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Republicans voted Thursday to kickstart the formalities that could lead to Joe Biden's impeachment, as far right lawmakers sought to seize the-party's agenda and escalate a bitter standoff with the US president.The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted along party lines to ref...
National,Front Page
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday opened a state visit to Washington as the United States steps up its wooing of India despite simmering disagreements on Ukraine and human rights.President Joe Biden is putting on the full pomp for only the third state visitor of his administration, wi...
World,Front Page
A pregnant woman and her unborn child died last week in the US state of Ohio after her two-year-old son shot her in the back with a handgun left loaded in the house, police said.Police chief David Smith told local media on Tuesday that 31-year-old Laura Ilg had called 911 on the afternoon of June 16...
World,Back Page
The United States has granted its first ever approvals to two companies to sell chicken grown directly from animal cells, paving the way for lab-grown meat to be eaten by consumers.The US Department of Agriculture reviewed and approved food safety systems at the facilities of Upside Foods and Good M...
Business
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank officials are joining dozens of economic leaders for a two-day summit in Paris, aiming to tackle the interlinked challenges of poverty alleviation and climate change.The meetings, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, have been billed as an oppo...
US President Joe Biden's son Hunter has reached a plea deal on minor tax and gun charges, concluding a five-year probe that involved persistent Republican allegations that major crimes were being covered up.Hunter Biden, 53, has agreed to plead guilty to two counts of failure to pay federal inco...
The US State Department said it "regrets" the Mali military regime's decision to call for the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping force from the West African country.Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called on Friday for the immediate withdrawal of the multinational fo...
Healthcare investment firm SVB Securities announced Sunday that its management team would buy out the company from parent Silicon Valley Bank, the California-based lender whose brisk collapse in March shook financial markets.SVB Securities had not been included in Silicon Valley Bank's bankruptc...
New Zealand's economy has fallen into a recession, according to official data released Thursday, with a damaging cyclone fuelling a widespread downturn just months before a national election.Stats NZ signalled the economy had contracted 0.1 percent in the first quarter, after a fall of 0.7 perce...
The United States (US) on Friday announced a $2.1-billion military aid package for Ukraine, just as Kyiv appeared to be opening its long-awaited counter-offensive aimed at driving Russia from the country.The package included missiles for Patriot air defense systems, artillery rounds, drones and lase...
Donald Trump said Thursday he has been indicted over his handling of classified documents after leaving office, the US ex-president's most serious legal threat yet as a firestorm of criminal investigations imperil his bid for a second White House term."The corrupt Biden Administration has i...
The White House denied a report Thursday that China is planning to set up a surveillance base just off US shores in Cuba.The Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing and Havana have entered into a secret agreement for a Chinese electronic eavesdropping facility on the Caribbean island that could mo...
US President Joe Biden will host NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for talks on June 12, one month before the military alliance's summit, with Ukraine atop the agenda, the White House announced Wednesday.White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the pair would review preparations for...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced a world-first summit on artificial intelligence, seeking a leading role for the UK in limiting potential doomsday risks as he visited Washington.Sunak will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday for talks during which he will...
A conservative US think tank urged a federal judge on Tuesday to order the release of the immigration records of Britain's Prince Harry, who was awarded a visa despite the admission in his memoir that he had used illegal drugs.Lawyers for the Washington-based Heritage Foundation are seeking the ...
Republican former New Jersey governor Chris Christie jumped into the 2024 race for the White House on Tuesday, positioning himself as a political knife-fighter and the only candidate willing to take on frontrunner Donald Trump.Christie, who filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission be...
Two people were killed and five injured Tuesday during a shooting near a high school graduation in the US state of Virginia, police said, the latest in an epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country.The shooting took place around 5 pm (2100 GMT) outside a theater in the state capital of Richmond...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak flew in toWashington late Tuesday lobbying for Britain to take a lead role inregulating artificial intelligence, after a dire warning of the technology'sexistential dangers.Sunak will meet President Joe Biden on Thursday for a White House summit,pledging unstinting ...
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday renewed calls for Israel to ensure independence of its judiciary, after major protests against changes pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Harris spoke at a gala reception to mark 75 years of the Jewish state organized by the Israeli embassy at a mu...
A sonic boom that echoed over Washington Sunday was caused by two fighter jets scrambling to intercept an unresponsive aircraft that later crashed in rural Virginia, officials told AFP.Residents of the city and its suburbs reported hearing the thundering noise, which rattled windows and shook walls ...
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