Tag: USA
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Gunman kills 19 children, two adults in Texas school rampage
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school in a rampage that also left two adults ... -
US: New ‘disinformation’ board paused amid free speech questions
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday (today, Macau time) paused a new and controversial board’s work on disinformation and accepted the resignation of its leader, ... -
Invading Ukraine may never have been Putin’s aim – the threat alone could advance Russia’s goals
A diplomatic solution may yet provide an off-ramp for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose placement of tens of thousands of troops along Russia’s border with its smaller neighbor kicked off ... -
Xi, Biden try to tamp down tension in long virtual meeting
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden’s more than three-hour virtual talk concluded with the leaders of the superpowers agreeing they need to tread carefully as their nations ... -
Big Read: Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is ... -
Harris: US to provide Vietnam 1 million more vaccine doses
The United States will provide an additional 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses to Vietnam, Vice President Kamala Harris announced today (Wednesday), offering additional aid to a ... -
Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’
President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and ... -
US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, ... -
USA | Trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trump’s words
House Democrats opened their first day of arguments in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with searing footage of the U.S. Capitol riot as they painted ... -
Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade
Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong ... -
Investigation: Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid
When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal government’s signature ... -
USA | Biden sworn in as nation’s 46th president
Joe Biden has officially become the 46th president of the United States. Biden took the oath of office just before noon today (Wednesday) during a ceremony ... -
Trump’s exit: President leaves office with legacy of chaos
Donald Trump will walk out of the White House and board Marine One for the last time as president today (Wednesday), leaving behind a legacy of ... -
US: Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning. Blinken, 58, served ... -
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night (today, Macau time) after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an ... -
‘Saturday Night Live’ recreates debate in 46th season opener
“Saturday Night Live” went political with a parody of this week’s presidential debate, Chris Rock’s jab at President Donald Trump and Megan Thee Stallion’s message supporting ... -
Doctor: Trump improving, but not ‘out of the woods’ yet
President Donald Trump went through a “very concerning” period Friday and faces a “critical” next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital, ... -
Trump’s age, health woes raise his risk for Covid-19 illness
President Donald Trump has several strikes against him — age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male — that could put him at greater risk of becoming ... -
Official claims pressure to alter US Homeland Security intel
A Department of Homeland Security official said in a whistleblower complaint that he was pressured by more senior officials to suppress facts in intelligence reports that ... -
WikiLeaks’ Assange in UK court to fight US extradition bid
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a London court today (Monday) to fight a U.S. extradition request, at a high-stakes hearing that was delayed by the ... -
Analysis| Irksome in Iceland, brusque in Britain? US envoys draw ire
In Iceland, a nation so safe its president runs errands on a bicycle, U.S. Ambassador Jeffery Ross Gunter has left locals aghast with his request to ... -
Analysis | Trump vs. Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years –- via starkly different paths. Trump, ... -
South Korea to have solid fuel rockets in major deal with US
Seoul — South Korea said (today) Tuesday it has won U.S. consent to use solid fuel for space launch vehicles, a move that is expected to ... -
US ambassador shaves mustache under Seoul’s summer heat
The U.S. ambassador to South Korea has shaved his mildly controversial mustache, saying it was too uncomfortable to keep while wearing a coronavirus mask during South ... -
Trump signs bill, order rebuking China, and slams Biden
President Donald Trump signed legislation and an executive order Tuesday [Wednesday in Macau] that he said will hold China accountable for its oppressive actions against the ... -
Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in COVID-19 boom
Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose ... -
Resigned to House loss, Trump still sees midterms success
WASHINGTON (AP) — Resigned to the loss of one-party control over Washington in Tuesday’s elections, President Donald Trump stared down the prospect of endless House investigations, ... -
USD1.6 billion Powerball jackpot goes to 3 winners in 3 states
MUNFORD, Tennessee (AP) — An unprecedented USD1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee ... -
USA | Blizzard wasn’t a bust, but it was a miss for many
In the wild world of winter weather, location is everything. So small last minute changes in the air morphed what was supposed to be crippling deep snow into ... -
USA | Millions hunker down as snowstorm totals downgraded
Tens of millions of people along the U.S. East Coast hunkered down for a storm that for most failed to live up to predictions that it ... -
USA | Obama calls for closing income gap
U.S. President Barack Obama declared the U.S. economy healed and said the nation now must begin work to close the gap between the well-off and ... -
USA | Obama aims to influence debate in State of the Union speech
President Barack Obama planned to use his second-to-last State of the Union address to Congress to maintain his influence in American politics as the unofficial campaign to ... -
USA | FBI: Man planned to bomb Capitol, kill officials
A 20-year-old man’s Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man’s arrest on charges that he plotted to blow ... -
USA | 2 gunmen open fire on Los Angeles police car
Two men opened fire on a police car patrolling a tough part of Los Angeles, but the two officers inside were not injured and one ... -
USA | 2 New York police officers killed in ambush shooting
The two New York City police officers who were ambushed and shot to death in their vehicle yesterday (Macau time) were “quite simply, assassinated,” and ...
