Tag: USA
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Graduates boo pep talks on AI at college commencements
As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted ... -
4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in ... -
King Charles highlights US-UK bond during busy day of diplomacy
King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries united to build “one of the most consequential ... -
Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed
A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night (today, ... -
Trump signs bill extending controversial surveillance powers until April 30
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30, a short-term renewal that sets up another showdown in Congress. The bill ... -
A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone
More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing ... -
Efforts underway for 2nd round of US-Iran talks as ships reported transiting Hormuz
The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened yesterday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the ... -
Why China rejects spheres of influence
The Trump administration revived rhetoric built on the idea of a world divided into spheres of influence, echoing the Monroe Doctrine and reasserting ambitions over the ... -
US and Iran end ceasefire talks and Vance heads home without an agreement
The United States and Iran ended face-to-face talks yesterday without an agreement to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt. U.S. officials said ... -
Oil prices rise to $100 as stocks slow on doubts about the US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices climbed back toward $100 per barrel yesterday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before. The S&P 500 was nearly ... -
Markets surge worldwide as oil plunges toward $90 following ceasefire between US, Israel and Iran
Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force ... -
Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated
Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against ... -
Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo
The Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban woman was ... -
As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech’s invincibility starts to show cracks
For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people›s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, ... -
NYC Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New ... -
State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates
In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. Typically led ... -
New trade deal secures fossil fuels, access to minerals
A new trade pact between Indonesia and the United States has recast their economic ties, binding Jakarta’s resource wealth and energy future more closely to Washington’s ... -
Scientists made a breakthrough in the study of whale sounds
Researchers on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, recently discovered the oldest known recordings of whale sounds and believe the discovery could help understand how the animals communicate. The ... -
Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement
Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying yesterday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab ... -
US and Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by a submarine
The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting ... -
Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy, scientists explain how
“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day ... -
Police investigating after device thrown at anti-Islam protest in New York City
A counterprotester demonstrating against a “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City” event Saturday lit and threw a device containing nuts, bolts and screws at ... -
Iran launches new attacks, saying US will ‘bitterly regret’ sinking warship, calls for Trump’s blood
Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israel, American bases and countries around the region, threatening that the United States would “bitterly regret” ... -
Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other senior figures ... -
Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns
President Donald Trump will use today’s (Macau time) State of the Union to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to ... -
NASA delays astronaut moon mission again after new rocket problem
In the latest setback to return astronauts to the moon, NASA delayed the highly anticipated flight yet again after a new problem cropped up with the ... -
Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor
Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a passionate defense of Donald Trump on Wednesday (yesterday, Macau time) as she tried to turn the page from relentless ... -
The US says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China, Beijing strongly refutes
The Trump administration on Wednesday expressed concern that China was costing Peru its sovereignty in solidifying control over the South American nation’s critical infrastructure, a blunt ... -
Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash
President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from ... -
Iran, US hold nuclear talks as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States will take place today in Oman, the Iranian foreign minister said, as tensions between the countries remain high ... -
Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog that lives in a tree stump in rural Pennsylvania, has issued the most highly anticipated weather forecast of the season: six ... -
Epstein files lead to resignation in Slovakia and calls in Britain for former prince to cooperate
Newly disclosed U.S. government files on Jeffrey Epstein have prompted the resignation of a top official in Slovakia and revived calls in Britain for a former prince to ... -
Gone are the days of the $1 buffet in Las Vegas. Now $175 buffets offer luxury dining
Eighty years ago, the first Las Vegas buffet opened with the $1 western-themed Buckaroo Buffet that offered cold cuts and cheese. Today, visitors can drop $175 ... -
New US charge d’affaires arrives in Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after seven years
U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas on Saturday to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties. The move comes almost ... -
US applications for jobless benefits tick down to 209,000 last week
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched down modestly last week, remaining at historically healthy levels despite recent high-profile layoff announcements. Applications for jobless aid for the ...
