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Biden stalls on menthol cigarette ban fearing Black vote backlash

Health secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement the matter "has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of feedback, including from various elements of the civil rights and criminal justice movement.

2 days ago
Americas

Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction is overturned by top New York court

In a bitterly divided 4-3 ruling, the state Court of Appeals said the trial judge made a critical mistake by letting women testify that Weinstein assaulted them, even though their accusations were not part of the charges he faced. ...

2 days ago
Americas

Biden's re-election campaign won't stop using TikTok

The decision comes as many young and left-leaning voters, a significant part of the user base for the short-video app, are agitated over Biden's handling of the war in Gaza and protests have escalated across universities around the country. ...

4 days ago

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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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.  

2 months ago
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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.

2 months 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. 

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

2 months 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.

3 months 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.

3 months 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."

3 months 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.

3 months 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.  

3 months 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.

3 months 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."

3 months 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.

3 months 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".

3 months 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.

3 months 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."

3 months 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.

3 months 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.

4 months ago
Americas

I have not read Hitler's 'Mein Kampf': Trump

In a rally in Iowa, Trump - the clear frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination - repeated language he has used in recent campaign events about illegal immigrants that has been criticized for being xenophobic and similar to language used by Hitler.

4 months ago
Americas

Canada print media to get two-thirds of Google's payment to news outlets

At the end of November, after months of negotiations, Ottawa and Google announced a "historic" agreement, where the tech giant would pay Canadian media companies compensation for the loss of advertising revenue. 

4 months ago
Americas

Harvard faculty rally around beleaguered university president Claudine Gay

A concisely worded petition was signed by at least 570 professors and was delivered Sunday evening to the 13-member Harvard Corporation, which has the power to fire university president Claudine Gay. More professors indicated they also wanted to sign, according to a co-author of the petition.

4 months ago
Americas

Washington Post staff to strike on Thursday

The strike comes after 18 months of failed talks to reach a new deal over pay, remote work, and other conditions -- and after the daily, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, warned more layoffs were possible.

4 months ago

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