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Gunman killed by US Secret Service after opening fire near White House

A gunman opened fire near the White House on Saturday evening, with US Secret Service agents killing the assailant in a shoot-out during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said.

2 days ago
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Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official

Trump said that Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas, a former CIA officer and analyst who served on the National Security Council during Trump's first term, would become acting director. ...

3 days ago
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Bolivians demand president's resignation in new mass protest

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz came to power six months ago, in the midst of the country's worst economic crisis since the 1980s, marked by acute shortages of fuel and foreign currency and runaway inflation. ...

3 days ago

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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How two weather balloons led Mexico to ban solar geoengineering

On an April day, the founder of a U.S. startup called Make Sunsets stood outside a camper van in Mexico’s Baja California and released two weather balloons containing sulfur dioxide into the air, letting them float towards the stratosphere.

3 years ago
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No handcuffs and a not-guilty plea when Trump surrenders, his lawyers say

Susan Necheles, another Trump attorney, said the former president will plead not guilty.

3 years ago
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Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president

The charges, arising from an investigation led by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, could reshape the 2024 presidential race.

3 years ago
Americas

UN adopts landmark resolution on climate justice

Cheers rang out as the measure -- hailed as a victory for the climate justice movement which hopes it will increase pressure on polluting countries failing to address the global warming emergency -- was greenlighted by consensus.

3 years ago
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Alphabet seeks dismissal of US antitrust lawsuit over Google's online ads

Google parent Alphabet asked a US federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising.

3 years ago
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Biden widens net in new democracy summit

President Joe Biden took office pledging to champion democracy, and in his first year made good with the inaugural summit, which sought to reaffirm US leadership after his predecessor Donald Trump eroded democratic norms and the attack on the Capitol. 

3 years ago
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TikTok CEO says company at 'pivotal moment' as some US lawmakers seek ban

Chinese-owned short video app TikTok faces a "pivotal moment" as a growing number of US lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns, CEO Shou Zi Chew said.

3 years ago
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Trump expects 'arrest' on Tuesday, calls for protests

"Leading Republican candidate & former President of the United States of America will be arrested on Tuesday of next week," the 76-year-old billionaire said Saturday on his Truth Social platform, adding: "Protest, take our nation back!"

3 years ago
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Amid US pressure on fentanyl, Mexico raises drug lab raids data

Mexico's army has dramatically revised upward the number of drug lab raids it says it conducted under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to government data and leaked military documents reviewed by Reuters.

3 years ago
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Taiwan warns Honduras against 'poison' of aid from China

Taiwan warned Honduras on Thursday not to be tempted by the "poison" of aid from China no matter how indebted it was and ruled out getting involved in a bidding war for diplomatic allies with its mainland rival.

3 years ago
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Honduras president says govt to seek official relations with China

Honduran President Xiomara Castro said on Tuesday she had instructed the country's foreign minister to bring about the opening of official relations with China, a move that threatens to further diminish Taiwan's dwindling pool of allies.

3 years ago
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Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since financial crisis, billions stranded

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank failure since the financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets and stranded billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors.

3 years ago
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US, EU to launch talks on free-trade-like status, easing EV trade dispute: Sources

US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to agree on Friday to begin negotiations on ensuring free-trade agreement-like status for the European Union, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

3 years ago
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Venezuela's own superhero

Super-Bigote is Spanish for Super-Mustache, an allusion to the famous bushy lip growth the cartoon character shares with Maduro, and from where he draws the power that makes him "indestructible."

3 years ago
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FBI director says China lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday the agency has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, likely caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 years ago
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White House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban

"Meetings have already been set and probably we may have the Japanese and the Australians join in," Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez told Reuters. 

3 years ago
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Sea ice in Antarctic at record low: US data center

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder said that Antarctica's sea ice fell to 1.79 million square kilometers (691,000 million square miles) on February 21.

3 years ago
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Indonesian Air Force receives first C-130J Super Hercules

United States defense giant Lockheed Martin handed over one C-130J-30 Super Hercules heavy transport aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force during a ceremony in Marietta, Georgia, the United States, on Tuesday.

3 years ago
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