Trump says he’ll rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,’ blasts Carter over Panama Canal – WPVI-TV

  1. Trump says he’ll rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America,’ blasts Carter over Panama Canal  WPVI-TV
  2. Key lines from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago news conference  CNN
  3. Can Trump Change Gulf of Mexico’s Name to Gulf of America?  Bloomberg
  4. ‘Beautiful name’: Trump announces Gulf of Mexico will get new, pro-America revamp  Fox News
  5. Trump says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?  The Washington Post

Trump won’t rule out military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland, Panama Canal – The Washington Post

  1. Trump won’t rule out military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland, Panama Canal  The Washington Post
  2. Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal  The Associated Press
  3. Greenland, Panama and Faucets: Trump Conference Shows Hints of Chaos to Come  The New York Times
  4. The Political Logic of Trump’s International Threats  The Atlantic
  5. Trump wants to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere  CNN

Danish prime minister has blunt message for Trump: Greenland is not for sale – Fox News

  1. Danish prime minister has blunt message for Trump: Greenland is not for sale  Fox News
  2. Here’s How The U.S. Acquired Its Territories—And How Much They Cost  Forbes
  3. Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland with a message from his dad: ‘We’re going to treat you well’  The Associated Press
  4. Trump’s Denmark Tariff Threat Means New Uncertainty for Ozempic Drugmaker Novo Nordisk  Barron’s

Israel Needs to Go on the Offensive, Boost Military Spending, Commission Urges – The Wall Street Journal

  1. Israel Needs to Go on the Offensive, Boost Military Spending, Commission Urges  The Wall Street Journal
  2. Israel must prepare for potential war with Turkey, Nagel Committee warns  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Turkey-backed Syria may be bigger threat than Iran, says Israeli government panel  Middle East Eye
  4. ‘We’ve known for years that Iran is our greatest threat’: PM reacts to report on IDF budget, force design  The Times of Israel
  5. Turkey’s tensions with Israel and NATO escalate, experts fear a war between…, Netanyahu says…  India.com

Winter storm to take unusual track through the frigid South with impactful snow and ice – CNN

  1. Winter storm to take unusual track through the frigid South with impactful snow and ice  CNN
  2. The polar vortex brings its bitter cold to the Southern US  The Associated Press
  3. Another Round Of Snow, Ice This Week For Millions  The Weather Channel
  4. Winter Storm Forecast to Bring Snow and Ice to Texas  The New York Times
  5. Winter storm death toll continues to rise after cities from Midwest to mid-Atlantic get slammed with snow, ice  Fox Weather

Build Locally, Deploy Globally: Meet Studio Sync for WordPress.com

Studio, our free and open source local WordPress development app on MacOS and Windows, is now seamlessly integrated with WordPress.com.

Our new Studio Sync feature provides Studio users with a fast, simple way to:

  1. Synchronize their local sites with their WordPress.com-hosted sites for easy development and deployments; and,
  2. Take a local site live with a WordPress.com hosting plan in just a few clicks.

With Studio Sync, taking your WordPress site from local development to production has never been more streamlined.

Seamless syncing between local and prod

Studio Sync makes it simple to publish your local WordPress site with powerful WordPress.com hosting. Here are a few of our favorite use cases:

  • Push and Pull with Ease: You can keep your local Studio sites connected to your WordPress.com site, so pushing or pulling will be as easy as clicking a button.
  • Flexible Syncing: Having complete freedom, you can connect a WordPress.com site to multiple Studio sites.
  • Team Collaboration: Multiple developers can connect a local Studio site to a shared WordPress.com site, making it easy to push and pull changes as a team.
  • Sync To and From Staging: If using staging sites are part of your development workflow, you can now easily push from your local Studio site to your WordPress.com staging site.
  • One-Click Bliss: No need to worry yourself with database dumps, manually syncing files over SFTP, or performing other monotonous manual steps. Synchronize your local and hosted sites at any time with just one click.

Connect your site

You can connect any of your WordPress.com sites on a Business plan or higher. Use built-in search to locate your site and quickly see if the site has a staging environment available.

The 'Connect a WordPress.com site' modal in the Studio app

Push and pull

Pull to synchronize your WordPress.com site changes with your local Studio site, or push to deploy your local Studio site changes to your WordPress.com site.

the Sync tab with one site connected in the Studio app

Launch your Studio site on WordPress.com

Ready to publish your local Studio site for all the world to see?

Simply click Connect site on the Sync tab, and then you’ll see an option to purchase a new hosting plan for your Studio site at WordPress.com.

a blue arrow pointing to a link that says 'Create a new WordPress.com site` within the Studio app

Ready to get started with Studio Sync?

You can start taking advantage of this new Studio Sync feature in just a few steps:

  1. Download and install Studio––for free on Windows and Mac.
  2. Login with your WordPress.com account.
  3. Create a new Studio site.
  4. Click on the Sync tab.
  5. Connect your site.
  6. Push changes to production or pull production to the Studio app.

Let us know what you think

We’d love to hear how you think this new Studio Sync feature will speed up your local development work. 

As a reminder, Studio is a free, open source tool, so we welcome any and all feedback in GitHub. Explore other Issues and create your own here.

You can also explore the documentation for more tips on using this new Sync feature.

South Korea: Fatal crash cockpit transcript almost complete – DW (English)

  1. South Korea: Fatal crash cockpit transcript almost complete  DW (English)
  2. South Korea to compile transcript of voice recording from crashed plane on Saturday  Reuters
  3. From Bird Strike to Crash: The Mystery of the Korean Plane’s Four Fateful Minutes  The New York Times
  4. World’s oldest person dies at 116  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Boeing’s terrible year is ending with the worst aviation tragedy of 2024  CNN

GIGABYTE introduces AORUS FO27Q5P QD-OLED monitor with 500Hz refresh rate and DisplayPort 2.1a – VideoCardz.com

  1. GIGABYTE introduces AORUS FO27Q5P QD-OLED monitor with 500Hz refresh rate and DisplayPort 2.1a  VideoCardz.com
  2. Samsung Debuts Odyssey OLED G6 & G8 Gaming Monitors, Up To 4K Resolution, 500 Hz Refresh Rate  Wccftech
  3. Asus, Samsung, and MSI announce world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED 240Hz monitors  The Verge
  4. Samsung is the next company to try to popularize 3D displays (again)  Ars Technica
  5. MSI’s newest OLED gaming monitor will hit a blistering 500Hz this year  PCWorld

NYC Congestion Pricing Cleared by Judge for Sunday Launch – Bloomberg

  1. NYC Congestion Pricing Cleared by Judge for Sunday Launch  Bloomberg
  2. Congestion pricing to begin Sunday after judge denies New Jersey request  ABC7 New York
  3. NYC congestion pricing expected to start Sunday over NJ’s objections  Gothamist
  4. Congestion pricing gets the green light Sunday: What Queens drivers need to know  QNS
  5. Congestion pricing maps show which New York roads and tunnels will and will not be impacted  CBS New York