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US expresses concern over China nukes buildup

US expresses concern over China nukes buildup

REUTERS 2021-07-28 11:22:01

The Pentagon and Republican congressmen on Tuesday aired fresh concerns about China's build-up of its nuclear forces after a new report saying Beijing was building 110 more missile silos. An American...

US, China positions ossify at entrenched Tianjin talks

US, China positions ossify at entrenched Tianjin talks

REUTERS 2021-07-27 17:45:18

With no indication of a US-China leaders' summit in the works, nor any outcomes announced from high-level diplomatic talks on Monday, relations between Beijing and Washington appear to be at a standst...

Death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98

Death toll from Florida condominium collapse put at 98

Reuters 2021-07-27 16:52:38

Remains of the last person still listed as missing in the collapse of a Florida condominium tower on Jun 24 have been recovered and identified, bringing the final confirmed death toll to 98, Miami-Dad...

White House says US will not lift travel restrictions at this point

White House says US will not lift travel restrictions at this point

Reuters 2021-07-27 12:11:38

The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions "at this point" due to concerns over the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant and the rising number of US coronavirus cases, the...

Biden assures Afghan president of continued US support as Taliban pile pressure

Biden assures Afghan president of continued US support as Taliban pile pressure

Reuters 2021-07-24 10:07:52

With the last US forces on the way out of Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden assured President Ashraf Ghani of US diplomatic and humanitarian support on Friday as Taliban advances piled pressure on t...

US to drop charges against Chinese researcher arrested on visa fraud

US to drop charges against Chinese researcher arrested on visa fraud

Reuters 2021-07-23 10:42:43

The US Justice Department moved on Thursday to drop all charges against a Chinese researcher arrested last year over visa fraud in its "China Initiative" that aims to prevent the transfer of US techno...

Covid-19 pandemic drives US life expectancy fall

Covid-19 pandemic drives US life expectancy fall

BBC 2021-07-21 23:27:35

Life expectancy in the United States declined by a year-and-a-half during 2020, according to health officials. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data showed the average US lifespan dro...

Americas account for 40pc global Covid deaths, 25pc cases: WHO

Americas account for 40pc global Covid deaths, 25pc cases: WHO

-- 2021-07-21 22:26:25

North, Central and South Americas still bear the global burden of 40pc of Covid-19 fatalities and more than 25pc of cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Almost 1 million cases wer...

Trump ally arrested on foreign lobbying charges

Trump ally arrested on foreign lobbying charges

-- 2021-07-21 11:19:39

Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf o...

Jeff Bezos opens new era of private commercial space tourism

Jeff Bezos opens new era of private commercial space tourism

-- 2021-07-20 19:44:37

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned to Earth, a histor...

Socialist Castillo confirmed as president of Peru

Socialist Castillo confirmed as president of Peru

Reuters 2021-07-20 12:02:28

Peru's electoral authority on Monday named socialist Pedro Castillo as the country's next president, having officially won the June 6 runoff against right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, who accepted t...

US Covid cases rise, fuelling fears of resurgence

US Covid cases rise, fuelling fears of resurgence

REUTERS 2021-07-20 09:42:35

Swiftly rising coronavirus cases across the United States and abroad fueled fears of a pandemic resurgence on Monday and sent shockwaves through stock markets as the highly contagious Delta variant ap...

US, allies accuse China of global cyber hacking campaign

US, allies accuse China of global cyber hacking campaign

REUTERS 2021-07-19 20:25:06

The United States and a coalition of allies accused China on Monday of a global cyber hacking campaign that employed contract hackers, specifically attributing a large Microsoft attack disclosed earli...

Social media platforms killing people by allowing misinformation, Biden says

Social media platforms killing people by allowing misinformation, Biden says

-- 2021-07-17 18:14:12

US President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform, as the administratio...

US federal judge blocks new applications to DACA programme

US federal judge blocks new applications to DACA programme

REUTERS 2021-07-17 09:53:15

A US federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a programme that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation but said the hundreds of thous...

