Seven hundred Marines, normally used as crack troops in foreign conflictsl, along with 4,000 National Guard soldiers are tasked with protecting federal buildings, while local police handle protests over Trump's sweeps for undocumented migrants.
16 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto received a 15-minute phone call from United States President Donald Trump on Thursday evening, during which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and supporting global stability, just days before Prabowo is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. ...
19 hours agoMore than 1,000 people massed Wednesday in America's second biggest city, for a sixth day of protests, with the crowd peaceful as they marched through the streets. ...
2 days agoIndonesia voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Wednesday condemning Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian territories, in a departure from its previously noncommittal stance on the war.
2 years agoTwo people were wounded: a police officer who was treated and released and a person in hospital in critical condition, a police spokesman said.
2 years agoThe 79-year-old Democrat was asked if he'd be announcing a run for a second term after November's midterm elections -- and if Trump would be a factor in his decision.
2 years ago"My deep condolences to Novita’s family and friends in Indonesia who are suffering due to the tragedy in the United States. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and we have faith that justice will prevail," Kim said in a tweet on Tuesday.
2 years agoNovita Brazil, 25, was working on her computer in her bedroom at Bald Mountain Drive at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday when the house came under intense fire, local news outlet mysanantonio.com reported.
2 years ago"About 60 hectares were affected, including some moai," according to a Twitter post by Carolina Perez, Chile's cultural heritage undersecretary.
2 years ago"I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana," Biden said.
2 years agoLula, the veteran leftist seeking a presidential comeback, had 48.4 percent of the vote to 43.2 percent for the far-right president with more than 99 percent of polling station results in, according to the Superior Electoral Tribunal.
2 years agoIt was the first Chinese network Meta has disrupted that focused on US politics ahead of crucial midterm elections in November, global threat intelligence lead Ben Nimmo said during a press briefing.
2 years agoForeign Minister Retno LP Marsudi used her speech on the last day of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday to warn the world against getting dragged into another global war, offer up a “new paradigm of collaboration” to avert it and call for imminent UN reforms.
2 years agoWith just days to go until the first-round vote on Oct. 2, Lula is ahead in the polls against President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who has sought to discredit Brazil's electronic voting system. Critics fear Bolsonaro may follow the example of former US President Donald Trump and refuse to accept an electoral defeat.
2 years agoBoeing agreed to the penalty to settle charges it "negligently violated the antifraud provisions" of US securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement, saying the company and its leader "put profits over people."
2 years agoMalpass appeared at an event hosted by the New York Times at Climate Week in New York City on Tuesday and was asked whether he believes that the "manmade burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet." Malpass tried at first to dodge the question but later said: "I don't even know. I'm not a scientist."
2 years agoIndonesia has raised the alarm on a potential fertilizer shortage that could jeopardize the food security of billions of people worldwide, as tougher Russia sanctions are sought even amid fears of disastrous harvests next year.
2 years agoThe first in-person United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic kicked off in New York on Tuesday with an air of pessimism over the state of multilateralism at the institution, despite hopes that the end of virtual meetings would reinvigorate global diplomacy.
2 years ago"The pandemic is over," Biden said during an interview conducted with CBS' "60 Minutes" program on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show, an event which drew thousands of visitors.
2 years agoPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s absence at the United Nations General Assembly speculated to be caused by economic and political instability, will result in diplomatic losses, experts have said.
2 years ago"Everyone wants me to run. I am leading in the polls," Trump said in an excerpt of an interview with NDTV to be broadcast in full later on Thursday.
2 years agoThe stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and certain to reverberate throughout the country, which is unaccustomed to bouts of mass violence more commonly seen in the United States.
2 years agoWhile nearly 80 percent of Chileans voted to draft a new constitution in 2020, nearly 62 percent of voters rejected the new text with 99.74 percent of ballot boxes counted.
2 years agoThe United States and Indonesia have agreed on a framework for accelerating the latter’s renewable energy deployment this decade following a meeting between the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan on Thursday.
2 years ago"I know that he's obviously thinking about it, he hates seeing what's happening in the country," Jared Kushner told Sky News.
2 years agoSpeaking in Philadelphia, the cradle of US democracy, the president launched an extraordinary assault on those Republicans who embrace Trump's "Make America Great Again" ideology -- and urged his own supporters to fight back.
2 years agoRodgrigo Ventocilla, 32, was a Peruvian graduate student at Harvard celebrating his honeymoon in Bali. His death has outraged LGBT activists who have accused Peruvian diplomats of not doing enough to protect him.
2 years agoThe United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, will be held in November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Lula is the frontrunner in opinion polls ahead of Brazil's October election.
2 years agoThe survey by IPEC, formerly known as IBOPE, showed Lula with 44 percent of voter support against 32 percent for Bolsonaro in the first round of the election schedule for Oct. 2, the same percentage of a poll from two weeks ago.
2 years agoThe buzzword seems to have first surfaced in a July TikTok post. Are they slackers with a trendy new name? Or are they people at genuine risk of burnout -- who would do best to quit outright?
2 years agoThe Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry said it had not heard of any request for an official report from Peruvian authorities regarding events surrounding the detainment and subsequent death of a Peruvian transgender activist thought to be carrying narcotics in Bali earlier this month.
2 years agoOnce considered Republican royalty, the lawmaker from Wyoming has become a pariah in the party over her membership on the congressional panel investigating the January 6 assault on the US Capitol -- and Trump's role in fanning the flames.
2 years agoJust hours after Friday's attack at a literary event in western New York state, the British author had undergone emergency surgery for potentially life-threatening injuries.
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