Sanders grabs lead in Iowa race as support for Warren drops
Senator Bernie Sanders is leading other Democratic presidential candidates with 25% of the likely vote in Iowa, just over a week before statewide caucuses in...
Americas
Mexico is the wall: president under fire over migration clampdown
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces growing criticism he is doing U.S. President Donald Trump’s bidding after erecting a “wall” of security forces who...
U.S. health officials confirm second U.S. case of Wuhan coronavirus
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a second U.S. case of the new coronavirus from China in a Chicago...
Mexican security forces detain 800 Central American migrants
Mexican authorities on Thursday adopted tougher measures against Central American migrants, detaining 800 of them who had entered Mexico illegally from Guatemala intending to reach the border...
‘Remarkable’ new dinosaur species officially recognised after 30 years
A “remarkable” meat-eating dinosaur that roamed the North American flood plains 155 million years ago has been officially recognised as a new species, 30 years after the...
Actress Annabella Sciorra testifies she tried to fight Weinstein during alleged rape
Actress Annabella Sciorra testified on Thursday that Harvey Weinstein pinned her hands behind her head and violently raped her more than 25 years ago, becoming the first...
Get an economics degree Greta, then we’ll talk says US Treasury chief
Just as the spat between U.S. President Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg seemed to be subsiding, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took a new dig...
Seattle shooting leaves 1 dead, 7 wounded; suspects at large
A violent altercation that escalated into gunfire in downtown Seattle left one woman dead and six other bystanders wounded outside a fast-food restaurant on Wednesday,...
Boeing CEO says he expects to resume 737 MAX production before mid-year
By David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told reporters on Wednesday the U.S. planemaker expects to resume 737 MAX production months...
Peruvian indigenous group wins suit to block oil exploration in Amazonian region
By Maria Cervantes A Peruvian judge ruled that the government exclude an indigenous region of the Amazon near the border with Brazil from any oil...
Prosecutor paints former Hollywood mogul Weinstein as ‘a rapist’
By Brendan Pierson Harvey Weinstein abused his status as a Hollywood power broker to lure young women into violent sexual attacks, a New York prosecutor...
U.S. Senate approves Trump impeachment trial plan, rejects Democrats on documents
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday on party lines to approve the rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, rejecting Democratic efforts to...
Trump’s impeachment trial starts with two sides clashing on rules, evidence
U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial began in earnest in the Senate on Tuesday, with his chief legal defender attacking the case as baseless and...
US officials confirm first US case of China coronavirus
A traveler from China has been diagnosed in Seattle with the Wuhan coronavirus, a spokesman from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Why is President Donald Trump on trial in the U.S. Senate?
The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, after he was formally charged by the Democratic-controlled House...
Trump lawyers call for immediate acquittal in legal, political defense
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in...
Huawei CFO Meng arrives in Canada court for U.S. extradition trial kick off
By Tessa Vikander and Moira Warburton Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in a Vancouver courtroom on Monday for the start of a trial...
Prominent lawyers Starr, Dershowitz join Trump impeachment team
President Donald Trump is bringing in high-profile legal firepower to help defend him in the Senate impeachment trial, with the addition on Friday of former...
Panama probes killing of seven by religious sect
Panamanian prosecutors are investigating the suspected killing of seven people, including a pregnant woman and five of her children, by members of religious sect that...
United States admits to injuries to troops following Jan. 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq
The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base where U.S. forces were stationed,...
