Tag: USA
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Biden gov’t to invest $8.5 billion in Intel’s chip plants in four states
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip ... -
Trump challenges Biden to debates ‘anytime’ after Super Tuesday wins
Donald Trump has challenged Joe Biden to TV debates, as the rivals hurtle towards a White House rematch following their sweep of the Super Tuesday votes, ... -
Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Trump as the last major Republican candidate
Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving ... -
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him
The Supreme Court yesterday [Macau time] unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the ... -
AI pervades everyday life with almost no oversight
While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life — screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining ... -
Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars
The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next ... -
Trade: Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported by the United States. The ... -
Biden warns of a ‘nightmare’ future for the country if Trump should win again
President Joe Biden yesterday [Macau time] ticked through a list of reasons he says a second Donald Trump presidency would be a “nightmare” for the country ... -
Video shows Indiana lawmaker showing holstered pistol to students for gun control
A video taken by a high school student shows an Indiana lawmaker flash a gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to legislators ... -
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to ... -
Five suspects arrested in California desert killings in dispute over marijuana
The six men found dead at a remote dirt crossroads in the Southern California desert last week were likely shot to death in a dispute over ... -
Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published this week documents significantly restored hearing in five of six ... -
Trump rides to New Hampshire victory on the strength of support from the GOP base
Former President Donald Trump had rock-solid support from New Hampshire Republicans in his primary victory Tuesday (yesterday, Macau time), with even most backers of rival Nikki ... -
Trump celebrates DeSantis’ decision to drop out, ending a bitter feud
Donald Trump set aside months of criticism and mockery of Ron DeSantis yesterday [Macau time], celebrating his onetime Republican rival as his newest supporter after the ... -
US, South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in a show of strength against North Korea
The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted perhaps their biggest-ever combined naval exercises in a show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea’s military ... -
First lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon yesterday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for ... -
States and Congress wrestle with cybersecurity after Iran attacks small town water utilities
The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in protecting its ... -
Elf Bar, other e-cigarette makers dodged US customs and taxes after China’s ban on vaping flavors
In only two years, a small, colorful vaping device called Elf Bar has become the most popular disposable e-cigarette in the world, generating billions in sales ... -
Zelenskyy goes to Capitol Hill to grim mood as aid for Ukraine risks collapse
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive on Capitol Hill to a darker mood than when he swooped in last winter for a hero’s welcome, as the ... -
Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV
Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as a gunman roamed the floors of a University of Nevada, Las Vegas building, killing three people ... -
US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid ‘kneecap’ to Ukraine
The Biden administration yesterday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, ... -
Band become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars
On Saturday night (yesterday, Macau time), Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed ... -
Kissinger was a trusted confidant to Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
Decades later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling on the floor of ... -
Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network to take on Trump
Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign yesterday [Macau time], promising to commit its nationwide coalition ... -
1963 Kennedy ‘assassin’ murdered
The man accused of assassinating the US President, John F Kennedy, has himself been shot dead in a Dallas police station. Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old ... -
US and Philippines conduct joint air, sea patrols not far from Taiwan
The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up ... -
JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses to history
Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene ... -
More pandas will be coming to the US, Xi signals
Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them “envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.” ... -
Biden and Xi agree to restore some military-to-military communications between the US and China
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed today (Thursday, Macau time) to restore some military-to-military communications between their armed forces as the two leaders ... -
Biden hails ‘new era’ of ties between US and Indonesia
President Joe Biden celebrated a “new era” in the relationship between the United States and Indonesia as he met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the ... -
Int’l students have returned to US colleges, fueled by a surge from India, second to China
International students attended U.S. universities in surging numbers last year, rebounding from a pandemic slump with the help of a 35% jump in students coming from ... -
US and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit
The United States and South Korea closed ranks behind common approaches to North Korea, Russia and China yesterday, vowing to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s ... -
Third GOP debate will focus on Israel, foreign policy and Trump
Foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war are expected to be prominent in today’s [Macau time] third Republican primary debate, as a narrowing field of candidates seeks ... -
Israel-Hamas war crowds crisis-heavy agenda as foreign ministers meet in Japan
Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia yesterday, ... -
Jewish man dies after confrontation during pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies
A Jewish man in California has died after getting into a confrontation during dueling protests over the Israel-Hamas war, authorities said. Paul Kessler, 69, died at ...
