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Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing first woman to wield the speaker's gavel in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday that she will step down as party leader when Republicans take control of the chamber in January."I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next...
World
The US government recommended on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was immune from legal action over the 2018 murder of a dissident journalist, according to court documents. Prince Mohammed was named prime minister by royal decree in late September, sparking suggestions he was loo...
Former US president Donald Trump is expected to officially launch another White House bid on Tuesday, refusing calls from within his own Republican Party to fade away after his loyalists underperformed in this year's midterm elections.The 76-year-old billionaire, whose 2016 win shocked America a...
Seven university students were dead and at least one gunman was on the run Monday following weekend violence that struck two US campuses in the states of Idaho and Virginia, authorities said.Police were hunting for the student suspect in a shooting that left three people dead and two others wounded ...
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President Joe Biden's Democrats retained control of the US Senate on Saturday, a remarkable midterms election result that defied predictions of a Republican win over both houses of Congress.Midterms traditionally deliver a rejection of the party in power, and with inflation surging and Biden'...
A US military space drone landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday after nearly two and a half years in orbit, Boeing said.The unmanned X-37B shuttle, whose first flight took place in 2010, has now spent a total of more than 10 years in space and flown more than 1.3 billion miles du...
Business & Commerce
US consumer prices cooled in October but remained at decades-high levels, according to government data released Thursday, keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden as his Democratic party struggles to retain control of Congress.The closely-watched report showed more evidence of rising costs, inclu...
The United States (US) on Thursday criticised as "repugnant" the appearance of Israel's hardline firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir, a likely member of Benjamin Netanyahu's new coalition government, at a memorial to a Jewish extremist."Celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization...
US President Joe Biden has said he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping about his "red lines" to reduce the potential for conflict after soaring tensions on Taiwan when they gather next week in Bali.A day before flying to Asia, Biden indirectly confirmed plans to meet Xi on the sidelines...
Joe Biden and Donald Trump headline a frantic last day of campaigning Monday on the eve of a midterm election that will shape the rest of the US president's term -- and could pave the way for a White House comeback by his predecessor.Biden's Democrats are facing a gargantuan struggle to hang...
US hospitals are under pressure as cases of three respiratory viruses -- the flu, Covid-19, and RSV -- are rising at the same time, and earlier than usual, experts said Friday.Children are being hit hard by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes the chest infection bronchiolitis in infa...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced alarm on Thursday about rising tensions in the West Bank, in a call to thank outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who has conceded defeat in his country's elections.Blinken spoke to Lapid to "commend Israel for its free and fair elections, ...
An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.The 1.5 kilometer- (0.9 mile-) wide asteroid, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in area notorious...
NASA scientists, using a tool designed to study how dust affects climate, have identified more than 50 spots around the world emitting major levels of methane, a development that could help combat the potent greenhouse gas."Reining in methane emissions is key to limiting global warming," N...
US President Joe Biden and Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed in talks Tuesday to work together to support Ukraine and stand up to China, the White House said.They spoke for the first time hours after Sunak became Britain's third prime minister this year, inheriting an economic ...
President Joe Biden said Friday it would "make sense" for Donald Trump to comply with a subpoena to testify before the committee investigating his supporters' assault on Congress last year.Trump received a summons from the House of Representatives committee which has concluded tha...
Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in prison for refusing to testify in the congressional probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.One of the masterminds behind Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and victory, Bannon was found guilty on two c...
Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol subpoenaed former president Donald Trump Friday to testify on his involvement in the violence, in a major escalation of their sprawling inquiry.The summons came after the House panel of seven Democrats and two Republicans voted unanimously last wee...
The IMF said Friday that it reached a staff-level agreement with Malawi for up to $88.3 million in emergency funding to tackle food crisis needs, making this the first low-income country to reach such a deal.The disbursement comes under the International Monetary Fund's Food Shock Window, a new ...
Donald Trump's former aide Steve Bannon faces possible prison time Friday, when a judge will set his sentence for refusing to testify in Congress' probe of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.Bannon, a longtime political strategist and vocal advocate for the Republican former president...
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