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US consumer inflation cooled in June to its lowest rate since early 2021, according to government data released Wednesday -- an encouraging sign for policymakers battling cost-of-living pressures. The key inflation gauge, the consumer price index (CPI), rose 3.0 percent from a year ago last month, t...
World,Back Page
Jets of red gas bursting into the cosmos, and a glowing cave of dust: NASA unveiled a spectacular new imageWednesday depicting the birth of stars to mark the first anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's science operations.The picture is of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the nearest sta...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek in talks with Southeast Asian nations next week to push back on China and to pressure Myanmar's junta, a top aide said Friday.Blinken will travel to Jakarta for talks with foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), flying s...
Russian warplanes harassed three American drones over Syria on Wednesday while they were taking part in a mission against jihadists, a US commander said."While three US MQ-9 drones were conducting a mission against ISIS targets, three Russian fighter jets began harassing the drones," Air F...
US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday that he is "looking forward" to Sweden's stalled NATO membership bid winning final approval, as the Western alliance prepares for next week's summit.Speaking in the Oval Office, Biden said he wanted to reiterat...
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Four people were killed, and four others wounded in a mass shooting Monday night in Philadelphia in the latest chapter of America's gun violence crisis, news reports said.Philadelphia police spokesman Miguel Torres confirmed to AFP there were multiple gunshot victims but gave no numbers or detai...
US President Joe Biden has scheduled a diplomatic trip to Europe this month with stops in the United Kingdom, at the NATO summit in Lithuania and to attend meetings in Finland, the White House said Sunday.Biden is set to depart July 9 for Britain, where he will meet with the King Charles III and Pri...
The US Coast Guard said Sunday it had launched an investigation into the cause of the underwater implosion that destroyed the small submersible Titan, with the loss of all five people aboard during a dive to the Titanic wreck.The Coast Guard said it had created a marine board of investigation (MBI),...
Laser-focused on countering China, US President Joe Biden has embraced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has few other world leaders, casting aside any concerns about the Hindu nationalist's authoritarian streak.Biden offered Modi the full pomp of a state visit with two dinners -- one in...
The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab.In a declassified report, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said they had no information backing recent claims that three...
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US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at strengthening access to contraception, the White House said, a year after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.Friday's executive order will give women with private health insurance under the governm...
Republicans voted Thursday to kickstart the formalities that could lead to Joe Biden's impeachment, as far right lawmakers sought to seize the-party's agenda and escalate a bitter standoff with the US president.The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted along party lines to ref...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday opened a state visit to Washington as the United States steps up its wooing of India despite simmering disagreements on Ukraine and human rights.President Joe Biden is putting on the full pomp for only the third state visitor of his administration, wi...
A pregnant woman and her unborn child died last week in the US state of Ohio after her two-year-old son shot her in the back with a handgun left loaded in the house, police said.Police chief David Smith told local media on Tuesday that 31-year-old Laura Ilg had called 911 on the afternoon of June 16...
The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, paving the way for lab-grown meat to be eaten by consumers.The US Department of Agriculture reviewed and approved food safety systems at the facilities of Upside Foods and Good M...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank officials are joining dozens of economic leaders for a two-day summit in Paris, aiming to tackle the interlinked challenges of poverty alleviation and climate change.The meetings, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, have been billed as an oppo...
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter has reached a plea deal on minor tax and gun charges, concluding a five-year probe that involved persistent Republican allegations that major crimes were being covered up.Hunter Biden, 53, has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of failure to pay federal inco...
The US State Department said it "regrets" the Mali military regime's decision to call for the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping force from the West African country.Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called on Friday for the immediate withdrawal of the multinational fo...
Healthcare investment firm SVB Securities announced Sunday that its management team would buy out the company from parent Silicon Valley Bank, the California-based lender whose brisk collapse in March shook financial markets.SVB Securities had not been included in Silicon Valley Bank's bankruptc...
New Zealand's economy has fallen into a recession, according to official data released Thursday, with a damaging cyclone fuelling a widespread downturn just months before a national election.Stats NZ signalled the economy had contracted 0.1 percent in the first quarter, after a fall of 0.7 perce...
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