South Korea and the United States are discussing possible joint planning and exercises using USnuclear assets in the face of North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have waved to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in a celebration halted for the past two years by the pandemic

Phoenix-area fire crews were called to a building near Central Avenue and Clarendon at around 9 a.m. on Jan. 1 and saw smoke coming from the 16th floor.

Dozens, maybe hundreds, of fireworks were set off into the air in Phoenix late Saturday and into Sunday morning to celebrate the new year, and neighbors aren’t too happy about being kept up.