US readies new tariffs as Trump’s 10% levy to expire
AFP, Washington
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
New Air Force One to be ‘maxed out’
AFP, Joint Base Andrews
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Rubio, Lebanese president hold talks in Washington
AFP, Washington
20 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Influencer Andrew Tate and brother arrested in Miami
AFP, Washington
19 July 2026, 11:28 AM USA
Civilian targets hit as war in ME flares
Reuters, Washington/Cairo
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
November Midterm / Trump blames China for 2020 meddling
Reuters, Washington
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA
Trump revives election fraud claims ahead of US midterms
AFP, Washington
17 July 2026, 09:13 AM USA
US limits stays of students, journalists
Reuters, Washington
17 July 2026, 00:00 AM USA

Musk says cage fight with Zuckerberg will be in Italy

Elon Musk said Friday that his much-hyped cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg would take place in Italy, as authorities there confirmed talks about hosting a “great charity event.”
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM

US to invest $1.2b on facilities to pull carbon from air

The US government said Friday it will spend up to $1.2 billion for two pioneering facilities to vacuum carbon out of the air, a historic gamble on a still developing technology to combat global warming that is criticized by some experts.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM

China a ‘ticking time bomb’: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Thursday called China a “ticking time bomb” because of its economic challenges and said the country was in trouble because of weak growth.
11 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Hawaii fire death toll hits 53, expected to rise

A terrifying wildfire that scorched a historic Hawaiian town and left it in charred ruins has killed at least 53 people, authorities said Thursday, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the US state's history.
11 August 2023, 04:03 AM

US judge sets hearing on evidence in Trump's 2020 election case

A federal judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election has ordered his attorneys and federal prosecutors to appear in court on Friday for a hearing to help determine how evidence can be used and shared in the case
9 August 2023, 02:29 AM

US welcomes transformation of DSA to Cyber Security Act

Washington has welcomed Dhaka's decision to "transform" the Digital Security Act
8 August 2023, 04:48 AM

Washington shuts US government offices due to threatening weather

US government offices in the Washington DC area closed early on Monday because of threatening weather as forecasters warned people across the eastern US of possible tornadoes, damaging winds and large hailstones
8 August 2023, 03:55 AM

Trump says prosecutors seeking to restrict his free speech rights

Donald Trump pushed back on Monday against a bid by government lawyers to restrict what he can share publicly about his historic prosecution for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election
8 August 2023, 03:02 AM

Trump to seek new judge in election conspiracy trial

Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington
7 August 2023, 03:37 AM

Citing threatening Trump post, US prosecutors seek protective order

Prosecutors have asked a US judge to limit information Donald Trump can publicly discuss regarding the latest indictments against him, citing a threatening post by the ex-president that his campaign defended Saturday as "political speech"
6 August 2023, 02:51 AM

‘Interstellar shout’ brings back Voyager 2

Nasa has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to send an “interstellar shout” that righted the distant probe’s antenna orientation, the space agency said.
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Ridiculous’

Former president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday, dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty.”
5 August 2023, 18:00 PM

New York park erupts in chaos as live streamer's giveaway goes awry

Thousands of people overran New York City's Union Square and the surrounding streets on Friday in a chaotic scene after a popular live streamer announced a "giveaway" event, with police struggling to contain fans throwing projectiles and injuring officers
5 August 2023, 07:51 AM

Six white US police officers admit torturing Black men

Six white Mississippi police officers tortured two innocent Black men using a sex toy, Tasers and a sword in an hours-long attack that ended with one man shot through the mouth and neck, the US Department of Justice said Thursday.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump pleads not guilty

Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election and defraud the American people.
4 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump pleads not guilty of plotting to overturn election loss

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what US prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine the pillars of American democracy
4 August 2023, 03:51 AM

Massive ancient whale fossil discovered in Peru

A newly discovered whale that lived nearly 40 million years ago could be the heaviest animal to have ever lived, based on a partial skeleton found in Peru, scientists said on Wednesday.
3 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump set to appear in court

Donald Trump was expected to appear in court yesterday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee.
3 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Trump set to appear in court to face election conspiracy charges

Donald Trump is expected to appear in court on Thursday to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee
3 August 2023, 02:55 AM

Jan 6 Indictment: Trump unbowed, woos supporters

Donald Trump sought to spin his latest indictments into a 2024 campaign pitch yesterday, with the former US president arguing government “corruption” and the legal attacks against him have plunged America into decline.
2 August 2023, 18:00 PM