For months, Republicans have said America stands on the brink of World War III—but it turns out, the war will probably break out on the U.S. border. Outraged by heavily armed drug smugglers and human traffickers invading U.S. territory, Republican border hawks at… Read More

Another country just banned TikTok, following the US and EU

Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country’s prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohibited from devices owned or paid for by the Belgium’s federal… Read More

Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico

A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press through a Tamaulipas state law… Read More

Adidas dealing with $1.3B stockpile of Kanye merch

Adidas is still wrestling with how to dispose of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of Yeezy shoes after its breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, forcing the German sportswear maker into a big loss at the end of last year and expectations of more pain ahead…. Read More

Rocket destroyed after ignition failure

Japan’s space agency intentionally destroyed a new H3 rocket minutes after its launch Tuesday because the ignition failed for the second stage of the country’s first new rocket series in more than two decades. Coming three weeks after an aborted launch due to a separate glitch, the H3′s failure was… Read More

Choc shock! Toblerone drops iconic logo

The makers of Toblerone are stripping images of Switzerland’s famed Matterhorn and the Swiss flag from the packaging of the milk-chocolate treat as they move some production to Slovakia. Mondelez International of Deerfield, Illinois, which owns the Swiss-born brand, said Monday that it’s in the process of adapting the packaging… Read More

4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico, officials say

Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros, the FBI said. The four had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday and were traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. Over 60? Shocking… Read More

Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to other countries

Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The hippos, which are territorial… Read More

Rocket failure likely caused by faulty part from Ukraine

The European Space Agency said Friday that an investigation into the failure of a rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year indicated the cause was a faulty part procured from Ukraine. The Vega C rocket ditched in the sea less than three minutes after liftoff from a spaceport in… Read More