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US VP Harris, actress Priyanka Chopra discuss mansplaining, abortion rights

US VP Harris, actress Priyanka Chopra discuss mansplaining, abortion rights

-- 2022-10-01 14:36:41

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday reminded top female Democrats of their duty to fight for reproductive rights and how electing two more Democratic senators in the upcoming midterm elect...

US issues new Russia sanctions for annexations in Ukraine

US issues new Russia sanctions for annexations in Ukraine

-- 2022-10-01 12:58:51

The United States on Friday imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over its declared annexation of parts of Ukraine, targeting hundreds of people and companies, including those in Russia's mil...

Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Cat 4 damage

Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Cat 4 damage

-- 2022-09-27 18:48:19

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday. Ian made land...

Canada to remove all Covid border, travel measures from Oct 1

Canada to remove all Covid border, travel measures from Oct 1

-- 2022-09-26 21:10:57

Canada will remove all Covid-19 restrictions for inbound travellers from Oct 1, as well as testing, quarantine, and isolation requirements, the government said on Monday. The decision to drop the res...

How climate change is fuelling hurricanes

How climate change is fuelling hurricanes

-- 2022-09-24 20:26:52

After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1.0 million people without running water or power. By Saturday...

Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden's hunger policy

Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden's hunger policy

REUTERS 2022-09-24 20:06:51

Grace Melt made her first visit to the Nourishing Hope food pantry on Chicago's North Side in August. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, she used food stamps issued by the federal government to buy gro...

Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals

REUTERS 2022-09-24 11:27:46

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals used in electric vehicles (EVs) batteries as both countries...

Hurricane Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt

Hurricane Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt

REUTERS 2022-09-24 10:00:58

Hurricane Fiona pounded the Atlantic island of Bermuda with heavy rain and winds on Friday as it tracked northward toward eastern Canada, where it threatens to become one of the most severe storms in...

US calls Iranian demand to end nuclear probes 'unreasonable'

US calls Iranian demand to end nuclear probes 'unreasonable'

-- 2022-09-23 10:43:44

Iran said on Thursday it saw no point reviving a 2015 nuclear pact without guarantees the United States would not withdraw again and unless UN inspectors close probes of Tehran's atomic programme, a s...

Biden accuses Putin of irresponsible nuclear threats, violating UN charter

Biden accuses Putin of irresponsible nuclear threats, violating UN charter

-- 2022-09-22 10:04:24

US President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of making "reckless" and "irresponsible" threats to use nuclear weapons and said Moscow had violated the core tenets of United Nations membersh...

New York attorney general sues Trump over fraud

New York attorney general sues Trump over fraud

-- 2022-09-21 22:26:29

Donald Trump and his adult children were sued for "numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentation" on Wednesday by New York state's attorney general in a civil investigation into the former US president...

Nine dead after warehouse collapse in Brazil

Nine dead after warehouse collapse in Brazil

-- 2022-09-21 11:13:59

At least nine people have died after part of a warehouse near the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo collapsed on Tuesday, during a visit by two congressional candidates. Congressional candidates Jones Doni...

Global Fund gets powerful help with $18b funding goal

Global Fund gets powerful help with $18b funding goal

-- 2022-09-20 18:18:14

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will get some high-powered help this week to reach its $18 billion goal to fund another three years to slow the spread of these diseases. Presi...

Biden hints at risky policy shift on Taiwan independence

Biden hints at risky policy shift on Taiwan independence

REUTERS 2022-09-20 12:39:14

Overshadowed by US President Joe Biden's headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint at possibly shifting US policy to support the island's rig...

Major earthquake strikes Mexico on 'cursed' anniversary, at least one dead

Major earthquake strikes Mexico on 'cursed' anniversary, at least one dead

REUTERS 2022-09-20 10:15:49

A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least one person, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexic...

Joe Biden says Covid-19 pandemic ‘is over’ in US

Joe Biden says Covid-19 pandemic ‘is over’ in US

-- 2022-09-19 23:05:19

US President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic "over" in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise. Joe Biden said that while "we still have a problem", the...

Hurricane Fiona swamps Puerto Rico, knocking out power to island

Hurricane Fiona swamps Puerto Rico, knocking out power to island

-- 2022-09-19 11:28:23

Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides on the island before barreling toward the Dominican Republic, a government agency said....

US House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi condemns Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia

US House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi condemns Azerbaijan's attacks on Armenia

-- 2022-09-18 21:00:10

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday strongly condemned what she said were "illegal" border attacks by Azerbaijan on Armenia, using a visit to the Russian ally to pledge American...

UNGA returns in person after two-year hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic

UNGA returns in person after two-year hiatus due to Covid-19 pandemic

-- 2022-09-17 17:06:03

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is back in person after two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Reuters, world leaders were allowed to submit video statements during the UNGA for the past...

100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-13 11:11:05

The 40 million people who depend on the river to fill up a glass of water at the dinner table or wash their clothes or grow food across millions of acres use significantly more each year than actually...

Brazil bans sales of iPhones without battery charger

Brazil bans sales of iPhones without battery charger

-- 2022-09-10 18:54:12

The Brazilian government has ordered Apple Inc to suspend selling iPhones without a battery charger, claiming that the company provides an incomplete product to consumers. According to Reuters, the J...

New York declares disaster emergency over polio

New York declares disaster emergency over polio

-- 2022-09-10 16:59:11

A disaster emergency was declared on Friday in New York of United States in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in...

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

US imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities, cyberattack on Albania

REUTERS 2022-09-10 12:41:13

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and its minister, accusing them of being tied to a disruptive July cyberattack on Albania and engaging in other cyber a...

Seized Trump documents show foreign nation’s nuclear capability

Seized Trump documents show foreign nation’s nuclear capability

-- 2022-09-07 20:05:52

A document describing a foreign government’s military defences, including its nuclear capabilities, was found in the FBI’s search last month of former US President Donald Trump’s Flo...

Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree that killed 10, wounded 15

Canada hunts suspects in stabbing spree that killed 10, wounded 15

-- 2022-09-05 12:53:41

Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others mostly in a sparsely populated indigenous community early Sunday. The stabbings across...

Pilot threatens to crash small plane into Mississippi Walmart

Pilot threatens to crash small plane into Mississippi Walmart

-- 2022-09-03 21:00:11

The pilot of a small plane has threatened to intentionally crash into a Walmart in Mississippi, local police said on Saturday, leading to an evacuation of the store. The police department in Tupelo,...

FBI found more than 11,000 government records at Trump's Florida home

FBI found more than 11,000 government records at Trump's Florida home

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-03 13:28:42

The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug 8 search at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labelled as "classified,"...

US rejects linking Iran nuclear deal, IAEA probes

US rejects linking Iran nuclear deal, IAEA probes

REUTERS 2022-09-03 10:42:07

The White House on Friday rejected linking a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with the closure of investigations by the UN nuclear watchdog a day after Iran reopened the issue according to a West...

Biden targets 'extremist' Trump allies as democratic threat in fraught political moment

Biden targets 'extremist' Trump allies as democratic threat in fraught political moment

-- 2022-09-02 12:39:34

US President Joe Biden charged Republican allies of Donald Trump with undermining the country's democracy and urged voters on Thursday to reject extremism ahead of November's midterm elections,...

Amazon rainforest sees worst August fires in over a decade

Amazon rainforest sees worst August fires in over a decade

-- 2022-08-31 17:57:02

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, government data showed on Wednesday, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew global attention soon...