Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out yesterday that blasted industry

Joe Biden, the oldest person ever in the US presidency, said Friday it’s his “intention” to run again in 2024 and that his wife Jill thinks he should not “walk away.”

Former President Donald Trump was ordered on Friday to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.

Steve Bannon, a prominent figure on the American right who served as a senior strategist for former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year’s US Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob.

A Massachusetts court in the US has arrested an Awami League leader in the US and sent him to jail on charges of raping an American black woman and strangulating her.

A section of McDonald Avenue in Kensington of New York has been officially co-named “Little Bangladesh” to celebrate the Bangladeshi community there and its contributions to the neighbourhood.

Beijing wants to seize Taiwan “on a much faster timeline” than previously considered, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, warning that President Xi Jinping was leading China in a more aggressive direction.

Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and four injured in northern Mali yesterday by a highway bomb, the UN mission said on Twitter.

President Joe Biden has “no plans” to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at an upcoming G20 summit in Indonesia, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said yesterday.

Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol voted on Thursday to subpoena former president Donald Trump to testify on his role in the violence, in a major escalation of the sprawling enquiry weeks before it is due to wind up.

The United States has ruled out any imminent revival of the Iranian nuclear deal, issuing a downbeat assessment of long-stalled talks over the 2015 accord as unrest continues to rage across the Islamic republic over the the death of a woman in police custody for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women.

The G20 closed talks in Washington on Thursday without issuing a joint communique, as a growing US-Saudi feud created new tensions in a group already divided over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, triggering a massive manhunt that shut down part of city for hours and resulted in the arrest of a juvenile suspect, officials said.

Sophisticated spyware poses an “existential” threat to investigative journalists, causing sources to remain silent for fear of being identified, a US media watchdog warned in a report yesterday.

President Joe Biden’s administration said it would prioritize winning over China, seeing it as the only global rival to the United States, even as it also works to constrain a “dangerous” Russia.

The United States announced new sanctions Tuesday against the Taliban as punishment for their repressive treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan.

Nasa on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity’s ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday voiced confidence that he could beat his predecessor Donald Trump in a 2024 rematch -- even as he acknowledged the country could sink back into recession under his leadership.

Global growth is expected to slow further next year, the IMF said yesterday, downgrading its forecasts as countries grapple with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, spiralling cost of living and economic downturns.

President Joe Biden is to “re-evaluate” the US relationship with Saudi Arabia in light of the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production, a White House spokesperson said yesterday.