The United States yesterday finalised a rule effectively barring Chinese technology from cars in the American market, taking aim at software and hardware from the world’s second-biggest economy over national security risks.

Hot, powerful winds yesterday threatened to rekindle and whip up major fires that have devastated the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America’s second biggest city forever.

Rebuilding from fires will take 'tens of billions of dollars', says Biden

Firefighters were battling massive wildsfires yesterday that have ravaged Los Angeles and killed at least 24 people, with officials warning of incoming dangerous winds that could whip up the blazes further.

An Australian mother has spoken of how she tried in vain to save her blind son from the Los Angeles wildfires as water supplies ran dry

The fires continued to rip through the United States' second-largest city for the sixth day

US officials warned “dangerous and strong” winds were set to push deadly wildfires further through Los Angeles residential areas yesterday as firefighters struggled to make progress against the flames.

Both the US and India want to see a stable, prosperous, and tolerant Bangladesh, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has said.

US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move “really shameful” after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.

The United States and Britain on Friday announced sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, including oil giant Gazprom Neft, just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves office.

Over 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States

US President Joe Biden will give a televised farewell address to the nation on Wednesday, the White House said, five days before Donald Trump returns to power

Emergency managers in Los Angeles apologised Friday after false evacuation alerts sparked panic in a city on edge over an unprecedented wildfire disaster

US President-elect Donald Trump will not go to jail or pay a fine over his criminal conviction stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled yesterday, but the sentencing will place a judgment of guilt on his record.

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday, as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength.

The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day he was sworn in for a third six-year term in office.

A judge sentenced Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US president-elect's last-ditch efforts to avoid becoming the first felon in the White House

Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people, authorities said, as California's National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder.

Biden said he was surging 400 federal firefighters and 30 firefighting planes and helicopters to Los Angeles, while the Pentagon will send eight large planes and 500 wildfire clearance personnel.

About 400 members of California's National Guard will be deploying to the Los Angeles fire zones, the county sheriff told reporters Thursday