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Donald Trump has kicked off his second presidency with a flurry of executive orders, including pulling out of several international accords and causing sweeping changes to domestic policy.
The president-elect of the United States, the Honorable Donald John Trump.
Trump was sworn in at the Capitol building on Monday. At 78 years and seven months, he's the oldest U.S. president to ever take office. In his inauguration speech, he said he will make the U.S. the envy of every nation.
The golden age of America begins right now. From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world. I will very simply put America first.
He got right to work after the ceremony, signing a barrage of day-one executive orders. Many ran counter to the policies of the outgoing Biden administration.
The next item here is the withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty.
Trump also signed an order withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization. Trump has criticized the WHO and claimed its pandemic response was biased in favor of China. He tried to withdraw during his first term, but Biden reversed that decision on his first day in office. The US is the group's largest financial contributor. The departure will inevitably affect the organization's operations around the world. On immigration, Trump immediately declared a national emergency at the country's southern border. He had vowed to deport illegal immigrants en masse. One order also took aim at America's birthright citizenship, though the issue will likely have to go through the courts.
As for the economy, he repeated his promise to shake up trade. He again threatened to impose a 25% tariff on imports from both Canada and Mexico. He said those could start February 1. He also brought in sweeping changes domestically. One order called for ending all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs aimed at fighting inequality. Another order was aimed at gender ideology and called for government forms to only include two genders. He's also delaying the country's TikTok ban. The Justice Department won't be able to take action for 75 days. Trump suggested a new U.S. company could hold a 50% stake in TikTok.
Finally, Trump also pardoned about 1,500 people who were implicated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol four years ago.
Even so, world leaders were quick to welcome Trump back to the White House.
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru was among those congratulating him on his inauguration.
I'd like to establish a relationship of trust through sincere discussions, focusing on how the bilateral relationship can be used for world peace and the global economy, while leveraging both.
Russian President Vladimir Putin commented at a meeting of his country's Security Council. He said he heard Trump's statements about the need to do everything possible to prevent a Third World War. Putin said he welcomes that attitude, adding that Moscow has never refused to engage in dialogue with Washington. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on social media. He called Monday a day of change and of hope for the resolution of many problems, including global challenges.
Zelenskyy described Trump as always decisive. He said the president's peace through strength policy provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for his efforts in helping free Israeli hostages in Gaza.
I look forward to working with you to return the remaining hostagesto destroy Hamas' military capabilities and end its political rule in Gaza, and to ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel. I'm sure, Mr. President, that under your leadership, the best days of our allies are yet to come.
Mexican President Claudia Schoenbaum had expressed objections to some of Trump's policies prior to the inauguration. Yet, on Monday, she had a positive online message for the new U.S. president, She said, as a neighbor country and trading partner, dialogue, respect, and cooperation are hallmarks of our relationship.
While speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump described North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a nuclear power.
His remarks come amid expectations he might seek to revive talks with Kim.
He is a nuclear power, but we we got along. I think you'll be happy to see him coming back.
It remains uncertain what the president meant by his reference. Washington has not formally recognized Pyongyang as a nuclear power. Trump is also highlighting the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit talks in 2018 as one of his achievements during his first term.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has appeared in court for the first time for his ongoing impeachment trial.
The Constitutional Court is set to decide whether to impeach Yoon based on a motion put forward by lawmakers in December.
He was arrested on Sunday on charges of orchestrating an insurrection. His legal team said he plans to attend all the court hearings if circumstances allow.
The president is also facing criminal charges. Investigators say they have tried to bring him in for questioning, but he has refused to comply.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 rocked a southern Taiwan early Tuesday.
At least 27 people have been injured.
11 were rescued from collapsed or severely damaged buildings in Tainan.
Taiwan's Central Weather Administration says the quake struck near Ja Yi County with an intensity of lower six on their scale of zero to seven. In the southern cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung, it registered a lower five. The jolt was felt in many parts of Taiwan, including the northern city of Taipei. Officials are urging people to stay alert. alert as tremors continue.
