Same again? 1996 calendars reused for 2024

It is a radical form of recycling. Calendars from 1996 are being reused for 2024 as both are leap years that begin on a Monday.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Biden compares ‘sick’ Trump to Nazis

US President Joe Biden launched his harshest attack yet on Donald Trump as he kickstarted his 2024 reelection campaign Friday, accusing the Republican of echoing Nazi Germany and posing a threat to democracy.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US SC to hear Trump appeal of ballot ban

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a ruling by Colorado’s highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

IS’s Afghanistan branch behind blasts in Iran

Communications intercepts collected by the United States confirmed that Islamic State’s (IS) Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, two sources familiar with the intelligence told Reuters on Friday.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US cop jailed for 14 months over death of Black man

A white US police officer was sentenced to 14 months in prison Friday over the 2019 death of a young Black man who was put in a police chokehold and injected with ketamine.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US grounds 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9s

US regulators have ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft for safety checks following a cabin panel blowout late Friday that forced a brand-new airplane operated by Alaska Airlines to make an emergency landing.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM

US safety board investigating Alaska Airlines flight's emergency landing after plane's door bursts open mid-air

Exterior photos of the aircraft appeared to show that the rear mid-cabin exit door separated from the aircraft during the flight, Flightradar24 said in a post on its website
6 January 2024, 06:27 AM

Foreign govts paid Trump firms millions while president: report

Former US president Donald Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from foreign governments including China during his time in the White House, a congressional report claimed Thursday
5 January 2024, 09:22 AM

At least one dead in Iowa school shooting

At least one person was killed and several others were wounded in a shooting on Thursday morning at an Iowa high school, ABC News reported, citing law enforcement officials briefed on the situation
4 January 2024, 20:13 PM

US imam shot outside New Jersey mosque dies

An imam who was shot Wednesday outside a mosque in New Jersey has died, the US state's attorney general said, adding that the killing did not initially appear to be driven by "bias" or domestic terrorism
4 January 2024, 06:10 AM

Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as Covid, flu jump

Hospitals in at least four US states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of Covid, seasonal flu and other respiratory illness
4 January 2024, 06:10 AM

US not seeking wider conflict in Middle East

The White House said Sunday it is not seeking a wider conflict in the Middle East after US forces sank three boats of Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea
1 January 2024, 15:09 PM

US appeals court allows California to bar guns

A federal appeals court on Saturday cleared the way for a California law that bans the carrying of guns in most public places to take effect at the start of 2024, as the panel put on hold a judge’s ruling declaring the measure unconstitutional.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM

US Navy sinks Huthi vessels that attacked cargo ship

The United States said yesterday it destroyed anti-ship missiles and boats operated by Yemen’s Huthi rebels after a failed attempt by the Iran-backed group to board a container ship in the Red Sea.
31 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Ammo for Israel

The United States on Friday announced the approval of a USD 147.5 million sale of 155mm high-explosive artillery munitions and related equipment to Israel under an emergency provision that waives the usual congressional review.
30 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi student shot dead in Texas robbery

A former Dhaka University student, who went to the US last January to pursue higher studies, was shot dead in a robbery at a store in Beaumont, Texas on Friday
30 December 2023, 16:36 PM

US shoots down drone, missile fired by Huthis

An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels, the US military said.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM

SpaceX launches secretive US military space drone

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket blasted back into space on Thursday night to ferry the US military’s secretive X-37B drone to a research mission.
29 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Maine disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

Maine on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year's US presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol
29 December 2023, 04:02 AM

US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force

US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don’t want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM