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Most Americans want stricter gun laws: poll

Most Americans want stricter gun laws: poll

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-30 12:14:06

Most US adults believe gun violence is increasing nationwide and want to see gun laws made stricter, The Associated Press (AP) has reported, citing a new poll. The poll by the University of Chicago H...

Three off-duty Dutch commandos shot outside US hotel

Three off-duty Dutch commandos shot outside US hotel

-- 2022-08-28 20:54:36

Three Dutch commandos, who were in the US for training, have been shot and wounded outside a hotel in the city of Indianapolis while off duty. The incident occurred at around 03:30 on Saturday local...

US to name Arctic ambassador

US to name Arctic ambassador

-- 2022-08-28 17:14:36

The United States plans to name an ambassador at large for the Arctic – reflecting the region’s growing strategic and commercial importance as its shrinking ice opens up new sea lanes and...

Nicole Mann says she is proud to be first Native American woman in space

Nicole Mann says she is proud to be first Native American woman in space

-- 2022-08-27 19:22:27

Nicole Aunapu Mann has waited nine long years for her chance to go into space. And if all goes according to plan, that wait will end on Oct. 03, when she will lead NASA's Crew-5 mission to the Intern...

US suspends 26 Chinese flights  

US suspends 26 Chinese flights  

-- 2022-08-26 18:03:17

The US government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government's decision to suspend some US carrier fl...

Just over half of Americans say US should back Ukraine until Russia pulls out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Just over half of Americans say US should back Ukraine until Russia pulls out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

-- 2022-08-24 16:31:42

After half a year of war in Ukraine, a slim majority of Americans agree that the United States should continue to support Kyiv until Russia withdraws all its forces, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opini...

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced for drink-driving crash

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband sentenced for drink-driving crash

-- 2022-08-24 15:48:34

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband has been sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to drink driving. Paul Pelosi, 82, admitted driving under the influence of alc...

81-year-old Fauci quits public service to pursue next phase of career

81-year-old Fauci quits public service to pursue next phase of career

-- 2022-08-22 21:51:05

American physician-scientist and immunologist Dr Anthony Fauci said on Monday he would step down from his positions as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and...

Two planes collide mid-air in US airport, multiple fatalities feared

Two planes collide mid-air in US airport, multiple fatalities feared

-- 2022-08-19 16:25:16

Multiple people have been reportedly killed after two planes collided while attempting to land in Watsonville, US State of California, authorities tweeted Thursday afternoon. The crash happened at ar...

Salman Rushdie attack suspect to appear in court Thursday

Salman Rushdie attack suspect to appear in court Thursday

-- 2022-08-18 20:33:01

The man suspected of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York will appear in court for arraignment on Thursday afternoon, the prosecutor said. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of woun...

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-08-18 11:47:39

The US government plans talks with Taiwan on a wide-ranging trade treaty in a sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy claimed by China’s ruling Communist Party as part of its territo...

Prosecutors tie primary suspect’s son to New Mexico Muslim killings

Prosecutors tie primary suspect’s son to New Mexico Muslim killings

-- 2022-08-16 11:19:42

Police believe the son of the prime suspect in the killings of four Muslim men may have played a role in the murders, which have shaken the Muslim community in New Mexico's largest city. Cellphone da...

Salman Rushdie off ventilator, agent says

Salman Rushdie off ventilator, agent says

-- 2022-08-15 11:56:05

Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state on Friday, 33 years after Iran's then-supreme leader called for him to be killed, is off a vent...

Rushdie’s condition improving, agent says

Rushdie’s condition improving, agent says

-- 2022-08-14 21:28:00

Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was hospitalised on Friday with serious injuries after being repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, is off a ventilator and his condition...

Rushdie attack suspect charged with attempted murder

Rushdie attack suspect charged with attempted murder

-- 2022-08-13 22:22:54

Hadi Matar, the suspect in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held without bond, the Chautauqua County District Atto...

Salman Rushdie suspect had Shia extremist sympathies: NBC New York

Salman Rushdie suspect had Shia extremist sympathies: NBC New York

-- 2022-08-13 21:45:02

The suspect in the attack on Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state was sympathetic to Shia extremism and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), NBC New York cited law enforcement sour...

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York

-- 2022-08-12 21:56:45

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. According to the Associated Press, its...

Trump says 'nuclear weapons issue is a hoax' after Washington Post report

Trump says 'nuclear weapons issue is a hoax' after Washington Post report

-- 2022-08-12 19:41:41

Former US President Donald Trump said on Friday on social media that the "nuclear weapons issue is a hoax", responding to a Washington Post report that FBI agents sought nuclear documents in a search...

Biden signs documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO

Biden signs documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO

-- 2022-08-10 18:23:08

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed documents endorsing Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO, the most significant expansion of the military alliance since the 1990s as it responds to Russia's...

Trump seizes on FBI raid to boost 2024 presidential bid

Trump seizes on FBI raid to boost 2024 presidential bid

-- 2022-08-10 17:15:02

Hours after denouncing the FBI's raid on his Florida home as political persecution, former President Donald Trump released a campaign-style video that may be the strongest hint yet that he plans to ru...

'Prime suspect' detained in killings of New Mexico Muslim men

'Prime suspect' detained in killings of New Mexico Muslim men

-- 2022-08-10 08:30:21

Police in New Mexico on Tuesday arrested a man they called their prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque since November, a series of ambush killings that hav...

FBI searches Trump's Florida home as part of presidential records probe

FBI searches Trump's Florida home as part of presidential records probe

-- 2022-08-09 10:38:10

Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Trump's removal of off...

Biden stands with Muslims after 'horrific killings' in New Mexico

Biden stands with Muslims after 'horrific killings' in New Mexico

-- 2022-08-08 10:05:58

US President Joe Biden expressed solidarity with the Muslim community on Sunday after a fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in what authorities are describing as targeted at...

Fourth Muslim man murdered in New Mexico in 'targeted killings'

Fourth Muslim man murdered in New Mexico in 'targeted killings'

REUTERS 2022-08-07 10:50:36

Police in New Mexico and federal agencies were probing the murders of four Muslim men to determine if the killings, the latest of which happened on Friday evening, were linked while the state's govern...

Biden tests negative for Covid-19, says physician

Biden tests negative for Covid-19, says physician

-- 2022-08-06 23:48:30

US President Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after testing positive with a breakthrough case for days, the White House physician said on Saturday. The Democratic president will remain in i...

Jury awards $45.2m in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial

Jury awards $45.2m in punitive damages in Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial

-- 2022-08-06 19:04:08

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre $45.2 million in punitive damages - on top of $4.1 million in compensatory damages alr...

US readies new $1.0b Ukraine weapons package

US readies new $1.0b Ukraine weapons package

-- 2022-08-06 15:56:19

The Biden administration's next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armoured medical trans...

White House summons Chinese ambassador for rebuke on Taiwan response, Washington Post report

White House summons Chinese ambassador for rebuke on Taiwan response, Washington Post report

-- 2022-08-05 17:43:51

The White House summoned Chinese ambassador Qin Gang on Thursday to condemn escalating actions against Taiwan and reiterate that the United States does not want a crisis in the region, reports Reuters...

US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

-- 2022-08-05 09:57:35

The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said on Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease. The US t...

Biden signs executive order on abortion rights

Biden signs executive order on abortion rights

-- 2022-08-04 19:46:16

US President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Wednesday to help ensure access to abortion. Biden, in virtual remarks from the White House, said that the measure responds to "the healthcare c...