Biden warns of responses if North Korea escalates, but open to diplomacy

President Joe Biden said yesterday the United States remained open to diplomacy with North Korea despite its missile tests this week, but warned there would be responses if North Korea escalates matters.
25 March 2021, 19:36 PM

Biden names Harris to lead efforts with Mexico, Central America, to stem migrant flow

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Vice President Kamala Harris to lead US efforts with Mexico and Central America’s Northern Triangle countries to try to stem the flow of migration to the United States.
25 March 2021, 05:07 AM

Biden considers executive actions on guns, calls on Congress to pass weapons ban

US President Joe Biden urged Congress to swiftly pass gun control laws and may take action on his own to stop mass violence, the White House said, a day after the second deadly mass shooting in a week.
24 March 2021, 02:08 AM

Colorado supermarket shooter kills 10, including police officer

A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including a police officer, before being arrested, marking the second deadly US mass shooting in less than a week.
23 March 2021, 04:22 AM

A rapid Covid-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states

Despite the clamor to speed up the US vaccination drive against Covid-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better.
22 March 2021, 03:56 AM

Biden, Harris condemn US racism, sexism in blunt language

US President Joe Biden took aim at the “ugly poisons” of “systemic racism and white supremacy” that he said had long plagued the United States, and vowed to change the laws that enabled continued discrimination.
22 March 2021, 02:29 AM

Chicago suburb's plan to pay Black residents reparations could be a national model

Decades ago, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Cordelia Clark ran a restaurant out of her kitchen and parked cabs for her taxi company in her backyard because Black residents were effectively barred from owning or renting storefronts in town.
21 March 2021, 14:20 PM

‘Tough’ US-China talks signal rocky start to relations under Biden

US and Chinese officials concluded what Washington called “tough and direct” talks in Alaska, which laid bare the depth of tensions between the world’s two largest economies at the outset of the Biden administration.
20 March 2021, 01:37 AM

Top American, Chinese diplomats clash publicly at start of first talks of Biden presidency

The United States and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display during the meeting’s opening session in Alaska.
19 March 2021, 01:22 AM

Man charged with killing 8 people at Georgia’s Atlanta-area spas

Georgia authorities charged a man with the fatal shootings of eight people, including six Asian women, at Atlanta-area spas, and the violence heightened fears among Asian Americans already rattled by a rise in hate crimes directed at them since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
18 March 2021, 03:14 AM

Biden administration crafting plan to reset US ties with Palestinians: sources

The Biden administration is crafting a plan aimed at resetting US ties with the Palestinians that all but collapsed under former President Donald Trump, according to an internal draft memo.
18 March 2021, 01:09 AM

Robinhood appoints former Google executive as chief product officer

Robinhood Markets Inc has appointed former Google executive Aparna Chennapragada as its chief product officer, a blog post by the firm showed yesterday.
17 March 2021, 19:27 PM

Eight shot dead at three day spas in US state of Georgia, suspect arrested

Eight people, including at least six Asian women, were shot dead at three day spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area, police said, and man suspected of carrying out all of the attacks has been taken into custody.
17 March 2021, 03:07 AM

US report says Russia, with Putin's knowledge, meddled in 2020 election

Russian President Vladimir Putin knew of and likely directed a Russian effort to manipulate the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign to benefit former President Donald Trump with “misleading or unsubstantiated allegations” against challenger Joe Biden, U.S. intelligence officials said yesterday.
16 March 2021, 20:04 PM

Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American US Cabinet secretary

US Representative Deb Haaland has been confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency and securing a central role in President Joe Biden’s sweeping plans to fight climate change.
16 March 2021, 00:53 AM

Top US officials head to Asia to boost alliances in first foreign trip

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin arrive in Tokyo on Monday on their first overseas trip, looking to rally key Asian allies as a bulwark to China.
15 March 2021, 07:18 AM

US woman arrested for assault on Uber driver over face mask

A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted after he demanded a passenger wear a mask, police announced.
13 March 2021, 08:39 AM

First US stimulus payments to hit bank accounts this weekend: officials

Americans will see the first direct deposits from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package hit their bank accounts this weekend, Treasury and Internal Revenue Service officials said on Friday.
13 March 2021, 06:15 AM

George Floyd's family receives $27 million settlement from Minneapolis over his death

The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of George Floyd over his death in police custody, a case that stirred national protests over racial injustice and police brutality.
13 March 2021, 06:05 AM

Biden to meet virtually with leaders of Japan, India, Australia

US President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Friday with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, the White House said on Tuesday, the first leader-level meeting of a four-country group seen as part of efforts to balance China’s growing military and economic power.
10 March 2021, 04:45 AM