07.01.2025 6:5907.01.2025 7:14 Tremors from the powerful earthquake were reported in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, where buildings were shaking.07.01.2025 7:3007.01.2025 7:30 McDonald抯 cited a 搒hifting legal landscape after a U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed affirmative action in college admissions but a shifting political landscape may also have played a role.07.01.2025 7:35 The humanitarian catastrophe devastating the country can only be contained by a political agreement involving civilian forces, rather than being limited to the warlords who have been tearing each other apart since April 2023, writes Jean-Pierre Filiu in his column.07.01.2025 7:38 Luke Broadwater was at the Capitol when a pro-Trump mob stormed the complex on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.抯 victory. Four years later, he reflects on what has changed.07.01.2025 7:42 Samsung Electronics plans to ramp up on-device AI, as it bets on the consumer electronics unit to exceed overall global market growth this year. 07.01.2025 7:55 Russia抯 defence ministry claims capture of Kurakhove, a Ukrainian logistics hub which Russian forces have been advancing toward for months. What we know on Day 1,048.See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading... ... 07.01.2025 8:00 The billionaire is exploiting old atrocities to undermine his enemies.07.01.2025 8:04 Japan's Nippon Steel emphasized that it is not giving up on its takeover of U.S. Steel, a day after suing the Joe Biden administration over blocking the proposed merger.07.01.2025 8:1607.01.2025 8:28 The 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibet region, was felt in neighboring Nepal. Chinese state media said there had been deaths in at least three townships.07.01.2025 8:3407.01.2025 8:38 The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.07.01.2025 8:52 Anthony Albanese says beachgoers using shade structures to reserve patch of sand are going against Australia抯 spirit of equalityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily ... ... 07.01.2025 8:5207.01.2025 8:55 The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalized in the southern state of Louisiana since at least mid-December. Overall, the CDC has recorded 66 cases of bird flu in humans in the United States over the past year.07.01.2025 8:56 President Biden and the first lady joined a city already exhausted by disaster to remember the victims of a Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street.07.01.2025 8:57 Other Chinese companies added to the list included battery maker CATL, which is part of the supply chain for automakers like Ford and Tesla.07.01.2025 9:00 The world抯 largest island, which sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and is 80% covered by ice, is an autonomous territory that抯 part of the Kingdom of Denmark.07.01.2025 10:51 Sony Group Corp. said Monday its joint venture with Honda Motor Co. has started accepting preorders in the United States for its new Afeela brand electric vehicle, priced from $89,900, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2026.
The Sony Honda Mobility Inc. four-door sedan, equipped with a customizable digital display panel between the headlights and dozens of sensors to prevent accidents, is currently available for online reservations by residents of California.
Read full story here07.01.2025 10:57 After more than 10 years as partners, two-time world women's badminton doubles champions Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto have played their final match together.
Nagahara plans to retire in March and study abroad in Canada with the aim of becoming involved in international sports exchanges, while Matsumoto will team up with former rival Yuki Fukushima to try to return to the pinnacle of women's doubles.
Read full story here07.01.2025 11:35 China recorded the magnitude as 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey said it measured 7.1, with an epicenter some 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest.07.01.2025 12:26 Other Chinese companies added to the list included battery maker CATL, which is part of the supply chain for automakers like Ford and Tesla.07.01.2025 12:29 The Japanese government is likely to soon replace national security adviser Takeo Akiba with Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, government sources said Tuesday.
Okano, 60, will coordinate the country's diplomatic and security policies, including those related to Japan's key security ally the United States, after he is formally named secretary general of the National Security Secretariat under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Read full story here07.01.2025 12:36 Global semiconductor stocks, including heavyweight Nvidia, climbed Monday after contract electronics giant燜oxconn燼nnounced爎ecord fourth-quarter revenue.07.01.2025 12:54 Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday called on his fellow ruling party lawmakers to unite toward a key election this summer as the Liberal Democratic Party aims to retain majority control of the House of Councillors with its coalition partner.
The upcoming upper house election will be critical for Ishiba, who heads the LDP, after the ruling coalition lost its majority in the more powerful House of Representatives in a general election last year.
Read full story here07.01.2025 13:49 Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, while reaffirming the importance of their trilateral cooperation with South Korea.
