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Colombia's potential presidential contender shot, suspect arrested

Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, was shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to the government and his party, as his wife said he was fighting for his life in hospital.

14 hours ago
Americas

Trump deploys National Guard over LA immigration protests

The US president took federal control of California's state military to push soldiers into the country's second-biggest city, where they could face off against demonstrators. It is a rare move that Governor Gavin Newsom said was "purposefully inflammatory." ...

14 hours ago
Americas

Trump threatens Musk with 'serious consequences' in spending bill row

US President Donald Trump threatened his former advisor Elon Musk with "serious consequences" Saturday if the tech billionaire seeks to punish Republicans who vote for a controversial spending bill. ...

15 hours ago

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US House to vote on TikTok ban

The legislation is the biggest threat yet to the video-sharing app, which has surged to huge popularity across the world all while causing intense nervousness amongst governments and security officials about its Chinese ownership and its potential subservience to the Communist Party in Beijing.

1 year ago
Americas

Putin says Russia will work with any elected US leader

"We do not interfere in any way in any elections," Putin told Russian state media in a wide-ranging interview. "And, as I have said many times, we will work with any leader who is trusted by the American people, the American voter."

1 year ago
Americas

Wheel falls off US-to-Japan Boeing passenger jet

Video posted online shows the wheel dropping seconds after the United Airlines plane gets off the ground at San Francisco International Airport.  

1 year ago
Americas

Trump, Biden win Michigan primaries but Democrats mount Gaza protest vote

Although Biden and Republican former President Trump had been expected to easily win their separate party primaries, the vote count for both was being closely watched for signs of wavering support.

1 year ago
Americas

US airman dead after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy

The act was an escalation of recent protests across the United States against Israel's actions in Gaza, where with US support it is waging a war on the ruling Hamas group.

1 year ago
Americas

Trump wins South Carolina, swamping Nikki Haley in her home state

The former president had been widely favored to win the Southern state, with one opinion poll after another showing him holding a sizable lead despite his litany of criminal charges.

1 year ago
Americas

G20 says two-state solution only answer to Israel-Palestinian conflict

There were calls for a ceasefire and access to Gaza for humanitarian aid, while "many" countries criticized Israel's military offensive in Rafah.

1 year ago
Americas

'I'm a very proud Christian': Trump courts religious right

The casino-owning playboy, who has been accused of paying hush money to a porn star, is wildly popular with the religious right in the United States, despite a life story at odds with their apparent values.  

1 year ago
Americas premium

Indonesia decries ‘geopolitical nightmare’ ahead of ICJ appeal

Indonesia called on the G20 to play a collective role in pushing for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, de-escalating global tensions and preventing further alarm.

1 year ago
Americas

Mexicans turn out in droves to 'protect democracy' ahead of elections

The protests, one of several in recent years meant to "protect" the National Electoral Institute (INE), come after Lopez Obrador sent a sweeping package of constitutional reforms to Congress, which would include an overhaul of the INE. 

1 year ago
Americas

Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case

The lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Trump and his family businesses of overstating his net worth by as much $3.6 billion a year over a decade to fool bankers into giving him better loan terms.

1 year ago
Americas

US House Republicans win impeachment of Biden's top border official

The vote marked just the second time in US history, and the first time in almost 150 years, that the House has impeached a member of a president's Cabinet.

1 year ago
Americas

Disastrous oil spill in Trinidad after mystery shipwreck

At least 15 kilometers (nearly 10 miles) of coastline have been affected in Tobago and authorities were poised to declare a national emergency, Farley Augustine, chief secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly, told reporters.

1 year ago
Americas

Age, mental capacity dominates campaign trail after report questions Biden's memory

The issue of mental competency has become a major topic in this year's presidential campaign. Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, are the two oldest men respectively to have been elected president. In recent days, Biden has mixed up the names of some world leaders.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden mistakes dead leader for living one, again

The 81-year-old's gaffe late Wednesday came days after he said he had spoken to long-dead French president Francois Mitterrand, instead of current leader Emmanuel Macron, at the same G7 summit in June 2021 where he said he had met Kohl.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden lashes out over criticism of failing memory

Appearing on live television from the White House, Biden was furious over the report's claim that he was unable to remember even the date of his son Beau's death in 2015, as well as other key moments in his life.

1 year ago
Americas

Meta urged to update rules after fake Biden post

A video of Biden voting with his adult granddaughter, manipulated to falsely appear that he inappropriately touched her chest, went viral last year.

1 year ago
Americas

Trump leads Biden in election rematch, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

The nationwide poll of 1,250 US adults showed Trump leading Biden 40 percent to 34 percent with the rest unsure or planning to vote for someone else or no one. The poll had a margin of error of three percentage points.

1 year ago
Americas

Biden wobbles under weight of multiple open fronts around the world

Nearly one year after that triumphant appearance, the US president is instead facing the harsh realities of running for re-election while bogged down in one stagnant war and navigating the volatility of another, as the conflict in Gaza threatens at any moment to ignite the entire Middle East.

1 year ago
Americas

Trump cruises in New Hampshire primary election

"This race is far from over," she told her supporters at a post-election party in Concord, challenging Trump to debate her. "I'm a fighter. And I'm scrappy. And now we're the last one standing next to Donald Trump."

1 year ago
Americas

DeSantis ends election campaign, backs Trump

DeSantis's withdrawal, after months of weakening support, leaves only low-polling Nikki Haley standing between Trump and nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for the US presidential election in November.

1 year ago
Americas

Trump wins Iowa Republican caucuses

CNN and CBS rapidly predicted the result in Trump's favor over former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, although his victory margin was not immediately clear.  

1 year ago
Americas

Canadians worry democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds

The November US election is likely to pit President Joe Biden against Trump, who is the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination as voting in the presidential primary race kicks off in Iowa on Monday.

1 year ago
Americas

Pentagon chief Austin's doctors think he may need more care: White House

"We'll see, you know, when he can be released, but obviously they still feel like he may need some additional care. ... Part of that is just physical therapy," Kirby told CBS's "Face the Nation."

1 year ago
Americas

Disappearing Pentagon chief Austin puts Biden under fire

The 81-year-old Democrat has until now led a tightly disciplined White House with little of the merry-go-round of staff changes seen under Donald Trump, his predecessor and likely rival in a November rematch.

1 year ago
Americas

At least 10 killed in Ecuador's 'internal armed conflict'

At least 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on gangs as the country exploded in what President Daniel Noboa called an "internal armed conflict".

1 year ago
Americas

US grounds some Boeing MAX planes for safety checks after cabin emergency

A piece of fuselage tore off the left side of the jet as it climbed following takeoff from Portland, en route to Ontario, US, on Friday, forcing pilots to turn back and land safely with all 171 passengers and six crew on board.

1 year ago
Americas

US defense chief hospitalized due to medical complications

Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the evening of Jan. 1 "for complications following a recent elective medical procedure."

1 year ago
Americas

Harvard president says she was ousted by 'lies, insults'

Claudine Gay was engulfed by scandal after she declined to say unequivocally whether calling for genocide of Jews would violate Harvard's code of conduct, during testimony to US Congress last month.

1 year ago
Americas

New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft in copyright clash

Through their AI chatbots, the companies "seek to free-ride on The Times' massive investment in its journalism by using it to build substitutive products without permission or payment," the lawsuit said.

1 year ago
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