Residents hold their nose as crews mop up huge US oil spill
Residents near the site of the worst US oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as emergency crews laboured to clean up in near-freezing ...
Ukraine gets more U.S. aid as Russia-Iran ties worry West
The United States announced new military aid for Ukraine on Friday and vowed to disrupt Russian ties with Iran, which a British envoy said involved Moscow seeking hundreds of ballistic ...
Putin says loss of trust in West will make future Ukraine talks harder
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia’s near-total loss of trust in the West would make an eventual settlement over Ukraine much harder to reach, although contacts between ...
EU watchdog warns on waning effectiveness of antibody COVID drugs
The European Union’s health regulator on Friday raised concerns over the decreasing effectiveness of COVID-19 antibody therapies to treat patients as emerging virus variants are challenging treatment approaches.
The ...
Former Minnesota police officer to be sentenced in George Floyd case
A former Minneapolis police officer is expected to be sentenced on Friday for his involvement in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed when a ...
Putin says West’s desire for global dominance increases conflict risks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West’s desire to maintain its dominance on the world stage was increasing the risks of conflict.
“The potential for conflict in ...
U.S. puts sanctions on Turkish businessman, citing links to Iran’s Quds Force
The Biden administration levied sanctions late on Thursday on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of firms, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and ...
U.S. lawmakers push for more oversight of Elon Musk’s Neuralink
U.S. House Representatives Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff want further U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scrutiny of Elon Musk’s Neuralink following a Reuters report that outlined ...
U.S. House overwhelmingly approves bill backing record military spending
The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by President ...
US Congress passes landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage
The US House of Representatives on Thursday gave final congressional approval to legislation that provides federal recognition of same–sex marriages, a measure born out of concern that the Supreme ...
Peru’s President Castillo ousted following his attempt to dissolve Congress
Peru’s Congress voted to oust President Pedro Castillo in an impeachment trial on Wednesday, hours after he plunged the country into a constitutional crisis by attempting to dissolve the ...
Biden to speak on gun violence at vigil marking Sandy Hook ten-year anniversary
President Joe Biden will appear on Wednesday at a national vigil for victims of gun violence as he turns up the heat on Congress to go along with his wish ...
Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud scheme
Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted on Tuesday of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former U....
US Senator Warnock beats Trump-backed rival in Georgia runoff, Democrats set for Senate majority
Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the U.S. Senate in a hard-fought Georgia runoff on Tuesday, strengthening his party’s razor-thin majority as he fought off a challenge by ...
Ukraine appears to show ability to strike deep in Russia
A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres into Russia with attacks on ...
Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker in pet theft sentenced to 21 years
The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs in Hollywood last year pleaded no contest to ...
Rising flu cases drive up U.S. hospitalizations, CDC says
The United States is experiencing the highest levels of hospitalizations from influenza that it has seen in a decade for this time of year, the head of the U.S. ...
Biden not planning to speak to Putin for now, G7 agrees oil price cap
U.S. President Joe Biden does not intend to speak to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about ending the Ukraine war as conditions for such discussions currently do not exist, ...
Biden weighs reviving Trump-era immigration restrictions, officials say
US President Joe Biden’s administration would make it harder to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border under several plans being considered that bear similarities to policies pushed by former ...
US whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a ...
White House welcomes EU progress on Russian oil price cap
The White House on Friday welcomed news that the European Union was “coming together” on a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil, and said it remained convinced that ...
Hawaii volcano eruption threatens Big Island’s main transportation route
The lava flowing from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, which is the world’s largest active volcano and erupted this week, is edging closer to the Big Island’s main highway.
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Julian Assange appeals to European court over US extradition
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges, has submitted an appeal to the European Court of ...
Russia ‘open’ to talks on Ukraine but presses demands
Russian President Vladimir Putin is “open to negotiations” on Ukraine but the West must accept Moscow’s demands, the Kremlin said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Joe ...