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In an effort to win back billions of dollars in tourism revenue lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, the US government on Monday launched a plan to attract 90 million international travelers a year. The five-year plan aims to add jobs and bring in an estimated $279 billion a year in spending by ...
World
The White House on Monday defended plans for President Joe Biden to meet with Saudi Arabia's crown prince, despite US intelligence determining that he ordered the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Officials said that while Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia was not yet confirmed, the ...
World,Front Page
Three people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday after multiple shooters opened fire into a crowd in the US city of Philadelphia, according to police.The shooting took place on a busy street known for its nightlife.Police Inspector D. F. Pace told reporters that two men and a woman had bee...
US President Joe Biden on Thursday made a fervent appeal for lawmakers to pass tougher gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons, to curb a scourge of mass shootings turning American communities into "killing fields."Biden made the 17-minute address -- his latest call for toughe...
The US inflation wave showed signs of waning last month, posting the smallest increase since late 2020, as rising wages supported continued spending by American shoppers, according to government data released Friday.The relief was good news for consumers who have been the key support for the US econ...
World,Back Page
Firearms have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides such as the killing of 19 children in a Texas school rampage.Overall, 4,368 children and adolescents up to the age of 19 died from ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for vigorous competition with China to preserve the existing global order but said the United States did not seek a "Cold War."In a long-awaited speech billed as the most comprehensive statement to date on China by President Joe Biden...
The United States and South Korea have agreed to work more closely on crucial trade and supply-chain issues, the US Commerce Department announced Saturday.Establishing a US-Korea Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue, the statement said, would "foster increased collaboration and strengthen the i...
US senators promised on Thursday (May 12) to move quickly to bring Finland into Nato after the country's leaders voiced support for joining the alliance in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Senate approves treaties and must consent to bringing new members into Nato.Senator Bob Men...
A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden from ending a policy allowing the government to quickly expel migrants at the southern border during the pandemic.The Biden administration had been on track to lift the measure, known as Title 42, on May 23 -- a decision that spark...
A person set himself on fire outside the US Supreme Court on Friday, a spokeswoman said -- the second incident to raise alarm near the Capitol in Washington in a week."At approximately 6:30 pm (2230 GMT), an individual went onto the plaza in front of the Supreme Court building and set themselve...
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced it would restore safeguards in a cornerstone environmental law weakened under Donald Trump -- including a duty to assess the climate impacts of proposed infrastructure projects.The changes concern the National Environmental Policy A...
President Joe Biden is not planning to visit Kyiv, despite Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky urging him to demonstrate US support for the fight against Russia by traveling to the embattled capital, the White House said Monday."There's no plans for the president to go. Let me just reiterate t...
Russia has formally complained to the United States over its military aid to Ukraine, warning of "unpredictable consequences" if shipments of advanced weaponry go forward, US media reported.In a diplomatic note this week, Moscow warned the United States and NATO against sending the "m...
The latest test of NASA's giant Moon rocket SLS has been pushed back to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced Tuesday.The dress rehearsal for the giant Space Launch System had been scheduled for Friday at launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at ...
NASA on Friday began a critical two-day-long test of its giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket complete with a simulated countdown, as the agency gears up to return humans to the Moon.Known as the “wet dress rehearsal,” it is the final major test before the Artemis-1 mission this summer...
US President Joe Biden, back from a high-stakes trip to Europe focused on Russia's war against Ukraine, hosts the prime minister of Singapore Tuesday in a chance to address crucial US challenges across Asia. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will meet Biden in the Oval Office at 10:35 &n...
The United States is sending six US Navy radar-jamming aircraft to Germany to enhance NATO capabilities, the Pentagon said Monday.The EA-18G Growler aircraft are "not being deployed to be used against Russian forces in Ukraine," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said."They are being deplo...
The United States has cancelled planned talks in Doha with the Taliban after the hardline Islamist rulers of Afghanistan shut girls secondary schools, US officials said."On Tuesday, we joined millions of Afghan families in expressing our deep disappointment with the Taliban's decision to no...
Former US president Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party leaders and others alleging they falsely accused him of colluding with Russia ahead of the 2016 election."In the run-up to the 2016 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts orche...
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