The Trump administration welcomed on Monday 59 white South Africans it granted refugee status in the US, having deemed them victims of racial discrimination, while drawing criticism from Democrats and stirring confusion in South Africa.
34 minutes agoDonald Trump on Sunday defended plans to receive a new Air Force One as a gift, after reports he will accept a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar despite strict rules on presents for US presidents. ...
1 day agoIn the verdant suburb of Philadelphia, locals, professors and students reveled as Cardinal Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday. ...
1 day agoChauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison in November.
1 year agoUS District Judge Tanya Chutkan found no legal basis for concluding that presidents cannot face criminal charges once they are no longer in office.
1 year agoSouth America's largest country is now one of roughly 100 countries that have signed onto the deal, according to a European official familiar with the matter.
1 year ago"Black Friday" will be followed by the newer "Cyber Monday," as the sector seeks to entice bargain-hunters.
1 year agoThe White House confirmed it had launched Threads accounts for the president, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, her husband Douglas Emhoff and the White House itself in English and Spanish.
1 year agoIn downtown Buenos Aires hundreds of Milei supporters honked horns and chanted his popular refrain against the political elite - "out with all of them" - as rock music played from speakers. Some people set off fireworks as excitement spread.
1 year agoHis birthday will turn an unwelcome spotlight on the fact that the Democrat is the oldest president in American history -- and that if he wins a second term next year he will be 86 by the time he leaves.
1 year agoNonprofit group Media Matters added Apple, Disney, Comcast, Lionsgate Entertainment, and Paramount Global to its list of companies pausing advertising on X.
1 year agoAmong the key outcomes of the leaders’ summit were a resumption of military-to-military cooperation and the creation of a task force to curb the production of fentanyl.
1 year agoIndonesia’s recently elevated status as the United States’ comprehensive strategic partner remains insufficient as a means to boost Jakarta’s standing among Washington’s trading partners, analysts have said.
1 year agoThe leaders of the world's biggest economies shook hands and smiled as they met at a historic estate near San Francisco for their first talks in a year, and wrapped up the four-hour summit with a walk in the garden.
1 year agoThe leaders of the world's two largest economies have known each other for over a decade and have shared hours of conversation in six interactions since Biden's January 2021 inauguration.
1 year agoThe Chinese severed military-to-military contacts with the United States in a fit of pique after then-House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022.
1 year agoJokowi and Biden announced on Tuesday that the Indonesia-US bilateral partnership would be elevated from a strategic partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership (CSP).
1 year agoBiden is expected to outline progress on IPEF which will bring together three of the world's largest five economies -- the United States, Japan and India -- as well as Australia, South Korea and much of Southeast Asia, but not China.
1 year agoAbortion rights could also appear directly on 2024 ballots in states including Arizona and Florida, as they did in Ohio on Tuesday.
1 year agoIn Ohio, a state that voted for Republican Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election, voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, Edison Research projected.
1 year agoLawmakers first heard from Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan on Sept. 13 when he presented two specimens in a first-of-its-kind congressional event on UFOs, or FANIs in Spanish. Maussan said the bodies, believed to have been found near Peru's ancient Nazca lines, were not related to any life on Earth.
1 year agoTwenty-two Democrats joined with most Republicans in the chamber to censure Tlaib for allegedly "promoting false narratives" on Hamas' Oct. 7 gun rampage in Israel and "calling for the destruction of the state of Israel."
1 year agoOver roughly four hours on the witness stand, Trump often avoided direct answers, instead bragging about his properties and his wealth.
1 year agoThe Democratic incumbent's numbers look especially bleak among people of color and young voters, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.
1 year agoPresident Joe Biden has promised full support and ramped-up military aid to Israel for its retaliatory strikes in Gaza, but in a visible shift of tone has also voiced empathy for Palestinian suffering which has stoked anger in parts of the world.
1 year agoBoth Democrats and Republicans in Congress want to promptly adopt military aid for Israel, a long-standing US partner at war with Hamas.
1 year agoThe 80-year-old Democrat is already the oldest president in American history, and if he wins a second term next year he will be 86 when he leaves the White House.
1 year agoThe White House has scrambled to address concerns raised by community members and political appointees within the administration. Biden met with a handful of Muslim leaders last Thursday, a White House official said.
1 year agoThe South American country had previously cut diplomatic ties with Israel in 2009 under the government of leftist President Evo Morales, also in protest of Israel's actions in Gaza.
1 year agoThe suite of applications would be immediately removed from government-issued devices and users will be blocked from downloading them in the future, said a statement.
1 year agoThe accord follows deals the union reached in recent days with Ford Motor and Chrysler-owner Stellantis- significant victories for auto workers after years of stagnant wages and painful concessions following the 2008 financial crisis.
1 year agoAt Ford, the new deal includes $8.1 billion in manufacturing investments and could give workers up to $70,000 in extra pay over the 4-1/2-year life of the contract.
1 year agoThe Central American country of 6.3 million people goes to the polls on February 4.
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