‘Worst foreign policy blunder’
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Kansas City police hunt suspect in shootings that hit Uber driver en route to World Cup match
19 June 2026, 12:12 PM
USA
AIR FORCE BASE / 8 killed as US B-52 bomber crashes in California
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Reuters Analysis / Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as US, Iran agree to halt war
16 June 2026, 08:38 AM
World
Eight dead in fiery US bomber crash in California
16 June 2026, 06:54 AM
USA
Pentagon chief denies US facing munitions stockpile shortage
16 June 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Dozens arrested in New York violence after Knicks win title
15 June 2026, 18:18 PM
USA
Trump turns 80 with cage fight at the White House
14 June 2026, 08:47 AM
USA
Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center arts venue
14 June 2026, 08:10 AM
USA
US deportation flight carrying Iranians lands in Central African Republic
13 June 2026, 08:30 AM
USA
Mexico City sets world record for free Wi-Fi hotspots
Mexico City has set a world record for free Wi-Fi access thanks to thousands of public internet access points across the capital, Guinness World Records announced Wednesday.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump Capitol attack records can be released to Congress
A US judge Tuesday ordered White House records that could implicate former President Donald Trump in the January 6 attack on
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Apple’s original computer fetches $400k at auction
An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45 years ago, sold for $400,000 at auction in the United States on Tuesday.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan 6 committee
The US congressional committee probing the deadly Jan 6 assault on the Capitol issued subpoenas seeking documents and testimony from six more associates of former President Donald Trump, including top aides from his re-election campaign.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 pills no substitute for vaccines
Oral antiviral pills from Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE have been shown to significantly blunt the worst outcomes of Covid-19 if taken early enough, but doctors warn vaccine hesitant people not to confuse the benefit of the treatments with prevention afforded by vaccines.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Countering China's Belt and Road: US plans to invest in major infrastructure projects globally in Jan
The United States plans to invest in five to 10 large infrastructure projects around the world in January as part of a broader Group of Seven initiative to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
9 November 2021, 17:04 PM
Girl uses hand gesture seen on TikTok to signal distress, gets rescued by police
A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she learned on social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble, the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said on Monday.
9 November 2021, 04:09 AM
US reopens borders after 20 months
The United States yesterday reopened its land and air borders to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of travel restrictions that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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8 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US to convene foreign ministers next week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would convene a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from around the globe to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic next week, pledging to work to address global inequalities in access to vaccines.
6 November 2021, 18:00 PM
8 killed at Texas music festival stampede
At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush when fans surged toward the stage during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston, officials said.
6 November 2021, 09:20 AM
Anti-Covid pill 89pc effective
Pfizer yesterday said that a clinical trial of its first pill to treat Covid-19 shows it is highly effective.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Nasa to deflect asteroid in test of ‘planetary defence’
In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster “Armageddon,” Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck race to save the Earth from being pulverized by an asteroid.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US to sell advanced missiles to Saudi Arabia
The US State Department announced the approval Thursday of the sale of $650 million worth of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia to help the country protect itself from drone attacks.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US to financially assist overseas journalists
The United States will offer funding to help journalists overseas survive frivolous lawsuits meant to silence them, as part of a campaign to support democracy, USAID chief Samantha Power announced Thursday.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden seeks right balance on Iran pressure as talks resume
With nuclear talks set to resume this month with Iran, an increasingly skeptical US President Joe Biden is seeking the right balance between threats and incentives to bring Tehran back into compliance with a 2015 deal.
5 November 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Clean environment constitutional right’
The New York state constitution will be amended to say people have the right to clean air and water and a healthy environment, after voters said yes to the measure in a referendum that was part of local elections on Tuesday.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US blacklists Israel’s vendor NSO Group
US authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware at the center of a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials on a blacklist of restricted companies.
4 November 2021, 18:00 PM
US blacklists Israeli firm that made Pegasus spyware
The US Commerce Department added Israel's NSO Group, the firm that developed Pegasus, and Candiru to its trade blacklist, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others.
4 November 2021, 03:17 AM
US SC to hear high-stakes gun rights case
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court is to hear a gun rights case yesterday that could lead to looser restrictions on carrying firearms in public.
3 November 2021, 18:00 PM