World

by Shahzad ABDUL

Waving signs with messages like "Musk is stealing our money" and "Reclaim our country," the protests took place peacefully following fiery episodes of vandalism on Teslas in recent weeks that US officials have denounced as "terrorism."

Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with disaster modelling suggesting thousands could be dead.

Automatic assessments from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the shallow 7.7-magnitude quake northwest of the central Myanmar city of Sagaing triggered a red alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.

Britain's government is hoping to reach a last-minute post-Brexit trade agreement with Washington to avoid -- or at least mitigate -- more tariffs set to be announced on Wednesday by US President Donald Trump.

- Current position? -

Britain has set out to strike a trade deal with the United States since departing the European Union at the start of the decade, but had been unsuccessful under the previous Conservative government.

Vice President J.D. Vance told U.S. service members at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland Friday that "didn't realize" until recently what they do while there.

Vance was on a "national security" visit to the autonomous territory which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, which President Donald Trump has said must be acquired by the United States for safety reasons.

The ladies of "The View" mocked Vice President J.D. Vance and second lady Usha Vance for failing to properly stage a diplomatic visit and photo opportunity in Greenland.

It was announced that Mrs. Vance would visit the large Danish island this week, but multiple reports said that they were unable to find anyone in Greenland willing to greet her upon arrival. The event then turned into an official visit with the vice president.

J.D. Vance earned mockery this week from a former Republican lawmaker as the vice president tried to salvage the second lady's cultural trip to Greenland by refashioning it as a national security visit.

President Donald Trump has pressed the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland, a territory of Denmark that has ambitions to be its own independent state.

Thomas Bard, the owner of a small distillery in Kentucky, tells the Washington Post that his business has been thrown into turmoil ever since President Donald Trump launched a trade war with Canada.

According to Bard, liquor stores in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Ontario had initially agreed to start selling his bourbon this year before Trump slapped blanket tariffs on Canada and the country responded by pulling American liquor from its shelves.