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Ten dead after shooter opens fire at high school in Canada
Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country’s deadliest mass casualty ...
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Iran says nuclear talks gauged ‘seriousness’ of US
Nuclear talks with the United States allowed Tehran to gauge Washington’s seriousness and showed enough consensus to continue on the diplomatic track, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on ...
Taiwan to remain ‘firmly rooted’ despite US investment pressure
It would be “impossible” to move 40 per cent of Taiwan’s semiconductor capacity to the US, the island’s top tariff negotiator said, pushing back against recent comments by American ...
Kremlin says fuel situation in Cuba is critical, accuses US of ‘suffocating’ island
The Kremlin said on Monday that the fuel situation in Cuba, which has unveiled a plan to protect essential services and ration fuel, was critical and that U.S. attempts ...
Trump backs Nexstar-Tegna merger, says big TV networks need more competition
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly backed a proposed merger between local television station operator Nexstar Media NXST.O and its smaller rival Tegna TGNA.N.
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US plans meeting for Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ in Washington on February 19
The White House is planning the first leaders meeting for President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” in relation to Gaza on February 19, Axios reported on Friday, citing a ...
Iran says it will strike American bases if US attacks
Iran will strike U.S. bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by U.S. forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, ...
Super Bowl prompts massive security in San Francisco Bay Area
Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium has brought a phalanx of law enforcement of every stripe to the San Francisco Bay Area, including a fleet of unfamiliar, low-flying aircraft ...
Trump condemns, won’t apologise for video depicting Obamas as apes
President Donald Trump condemned but did not apologize for a video on his social media account depicting Democratic former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a ...
Iran, US hold pivotal talks in Oman as confrontation looms
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States held in Oman on Friday were a good beginning and will continue, Iran’s foreign minister said, after growing concerns that a ...
NUCLEAR ARMS RACE
Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits
President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected an offer from his Russian counterpart to voluntarily extend the caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments after the treaty that held them in check ...
Iran, US to negotiate in Oman amid deep rifts and mounting war fears
Iran and the United States are set to hold high-stakes negotiations in Oman on Friday over Tehran’s nuclear programme, but a dispute over the agenda, most notably differences over ...
As treaty expires, Russia says it’s still ready to talk to US on nuclear limits
Russia said on Thursday it regretted the expiry of its last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States but was still ready to talk, raising the possibility of a ...
US and Iran agree to Friday talks in Oman, agenda unclear
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to hold talks in Oman on Friday, officials for both sides said, even as they remained at odds over Washington’s insistence that ...
Popular US morning news anchor pleads for safe return of elderly mother, believed to be abducted
Popular U.S. morning news anchor Savannah Guthrie posted a video message on Wednesday addressing anyone who might be holding her missing elderly mother, presumed abducted from her Arizona home ...
HRW annual report says ‘Trump has attacked pillars of democracy’
President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country’s democracy, Human Rights Watch warned in its annual global report, citing the Republican president’s immigration crackdown, threats to ...
Nike facing US probe over alleged discrimination against white workers
The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination said in a court filing on Wednesday it is investigating Nike NKE.N for allegedly discriminating against white people through ...
Trump to draw down 700 immigration agents in Minnesota, thousands remain
The Trump administration is immediately withdrawing some 700 federal immigration enforcement agents from Minnesota, although about 2,000 agents will remain on the ground, White House border czar Tom Homan announced on Wednesday.
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Man convicted of attempting to assassinate Trump sentenced to life
Ryan Routh, the man accused of hiding in the bushes of a Florida golf course with a semi-automatic rifle to try to assassinate Donald Trump less than two months before ...
US pushes to widen talks with Iran beyond nuclear issue
Meaningful talks between the United States and Iran will have to include Tehran’s missile arsenal and other issues, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, as ...
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Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post begins widespread layoffs
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon.com AMZN.O founder Jeff Bezos, began widespread layoffs on Wednesday that will drastically shrink the size of the storied newspaper and affect all ...
DEATH OF ARMS CONTROL
New arms race looms as clock ticks down on last Russia-US nuclear treaty
The last nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States is due to expire within hours, raising the risk of a new arms race in which China will also play ...
Trump and Colombia’s Petro, foes exploring a thaw, meet at White House
US President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro met for the first time on Tuesday, in a White House encounter widely seen as a test of whether they could ...
Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard as two sides remain far from deal
President Donald Trump said late on Monday his administration is pursuing $1 billion from Harvard to settle federal probes into the university over school policies, with the two sides yet to ...