At their meeting in Tokyo, Iwaya and Blinken also agreed the two governments will continue to work closely together to maintain and reinforce their bilateral collaboration, Japan's Foreign Ministry said, ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
Read full story here07.01.2025 14:14 The ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Monday was a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic missile and it successfully flew 1,500 kilometers to a simulated target at sea, the country's official media reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the test together with his daughter through a monitoring system, was quoted by the Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday as saying the test-firing of the new missile was "mainly aimed to steadily put the country's nuclear war deterrent on an advanced basis."
Read full story here07.01.2025 14:27 North Korea said Tuesday that its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific.07.01.2025 14:29 A shooting Monday at the Honduran consulate just outside Atlanta left one person dead and another injured, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said.07.01.2025 14:30 A deadly earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse in Tibet region and was felt in neighboring Nepal and India. The epicenter was in a remote high-altitude region about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the China-Nepal border. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports for Early Today. 小褌褉邪薪懈褑褘: 97998098198298398498598698798898999099199299399499599699799899910001001100210031004100510061007100810091010101110121013101410151016101710181019
McDonald抯 cited a 搒hifting legal landscape after a U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed affirmative action in college admissions but a shifting political landscape may also have played a role.
The humanitarian catastrophe devastating the country can only be contained by a political agreement involving civilian forces, rather than being limited to the warlords who have been tearing each other apart since April 2023, writes Jean-Pierre Filiu in his column.
Luke Broadwater was at the Capitol when a pro-Trump mob stormed the complex on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.抯 victory. Four years later, he reflects on what has changed.
Russia抯 defence ministry claims capture of Kurakhove, a Ukrainian logistics hub which Russian forces have been advancing toward for months. What we know on Day 1,048.See all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading... ... 
The billionaire is exploiting old atrocities to undermine his enemies.
The 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibet region, was felt in neighboring Nepal. Chinese state media said there had been deaths in at least three townships.
The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.
Anthony Albanese says beachgoers using shade structures to reserve patch of sand are going against Australia抯 spirit of equalityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily ... ... 
The patient, aged over 65, had been hospitalized in the southern state of Louisiana since at least mid-December. Overall, the CDC has recorded 66 cases of bird flu in humans in the United States over the past year.
President Biden and the first lady joined a city already exhausted by disaster to remember the victims of a Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street.
The world抯 largest island, which sits between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans and is 80% covered by ice, is an autonomous territory that抯 part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Sony Group Corp. said Monday its joint venture with Honda Motor Co. has started accepting preorders in the United States for its new Afeela brand electric vehicle, priced from $89,900, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2026.
The Sony Honda Mobility Inc. four-door sedan, equipped with a customizable digital display panel between the headlights and dozens of sensors to prevent accidents, is currently available for online reservations by residents of California.
Read full story here
After more than 10 years as partners, two-time world women's badminton doubles champions Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto have played their final match together.
Nagahara plans to retire in March and study abroad in Canada with the aim of becoming involved in international sports exchanges, while Matsumoto will team up with former rival Yuki Fukushima to try to return to the pinnacle of women's doubles.
Read full story here
China recorded the magnitude as 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey said it measured 7.1, with an epicenter some 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest.
The Japanese government is likely to soon replace national security adviser Takeo Akiba with Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano, government sources said Tuesday.
Okano, 60, will coordinate the country's diplomatic and security policies, including those related to Japan's key security ally the United States, after he is formally named secretary general of the National Security Secretariat under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Read full story here
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday called on his fellow ruling party lawmakers to unite toward a key election this summer as the Liberal Democratic Party aims to retain majority control of the House of Councillors with its coalition partner.
The upcoming upper house election will be critical for Ishiba, who heads the LDP, after the ruling coalition lost its majority in the more powerful House of Representatives in a general election last year.
Read full story here
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday strongly condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, while reaffirming the importance of their trilateral cooperation with South Korea.
At their meeting in Tokyo, Iwaya and Blinken also agreed the two governments will continue to work closely together to maintain and reinforce their bilateral collaboration, Japan's Foreign Ministry said, ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
Read full story here
The ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Monday was a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic missile and it successfully flew 1,500 kilometers to a simulated target at sea, the country's official media reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who oversaw the test together with his daughter through a monitoring system, was quoted by the Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday as saying the test-firing of the new missile was "mainly aimed to steadily put the country's nuclear war deterrent on an advanced basis."
Read full story here
North Korea said Tuesday that its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike remote targets in the Pacific.
A shooting Monday at the Honduran consulate just outside Atlanta left one person dead and another injured, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said.
A deadly earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse in Tibet region and was felt in neighboring Nepal and India. The epicenter was in a remote high-altitude region about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the China-Nepal border. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports for Early Today.