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Different values, different spelling -- different country. Donald Trump's unlikely plan for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state is leading to a surge of national pride north of the border and a pushback against an often imposing neighbor.

"There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States," reacted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, summing up many Canadians' sentiments.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday published the second part of its investigation into how prescription drug middlemen are marking up the prices of specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by hundreds—and in some cases, thousands—of percent, underscoring what advocates say is the need for urgent action by policymakers.

The FTC's second interim staff report on consolidated pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) found that the three largest of these middlemen—CVS Health's Caremark Rx, Cigna Group's Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group's OptumRx—"marked up two specialty generic cancer drugs by thousands of percent and then paid their affiliated pharmacies hundreds of millions of dollars of dispensing revenue in excess of estimated acquisition costs for each drug annually."

Business leaders are knuckling under Donald Trump's demands for cash, and the president-elect's team expects him to build up a $500 million war chest to exert his dominance over the Republican Party.

The former and impending president doesn't want to be seen as a lame duck after returning for a non-consecutive second term, even though he's constitutionally prohibited from running again, so he's stockpiling cash to help his GOP allies and punish anyone who steps out of line, reported Axios.

by Danny KEMP

U.S. President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that the "soul of America" is still at stake, as he prepared to deliver his farewell address to the nation before the return of Donald Trump.

by Claire LEE

South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol rose from star prosecutor to the presidency in just a few years, but after a series of scandals and a bungled martial law decree, he's become the country's first-ever sitting president to be arrested.

by Arunabh SAIKIA

For pilgrims at the largest gathering of humanity, ritual bathing in India's holy rivers includes a key challenge -- finding your family and clothes after the chilly dip.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense is one step closer to receiving the GOP votes he needs to sail through his Senate confirmation process after Republican Sen. Joni Ernst – once a critical holdout in her support of Pete Hegseth – revealed Tuesday she would indeed give his nomination the green light.

“After four years of weakness in the White House, Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense,” Ernst said in a statement Tuesday night, adding she “will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense.”

Thousands of islanders are set to be evacuated after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia, spewing a towering column of smoke and ash into the atmosphere, officials said Wednesday.

Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera, erupted for a fifth time this year on Wednesday, sending a column of smoke four kilometres (2.5 miles) into the sky.

by Acil Tabbara

In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism, in a scene unimaginable under president Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Australia said Wednesday that "all options are open" in its response to the reported killing of one of its citizens after his capture by Russian forces in Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the government was working "very hard" to confirm a report that Australian Oscar Jenkins had been killed.

A CNN anchor grilled a Republican senator over his defense of an embattled Cabinet nominee for President-elect Donald Trump;

Kaitlan Collins, host of "The Source" asked Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on Tuesday night about his fiery defense of Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth, who underwent a contentious nomination hearing earlier in the day to become Trump's Pentagon chief.

The Coca-Cola Company appears to have gotten over its outrage about the Jan. 6 attack — and is now helping President-elect Donald Trump celebrate his inauguration.

"Tonight, President Trump received the first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle from the Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Company, James Quincey," posted Trump campaign spokeswoman Margo Martin on Tuesday, posting an image of Trump and Quincey sitting together and custom Diet Coke bottle, which featured Trump's name, the date of his inauguration, and an image of the White House.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) had some choice words for legendary Watergate journalist Bob Woodward in an escalation of the back-and-forth between two Washington insiders over bombshell claims in the lawmaker’s book.

“Listen, Bob Woodward can kiss my rear end,” Comer said during a Newsmax interview when asked to respond to Woodward flat-out denying claims the Kentucky congressman attributed to the journalist in his new book, “All the President’s Money: Investigating the Secret Foreign Schemes That Made the Biden Family Rich.”