Now to the Middle East. No major fighting has been reported in the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire began on Sunday. The Islamic group Hamas has so far freed three hostages. Israeli authorities have released 90 Palestinian prisoners.
Under the agreement, Hamas is to release several hostages every week... and Israel is to let go Palestinians during a six-week ceasefire period. Also, Israeli troops are to withdraw from heavily populated areas of Gaza.
But the situation remains tense.
Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera is reporting that Israeli troops fatally shot two people in Rafah in the south.
Gaza health authorities say as of Monday, 47,035 people have died in the fighting since October 2023. Emergency officials say more than 10,000 others are believed to be buried under the rubble of buildings that collapsed in Israeli attacks. The total number of casualties is expected to rise.
Survivors in the Gaza Strip are struggling under harsh conditions with limited medical care and destroyed infrastructure. One Japanese woman is taking steps to help using Palestinian food.
Akatsuka Rumi and her friends are busy preparing for a special food event in Kyoto. They are making a traditional Palestinian delicacy called Kippe.
This festive dish is made of bulgur dough stuffed with mashed boiled beans.
Is it OK like this? This shaping by hand, one by one.
makes it feel like a labor of love for the family.
Akatsuka joined ceasefire rallies in the hope of helping to improve the situation in the Gaza Strip. But she felt disheartened by the limited growth of support.
Then she stumbled across a book about Palestinian home cooking. It inspired an idea to bring people together through Palestinian food events.
Alia Hayek, an evacuee in the Gaza Strip, contributed the recipes.
The recipes are dishes we love and have prepared for our cherished ones.
I hope readers will share information about food in the Gaza Strip and aspects of Palestinian daily life on our behalf.
Twenty people joined the Palestinian meal event. Some knew very little about the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Akatsuka faithfully followed Hayek's recipes. In addition to kibbeh, she also served a dish called maqluba.
Its name means upside down in Arabic, with cooked layers of rice and vegetables flipped onto a plate.
It's delicious. I've never eaten anything like this before, but it's simple and tasty. At the end of the event, Akatsuka took a moment to talk about Palestine with the guests after tasting the Palestinian food. I became able to imagine people living in a world where normal daily life is not possible.
Even a stay-at-home mom like me can help by talking to friends and family about Palestine.
Food can reach the hearts of many people. I want to create more opportunities for people to learn together while having fun.
Akatsuka donated the event's proceeds to a hospital in the Gaza Strip. She now prays for the day when Palestinians can once again find joy and peace through food.
It's time now for a check on the world weather with our meteorologist Jonathan Oh. Life-threatening cold is hitting large parts of the US and Canada.
Jonathan, what's the latest?
As people there were cleaning up the snow after a fast moving storm dumped more than 10 centimeters, the Arctic air that followed kept temperatures in the city from rising above freezing even during the day.
Officials expect that frigid weather to continue through Thursday and not just to northeast. We're also talking about an unusual snowy pattern that's developing down toward Texas into the US Deep South. This is low pressures and moves through the Gulf of Mexico is going to bring all that moisture and dump the snow possibilities, especially along the coastal areas. And so that's going to be the story as we go through Tuesday. Road conditions not looking good. You want to stay off the roadways as the snow and even possibly some freezing conditions on the roadways as this low moves through the area and temperatures are just ohh -16 for the high in Winnipeg, also in Chicago, -10 Toronto with some snow and again snow from Houston into Atlanta, a part of the story as we go through today on Tuesday.
More like spring in Japan, actually, when it comes to temperatures, Tokyo seeing temperatures into the teens, a low nearby, helping to bring some of that warmer air. So we're talking about highs again at 13, which is not normal for this time of year. On Wednesday, showers into Niigata, Osaka and Fukuoka all sing low teens with partly cloudy skies. Heat is the story down toward Australia. Now we have this little tropical system that's moving away from Western Australia, but the central portions of Australia looking at temperatures into the 40s. It's going to be hot again in Alice Springs as we go through today on Wednesday.
Hope you have a good day wherever you are.
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