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President Joe Biden will welcome Pacific Island leaders on September 28-29 for a first-of-a-kind summit, the White House said Friday, as China makes inroads in a region long tied to Washington.Taking place at the White House, the first US-Pacific Island Country summit will advance "a free and o...
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The United States said Thursday it had received a new response from Iran on reviving a nuclear deal but that it was not "constructive."It is the latest in a back and forth between the adversaries via mediators from the European Union, whose foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday h...
Business & Commerce
The IMF board on Monday approved an agreement to revive a massive loan program for Pakistan, as the country grapples with devastating monsoon flooding that has worsened an economic crisis.The Washington-based crisis lender will release $1.1 billion to the country immediately, and has added an additi...
"Keep dancing," former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted Sunday, lending her personal support to Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, whose taste for partying has drawn global attention.Clinton's post included a photo of herself, dancing with a big smile on her face in a...
The stunning FBI raid on Donald Trump's palatial Florida home was triggered by a review of 15 boxes of records previously surrendered by the former US president that contained top secret information -- including about human intelligence sources.The FBI, in the affidavit used to justify the Augus...
The United States on Wednesday responded to Iran's suggestions on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal as momentum builds to bring back the landmark agreement trashed by former US president Donald Trump.Just weeks after the deal looked dead, the European Union put forward on August 8 what it called a fi...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered air strikes in eastern Syria targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias, a US military spokesman said.The strikes in oil-rich Deir Ezzor province "targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary ...
FBI agents seized records marked "top secret" during their search of former president Donald Trump's Florida estate, according to documents made public Friday in a probe that includes possible violations of the US Espionage Act.The search warrant and related materials, unsealed by a Fl...
US lawmakers on Friday adopted President Joe Biden's sprawling climate, tax and health care plan -- a major win for the veteran Democrat that includes the biggest ever American investment in the battle against global warming.Passage in the House of Representatives along strict party lines came a...
An armed man who fled after attempting to breach an FBI office in the US state of Ohio was killed in a standoff with police, authorities said Thursday.The incident drew nationwide attention as it occurred only a few days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched former president Donald Trum...
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed US ratification of bids by Finland and Sweden to enter NATO, taking expansion of the Western alliance in response to Russia's Ukraine invasion one step closer.Biden said the two northern European countries would become "strong, reliable highly capabl...
American exports set another record in June, narrowing the US trade gap for the third consecutive month, according to official data Thursday.Goods and services exports rose by $4.3 billion last month to $260.8 billion, topping the prior record set in May, while imports fell by $1 billion, the Commer...
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Elon Musk on Friday filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm's lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal.Musk's counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defense against Twitter's claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to compl...
President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to "play with fire" in Taiwan.Although this was their fifth phone or video call since Biden took off...
The US economy contracted for a second straight quarter between April and June, according to official data released Thursday, adding fuel to recession fears and creating a headache for President Joe Biden ahead of midterm elections.Gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in ...
US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone Thursday on mounting tensions over Taiwan, a festering trade dispute and their bid to keep the superpower rivalry in check.The White House said the phone call started at 8:33am in Washington (1233 GMT). A statement would be iss...
NASA plans to bring 30 Martian rock samples back to Earth in 2033, the agency said Wednesday -- and is sending two small helicopters to help the mission.The Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has so far collected 11 samples as part of its hunt for signatures of ancient life.B...
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday again raised the benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point in its ongoing battle to tamp down raging price pressures that are squeezing American families.It was the second straight 75 basis point increase, and the fourth rate hike this year, ...
Despite damaging Western sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's economy appears to be weathering the storm better than expected as it benefits from high energy prices, the IMF said Tuesday.The sanctions were meant to sever Russia from the global financial sy...
US central bankers face an increasingly difficult balancing act as they struggle to douse scorching inflation while still keeping the economy growing, though they have made it clear they are willing to risk a recession.But with war still raging in Ukraine, and Covid-19 causing ongoing issues in Asia...
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