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FCC reviewing Disney's ABC station licenses after Jimmy Kimmel joke

The standoff between President Donald Trump's administration and the global entertainment conglomerate is the first crisis facing Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro.

1 day ago
Americas

'Get down!' Panic and chaos at Washington's glitzy media gala

Trump was seated on the stage at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, the first time he attended as president, when loud bangs disrupted the revelry and caused him and others to look up in alarm. ...

4 days ago
Americas

Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN amid raging global wars

The nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), signed by almost all the countries on the planet, with notable exceptions like Israel, India, and Pakistan, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote complete disarmament, and to encourage cooperation on civilian nuclear projects. ...

4 days ago

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Biden trips, tumbles on Air Force stage

Biden, 80, who had delivered the commencement address to graduates of the military academy, had just shaken hands with a cadet and begun walking back to his seat when he fell.

2 years ago
Americas

US debt ceiling bill passes House with broad bipartisan support

The Republican-controlled House voted 314-117 to send the legislation to the Senate, which must enact the measure and get it to President Joe Biden's desk before a Monday deadline, when the federal government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills.

2 years ago
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Boeing 737 MAX relatives may pursue new compensation claims

Boeing in 2021 agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the fatal Ethiopian 737 MAX crash. In February, the US planemaker sought to exclude any evidence of pain and suffering that passengers may have experienced before the crash.

2 years ago
Americas

At 100, Kissinger basks in US praise with no accountability

From opening the door to communist China to plotting an endgame to the Vietnam War to unapologetically backing dictators who were anti-Soviet, Kissinger wielded influence like few before or after him, serving as both top diplomat and security advisor to presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

2 years ago
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US, Microsoft warn Chinese hackers attacking 'critical' infrastructure

Microsoft highlighted Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean with a vital military outpost, as one of the targets, but said "malicious" activity had also been detected elsewhere in the United States.

2 years ago
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Deep in the Amazon, scientists race against time to identify unknown pathogens

The next deadly virus that spreads around the world could easily come from a bat that roosts in or around the caves being explored by Thiago Bernardi Vieira.

2 years ago
Americas

YouTuber who staged plane crash faces up to 20 years jail

In a video seen by nearly three million people and entitled "I crashed my airplane," Trevor Jacob appears to experience engine trouble while flying over southern California in November 2021.

2 years ago
Americas

Suspect in killing of 5 Texas neighbors caught after 4-day manhunt

A man suspected of killing five neighbors in Texas over complaints of noise he was making by firing his gun outside at night was arrested in a neighboring town on Tuesday after a massive, four-day manhunt, a county sheriff said.

2 years ago
Americas

Google clashes with Brazil over disinformation bill

The Brazilian government has accused Google of “manipulating” search results to display content opposed to the bill more prominently – a charge the company has denied.

2 years ago
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Paraguay's conservatives score big election win, defusing Taiwan fears

Paraguay's ruling candidate Santiago Pena, 44, scored a big win in the country's presidential election on Sunday, tightening the conservative Colorado Party's political grip in the country and defusing fears about the end of diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

2 years ago
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Five people shot dead in Texas home after noise complaint, police say

Police were still looking for the suspect, who used an AR-15-style rifle in the shooting late inside the neighbors' home on Friday, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said.

3 years ago
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Biden, 80, makes 2024 presidential run official: "Let's finish this job"

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest U.S. president ever, another four years in office.

3 years ago
Americas

US abortion providers relieved but wary as Supreme Court preserves pill access

Abortion rights supporters expressed relief on Friday after the US Supreme Court preserved access to a widely used abortion pill but warned of a long fight ahead as a legal challenge to the medication continues.

3 years ago
Americas

Pope loses verified status on Twitter, US basketball star LeBron James remains

Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses.

3 years ago
Americas

In meeting with big economies, Biden announces more funds to fight climate change

President Joe Biden announced plans to increase US funding to help developing countries fight climate change and curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest during a meeting on Thursday with leaders from the world's largest economies.

3 years ago
Americas

Vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr launches US Democratic presidential bid

Kennedy has been banned from YouTube and Instagram for spreading misinformation about vaccines and the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 years ago
Americas

Location, location, location: US manufacturing boom has a real estate problem

Volkswagen's off-road brand Scout Motors studied 74 different parcels of land across the US last summer as it hunted for a place to build a $2 billion assembly plant. It quickly eliminated almost all of them.

3 years ago
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New Israeli spyware targets journalists, politicians: watchdog

The spyware and related exploit or hacking software was created by the little-known firm QuaDream Ltd, which was established by a former Israeli military official and veterans of NSO Group, the creator of Pegasus, according to Citizen Lab.

3 years ago
Americas

Biden ends US Covid emergency status

The White House said Biden signed a law passed earlier by Congress "which terminates the national emergency related to the Covid-19 pandemic."

3 years ago
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US searches for source of highly classified intel leak

Officials say the breadth of topics addressed in the documents, which touch on the war in Ukraine, China, the Middle East and Africa, suggest they may have been leaked by an American rather than an ally. 

3 years ago
Americas

After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR and BBC 'government-funded'

Elon Musk's social media network has also applied that new label to the BBC, which is funded predominantly by British households paying a license fee.

3 years ago
Americas

US Supreme Court justice defends lavish trips to Indonesia, New Zealand

Staunch conservative Thomas was a guest of megadonor Harlan Crow for yachting in New Zealand, private jet flights across the globe and regular stays at Crow's properties in the United States, the ProPublica news outlet reported.

3 years ago
Americas

Federal judge in Texas blocks abortion pill in US

If it stands, the ruling by a Donald Trump appointee would reverse permission granted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a drug widely used to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

3 years ago
Americas

Biden proposal limits bans on transgender athletes

The proposed change to Title IX is likely to revive debates about transgender rights, particularly in sports. Across the country, there has been a push by conservative US lawmakers to prevent transgender women from participating in school sports.

3 years ago
Americas

Twitter tags US radio NPR as 'state-affiliated'

The designation of "state-affiliated media" for Washington-based National Public Radio -- a label also applied to government-owned Chinese and Russian outlets -- comes just days after Twitter stripped The New York Times of its verified status on the platform, the first sign of Musk's updated policies for news media.

3 years ago
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Donald Trump has been booked and charged - what happens now?

But any potential trial could be more than a year away. That raises the possibility that the former US president could face a jury in a Manhattan courtroom as he seeks a return to the White House - or even after the November 2024 election.

3 years ago
Americas

The porn star, the president and $130,000 in 'hush money'

That meeting has now culminated in the first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States, and on Tuesday Trump will be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken by officials as he is arraigned in New York City.

3 years ago
Americas

Trump to fly to New York for court surrender

Trump, the first former US president to face criminal charges, is due to be arraigned, fingerprinted and photographed at the downtown Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday. His lawyers have said he will enter a plea of not guilty. 

3 years ago
Americas

New York Times loses Twitter verification on main account

Musk took over the microblogging platform last year and made a priority of opening the "blue checkmark," indicating an authentic account, to paying subscribers.

3 years ago
Americas

Trump 'shocked' by indictment but 'ready to fight'

The 76-year-old Trump, who is hoping to recapture the White House in 2024, chimed in with attacks on the prosecutors who brought the charges against him and even the judge expected to hear the case.

3 years ago
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