Alberto Whitney

Smiling is the best way to face any problem, to crush every fear and to hide every pain.

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Reuters reported that North Korea's official media reported on the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (January 22), without commenting on his term in office, but condemned the United States for committing atrocities during the Korean War in the 1950s.

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A knife attack occurred in southern Germany on January 22. Two people, including a child, were killed and two others were seriously injured. Police said that a 28-year-old suspect from Afghanistan has been arrested.

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The new US President Trump announced several nominations on his social media platform on January 22 local time, including the appointment of Sean Curran as director of the US Secret Service.

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Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, Danny Danon, revealed on January 22 local time that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may visit Washington in a few weeks and become "one of the first foreign leaders to meet with the new US President Trump."

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A new wildfire broke out north of Los Angeles on January 22. The fire quickly spread to more than 8,000 acres (about 32 square kilometers) fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing authorities to order the mandatory evacuation of 19,000 people.

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On January 20, US President Trump signed an executive order titled "Restoring Names Honoring American Greatness", renaming the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "American Gulf" and renaming the highest peak in the United States, "Denali Peak" in Alaska, to "Mount McKinley."

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A knife attack occurred in Tel Aviv, Israel on January 21, injuring at least four people. The suspect was eventually shot dead on the spot. The police later found identification documents on his body and discovered that the suspect was a Moroccan American green card holder.

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On January 21, the new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Washington to convene a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers' meeting.

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Market research firm Nielsen said on January 21 that they estimated that 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, the fewest since former President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2013.

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On January 20, local time, the U.S. Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as U.S. Secretary of State with 99 votes in favor and 0 votes against. This is the first senior cabinet official of the Trump administration to be confirmed by the Senate.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took office on January 20. Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated him on his inauguration on the 20th and said that Russia is willing to have dialogue with the United States on the situation in Ukraine.

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order announcing the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Donald Trump, who promised during his campaign to end the Russia-Ukraine war after taking office, took office on January 20. He announced today that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but later said that the date of the meeting had not been determined.

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On his first day in office (January 20), US President Donald Trump described North Korea as a "nuclear power" and said he expected North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be "very happy" to see him return to the White House. .

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U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20. He signed a series of executive orders in the Oval Office on the same day, including suspending all U.S. foreign aid projects for 90 days to reassess the efficiency of related projects.

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South Korea's Atomic Energy Safety Commission said on January 12 that it was launching an investigation into the abnormal discharge of 29 tons of nuclear waste liquid from Unit 2 of the Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

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U.S. President Joe Biden had a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 12. The White House said the two were working to broker an agreement to achieve a ceasefire and secure the release of the remaining hostages.

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According to the Korea Times, the flu epidemic in South Korea has continued to heat up since the end of last year, and the rate of flu-like visits has hit an eight-year high. Yonhap News Agency pointed out that the number of deaths caused by pneumonia has increased sharply.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kiev is willing to return captured North Korean soldiers if North Korean leader Kim Jong Un can coordinate a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated at a regular press conference on January 13 that the 11th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held in Beijing on the 11th, and China and the UK reached 69 mutually beneficial and win-win results.