White House slams Facebook 'for not doing enough to tackle Covid misinformation'

White House slams Facebook 'for not doing enough to tackle Covid misinformation'

Reuters 2021-07-16 13:08:54

Facebook is not doing enough to stop the spread of false claims about Covid-19 and vaccines, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday, part of a new administration pushback on misinforma...

US Senate passes bill to ban import of products from China's Xinjiang

US Senate passes bill to ban import of products from China's Xinjiang

-- 2021-07-15 09:54:00

The US Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region, the latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what US officials say is an ongoing geno...

Facebook wants Lina Khan's recusal in antitrust case

Facebook wants Lina Khan's recusal in antitrust case

-- 2021-07-15 08:54:53

Facebook on Wednesday asked for the recusal of Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan from the FTC's antitrust case against the company, a step that could imperil the agency's lawsuit against it....

US puts new warning on J&J coronavirus vaccine

US puts new warning on J&J coronavirus vaccine

Reuters 2021-07-13 12:47:59

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday added a warning to the fact sheet for Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine saying that data suggests there is an increased risk of a rare neurolo...

Cuba sees biggest protests in decades as pandemic adds to woes

Cuba sees biggest protests in decades as pandemic adds to woes

REUTERS 2021-07-12 13:05:23

Chanting "freedom" and calling for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down, thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in the biggest anti-government demonstrations...

Haiti police arrest suspected mastermind in president's assassination

Haiti police arrest suspected mastermind in president's assassination

Reuters 2021-07-12 13:00:08

Haitian police said on Sunday they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust a...

Former US President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

Former US President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

-- 2021-07-11 15:44:37

Former President Jimmy Carter on Saturday turned to his wife Rosalynn and thanked her for 75 years of marriage, telling her that she’s always been right for him, reports AP. “I want to ex...

26 killed in clashes between police, Caracas gang in Venezuela

26 killed in clashes between police, Caracas gang in Venezuela

-- 2021-07-11 11:03:55

Clashes between police and a gang in northwestern Caracas this week have left at least 26 dead, including four officers, and 38 people injured, Venezuelan Interior Minister Carmen Melendez has said....

Death toll in Miami condo collapse reaches 86

Death toll in Miami condo collapse reaches 86

-- 2021-07-10 21:11:50

The number of people confirmed to have been killed in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium tower last month reached 86, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said on Saturday. No survivors...

Biden increases pressure on Putin to act on ransomware attacks

Biden increases pressure on Putin to act on ransomware attacks

-- 2021-07-10 17:58:03

US President Joe Biden increased pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move against ransomware groups operating in Russia, warning the United States is prepared to respond if cyber...

Foreign hit squad assassinated Haiti's president, police say

Foreign hit squad assassinated Haiti's president, police say

-- 2021-07-09 12:07:17

A hit squad composed mostly of retired Colombian soldiers assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. The group included 26 Colombians and two Americans of Ha...

Pfizer to seek US authorisation for Covid booster shot as Delta spreads

Pfizer to seek US authorisation for Covid booster shot as Delta spreads

Reuters 2021-07-09 11:37:30

Pfizer plans to ask US regulators to authorise a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine within the next month, the drugmaker's top scientist said on Thursday, based on evidence of greater risk of reinfe...

Biden says Afghans must decide own future as US prepares to leave on Aug 31

Biden says Afghans must decide own future as US prepares to leave on Aug 31

Reuters 2021-07-09 10:41:48

US President Joe Biden on Thursday strongly defended his decision to pull the country's military forces out of Afghanistan, saying the Afghan people must decide their own future, rather than sacrifici...

US considers visas for vulnerable Afghan women

US considers visas for vulnerable Afghan women

Reuters 2021-07-08 13:07:45

The Biden administration is considering offering an expedited visa path for vulnerable Afghans including women politicians, journalists, and activists who may become targets of the Taliban, US officia...

Four alleged assassins of Haiti president killed in shootout

Four alleged assassins of Haiti president killed in shootout

-- 2021-07-08 10:34:23

Four people suspected of assassinating Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse have been killed in a shootout with the security forces, police say. Two others have been detained, while officers are...