asmhemu@gmail.co
World,Back Page
A new trove of files related to the November 1963 assassination of US president John F. Kennedy was released on Thursday, but the White House held some documents back, citing national security concerns.The National Archives said a total of 12,879 documents had been made public in the lates...
Business & Commerce
The World Bank on Thursday announced a $2 billion package to support Ukraine's private sector, in a bid to help pave the way for reconstruction amid the devastation resulting from Russia's invasion.The latest package by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the bank's development ...
World
The Pentagon is finalizing plans to send Patriot missile batteries that can shoot down incoming missiles to Ukraine, US media reported Tuesday.As Russia has ramped up missile strikes on key Ukrainian infrastructure, the administration of President Joe Biden could announce the deployment as early as ...
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years.After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles (40,000 ki...
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner were thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany, according to a top US official and media reports.The swap of Griner for co...
After making a close pass at the Moon and venturing further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft, NASA's Orion capsule is due to splash down Sunday in the final test of a high-stakes mission called Artemis.As it hurtles into Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles (40,000 ...
The US government is sending its first high-level delegation to China since a pledge made last month by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden to repair frayed relations.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will join National Security Counc...
Oil giants have "greenwashed" their public image while locking in fossil fuel production for years to come, potentially foiling moves to prevent climate change, said a US House committee memo released Friday.The document follows an investigation on allegations that the fossil fuel industry...
A US judge dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Washington federal judge John Bates accepted a US government's stance that Prince Mohammed, who was designated prime ...
The external debt of developing economies has more than doubled from a decade ago to $9 trillion in 2021, the World Bank said Tuesday, warning the debt crisis facing these countries has intensified. The pandemic has forced many countries to take on more borrowing, and World Bank President David...
A drop in exports helped widen the US trade gap in October, government figures showed Tuesday, with decreases seen in shipments of industrial supplies and consumer goods. The overall trade deficit rose $4 billion to $78.2 billion in October, Commerce Department data showed, slightly more than e...
President Joe Biden will make a decision on whether he seeks a second term in 2024 "shortly" after the new year, his chief of staff, Ron Klain, said Monday.Speaking at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit, Klain said Biden had been consulting with his family. At 80 he is alread...
Entertainment & Glomour
Kirstie Alley, the two-time Emmy-winning actor who starred in the hit television sitcom "Cheers", died Monday after a battle with cancer, her family said. She was 71."We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, onl...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Sunday to oppose Israeli settlements or annexation in the West Bank, but promised to judge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's incoming government by actions and not personalities.Netanyahu is expected within days to return to power after sealing a coal...
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia's Vladimir Putin to make peace.Following lengthy Oval Office talks they also signaled they'd calmed the waters on a burgeoning ...
The United States (US) on Thursday announced it was designating South Asian Al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban leaders as terrorists, vowing action as alarms grow over Afghanistan.The targeted jihadists including four leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a regional branch of the jihadi...
The world must drastically increase financing for nature-based solutions to meet key climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals, a United Nations report said Thursday.The report comes as delegates from nearly 200 countries prepare to meet in Montreal next week to hammer out a new global biodi...
The US Treasury Department said on Wednesday it complied with a court order to make former president Donald Trump's tax returns, which he has long fought to keep under wraps, available to a congressional committee.The 76-year-old Trump, who recently announced he will seek the presidency again in...
French President Emmanuel Macron was set to meet President Joe Biden on Wednesday, at the start of a state visit highlighting the countries' strategic ties but also fears of a transatlantic trade war.Macron and his wife Brigitte arrived late Tuesday for a two-day stay in Washington, before finis...
World,Front Page
Certain provisions in US President Joe Biden's landmark climate action plan, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), have provoked strong responses from the European Union, which fears it could hurt its industry.With the IRA set to be one of the main topics discussed during French President Emmanuel ...
Page 20 of 29, showing 20 results out of 575 total
