Tag: USA
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Minneapolis residents shelter immigrant children separated from parents and sought by federal agents
When federal immigration agents pounded on the door of his Minneapolis home, the oldest son in a family of 10 knew he had to move his siblings to ... -
Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at Davos, but many top US allies aren’t participating
President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his “ Board of Peace ” to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that ... -
Survey says slowing economy is the No. 1 worry for US businesses in China, not trade friction
U.S. businesses are more concerned about China’s slowing economy than trade friction, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Friday. Of 368 companies responding ... -
Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington
A long the narrow, snow-covered main street in Greenland’s capital, international journalists and camera crews stop passersby every few meters asking them for their thoughts on a ... -
Luxury retailer Saks Global files for bankruptcy as it prepares to restructure
Luxury retailer Saks Global has filed for bankruptcy, preparing to reposition itself in the increasingly competitive upscale market after obtaining about $1.75 billion in financing commitments. ... -
US pledges $2B for UN humanitarian aid as Trump slashes funding and warns agencies to ‘adapt or die’
The United States yesterday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to slash U.S. foreign assistance and warns ... -
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home
Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday (yesterday, Macau time) at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner, according ... -
US stocks hold near records as company profit reports come in mixed
Stocks were holding near their records on Wall Street following mixed profit reports from companies, as Dollar General and Salesforce climb but Kroger falls. Dollar General ... -
US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation›s capital ... -
US President Donald Trump signs bill ordering the justice department to release Epstein files
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he has signed a bill ordering the release of government files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey ... -
Trump to decide on Epstein files release after Senate agrees to pass the legislation
Both the House and Senate acted decisively yesterday [Macau time] to pass a bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on the convicted sex ... -
What does ‘agentic’ AI mean? Tech’s newest buzzword is a mix of marketing fluff and real promise
For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, “agentic AI” is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. ... -
Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear
Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public yesterday [Macau time], but ... -
Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company’s busy Red Cup Day
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers plan to strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday [yesterday, Macau time] to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations ... -
Furor over editing of Trump speech sparks ‘existential crisis’ at the BBC
The sudden resignation of two top bosses at the BBC over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump dealt a huge blow to the broadcaster, which is ... -
Flight cancellations and delays worsen as US gov’t shutdown drags on
The pain Americans are facing at airports across the country is expected to get worse this week if Congress is unable to reach a deal to ... -
Trump pardons ex-NYPD officer who was convicted of helping China stalk an expat
President Donald Trump granted a pardon Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to ... -
Hungary’s Orbán to seek Trump’s blessing to keep buying Russian oil
When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits President Donald Trump in the White House today, his priority will be convincing the U.S. administration to turn a ... -
Anatomy of a news story: ‘60 Minutes’ invites audience into the editing process with Trump interview
During his “60 Minutes” interview, President Donald Trump called Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer a “kamikaze,” complained about investigators searching through his wife›s closet, spoke in detail about ... -
Tariffs are Trump’s foreign policy tool, but court could change how he uses them
President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them ... -
FIFA opens 2nd phase of ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico
FIFA began the process of selling another 1 million tickets for next year’s World Cup yesterday, with the opening of a new ticket draw marking the ... -
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — ... -
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a ... -
SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last ... -
Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight ... -
New US sanctions target 50 people, companies and ships for allegedly aiding Iran’s oil and gas trade
The Trump administration yesterday imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China, ... -
Buildings are turning to ‘ice batteries’ for sustainable air conditioning
Every night some 74,000 gallons of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning ... -
Gov’t shutdown draws closer as Congress leaders head to the White House
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump today [Macau time] in a late effort to ... -
Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the ... -
US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker visiting Beijing
BEIJING — The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing ... -
Trump reveals Murdochs, Dell could take part in TikTok deal
President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which ... -
Foreign disinformation about Kirk’s killing seeks to widen divisions
Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is ... -
US Federal Reserve wrestles with how many interest rate cuts to make and how fast
With the Federal Reserve widely expected today [Macau time] to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be ... -
Trump’s travel ban keeps applicants from coming to the US for college
With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing higher education in the United States. Saghari, 21, ... -
Hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes smuggled from China in US nationwide crackdown
Federal agents seized hundreds of thousands of illegal vaping products in raids across the country yesterday [Macau time] as the Trump administration moved to crack down ...
