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Jan 22, 2025 | newsweek.com | Theo Burman |Victor Shi |Samuel Cruz

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Some of Reddit's biggest communities have started to ban content from Elon Musk's social media site X, formerly Twitter. Several communities, known as subreddits, have placed restrictions on links to the platform after Musk made gestures during President Donald Trump's inaugural celebrations that were compared to Nazi salutes. Newsweek reached out to Musk for comment through SpaceX via email.

Jan 22, 2025 | newsweek.com | Ryan Chan |Victor Shi |Samuel Cruz

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! The United States and South Korea on Tuesday commenced an aerial war game aimed at North Korea as Washington modernizes its air power in its East Asian ally. Newsweek has contacted North Korea's embassy in Beijing, China, for comment by email. Why It MattersThe U.S.-South Korea exercise comes after nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired its newest hypersonic missile earlier this month. This was also Pyongyang's first missile test of the year.

Jan 22, 2025 | newsweek.com | Brendan Cole |Victor Shi |Samuel Cruz

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! President Donald Trump has threatened further sanctions against Russia if Vladimir Putin did not agree to negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, it has been reported. Trump said he was talking to Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelensky and that the U.S. president would have a conversation with the Russian president "very soon," Reuters reported.

Jan 21, 2025 | newsweek.com | Suzanne Blake |Victor Shi |Samuel Cruz

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! Mortgage payments remain high due to stubborn interest rates that have stayed in the high 6 percent range for 30-year fixed mortgages. However, the exact amount you may be paying could depend dramatically based on where you live, according to a new report from business accounting firm Avenues Financial.

Jan 21, 2025 | newsweek.com | Jon Paul Hoornstra |Victor Shi |Samuel Cruz

CLOSE X Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! The reigning National League Rookie of the Year wants to do something no major league pitcher has done in the last 10 years. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was asked by John Perrotto of Pittsburgh Baseball Now at the team's FanFest to identify an "ideal number of innings" to pitch in 2025. Pirates writer @JPerrotto talked to Paul Skenes about his goals for the season. Skenes said he wants to throw 240 innings this year.