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The United States (US) on Friday announced a $2.1-billion military aid package for Ukraine, just as Kyiv appeared to be opening its long-awaited counter-offensive aimed at driving Russia from the country.The package included missiles for Patriot air defense systems, artillery rounds, drones and lase...
World,Front Page
Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president's most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperil his bid for a second White House term."The corrupt Biden Administration has i...
The White House denied a report Thursday that China is planning to set up a surveillance base just off US shores in Cuba.The Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing and Havana have entered into a secret agreement for a Chinese electronic eavesdropping facility on the Caribbean island that could mo...
US President Joe Biden will host NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for talks on June 12, one month before the military alliance's summit, with Ukraine atop the agenda, the White House announced Wednesday.White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the pair would review preparations for...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced a world-first summit on artificial intelligence, seeking a leading role for the UK in limiting potential doomsday risks as he visited Washington.Sunak will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday for talks during which he will...
World,Back Page
A conservative US think tank urged a federal judge on Tuesday to order the release of the immigration records of Britain's Prince Harry, who was awarded a visa despite the admission in his memoir that he had used illegal drugs.Lawyers for the Washington-based Heritage Foundation are seeking the ...
Republican former New Jersey governor Chris Christie jumped into the 2024 race for the White House on Tuesday, positioning himself as a political knife-fighter and the only candidate willing to take on frontrunner Donald Trump.Christie, who filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission be...
Two people were killed and five injured Tuesday during a shooting near a high school graduation in the US state of Virginia, police said, the latest in an epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country.The shooting took place around 5 pm (2100 GMT) outside a theater in the state capital of Richmond...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak flew in toWashington late Tuesday lobbying for Britain to take a lead role inregulating artificial intelligence, after a dire warning of the technology'sexistential dangers.Sunak will meet President Joe Biden on Thursday for a White House summit,pledging unstinting ...
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday renewed calls for Israel to ensure independence of its judiciary, after major protests against changes pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Harris spoke at a gala reception to mark 75 years of the Jewish state organized by the Israeli embassy at a mu...
A sonic boom that echoed over Washington Sunday was caused by two fighter jets scrambling to intercept an unresponsive aircraft that later crashed in rural Virginia, officials told AFP.Residents of the city and its suburbs reported hearing the thundering noise, which rattled windows and shook walls ...
US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a debt ceiling bill passed by Congress after weeks of wrangling, moving to avert a catastrophic, self-induced default in the world's biggest economy.The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 authorizes the government to extend the so-called debt cei...
Boeing has once again delayed the firstcrewed flight of its Starliner space capsule after discovering new technicalissues, officials said Thursday.The troubled CST-100 Starliner program has experienced numerous postponementsbut was finally meant to send humans on a test flight to the InternationalSp...
US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of a disastrous credit default just four days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury.Economists had warned the country could run out of money to pay its bills by Monday -- l...
President Joe Biden said Friday thatDemocratic and Republican negotiators were on the verge of resolving a debt ceiling standoff, as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic US default was pushed back to June 5."It's very close and I'm optimistic," Biden told reporters at the Wh...
Business
The United States and China sparred over trade issues Friday but promised to keep lines of communication open as Beijing's commerce minister paid a rare visit after a period of soaring tensions.Minister Wang Wentao met US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Eco...
The International Monetary Fund slightly raised its forecast for 2023 US economic growth Friday while noting that a slowing economy will likely lead to a small increase in unemployment in 2024."The US economy has proven resilient," IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said in a press...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will next week visit new NATO member Finland where he will deliver a speech championing Ukraine's defense against Russia, the State Department said Friday.Blinken will travel on June 1-2 to Helsinki after a meeting of the Western alliance's foreign minist...
US President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated General Charles Brown for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lauding the Black career pilot as a hero who'd not only survived ejecting from a fighter jet into a swamp but fought against racism.If confirmed by the Senate, "CQ" Brown, as h...
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, is to be sentenced on Thursday for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump.Prosecutors have asked Judge Amit Mehta to impose a 25-year prison sentence on Rhodes for plotting...
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