Gonzaga men picked to win WCC in preseason poll; Washington State 6th
Despite conceding the last two regular-season championships to Saint Mary’s, Gonzaga was picked first in the WCC men’s basketball preseason poll. WSU came in at No. 6.
Day: October 24, 2025
Here are the ‘incredible’ friends who convinced Trump not to surge troops to San Francisco
The mercurial president said he’d received ‘four or five calls’ with some ‘very successful people’ who persuaded him to give San Francisco a chance
Canada in ‘strategic partnership’ with China, minister says
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Maduro warns US against ‘crazy war’ after Trump authorises covert Venezuela action
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appealed Thursday for calm as tensions rose with Washington, saying in English: “No crazy war, please!” His plea followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he had authorised covert action against Caracas…
Trump’s pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality (Max Chafkin/Bloomberg)
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Trump’s pardon of CZ is a gift to the crypto industry, which has spent heavily to ease regulations and rewrite history to remove associations with criminality — The move by Trump comes as his family works to…
Vance and Rubio praise peace deal while meeting with Netanyahu
In Israel, U.S. officials including, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, praised the peace deal between Israel and Hamas while meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Holly Williams has details.
Donald Trump backtracks on plans to ‘surge’ military to San Francisco
The US president credits billionaire tech entrepreneurs with helping change his mind on the National Guard deployment.
Colombia calls for U.S. to stop boat strikes, “engage in dialogue”
The Colombian government said it “rejects the destruction by the United States of a vessel allegedly related to drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean.”
EU tasks Commission with Ukraine funding plan, eyes loan from frozen Russian assets
EU leaders on Thursday asked the European Commission to prepare options to fund Ukraine for two more years, keeping open the possibility of a loan backed by frozen Russian assets. After a summit in Brussels, they deferred a final decision on the propo…
Trump team offers mixed messages on 100% tariff threat and meeting with China’s Xi
US trade representative talks tough on Beijing’s export controls, while president says meeting with Chinese counterpart might happen … or it might not