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US government shutdown breaks record

US government shutdown breaks record

-- 2019-01-13 20:54:32

A partial US government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border entered its 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest shutteri...

Nikki, Ivanka 'under consideration' to lead WB

Nikki, Ivanka 'under consideration' to lead WB

-- 2019-01-13 20:10:36

Former United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump are among possible US candidates to replace outgoing World Bank President Jim Yo...

Missing Colombia’s FARC leader re-appears on video

Missing Colombia’s FARC leader re-appears on video

-- 2019-01-13 12:30:38

A former commander of Colombia's FARC rebel group, Iván Márquez, has released a video six months after going into hiding. In the film, he accuses the government of betraying the terms o...

Venezuela's Maduro government is 'illegitimate': Pompeo

Venezuela's Maduro government is 'illegitimate': Pompeo

-- 2019-01-12 21:03:30

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday described Venezuela’s government under President Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate. Mike Pompeo also said the United States would work with like-minde...

US driver in 'Bird Box blindfold' crashes in Utah

US driver in 'Bird Box blindfold' crashes in Utah

-- 2019-01-12 17:53:33

Police in the US state of Utah have taken the unusual step of urging residents not to drive blindfolded after an online challenge inspired by a horror film led to a crash. A teenager with her hat ove...

Trump stops short of emergency declaration in border wall fight

Trump stops short of emergency declaration in border wall fight

Reuters 2019-01-12 10:42:37

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency “right now” to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the US government, all but...

Three die in Canada bus crash

Three die in Canada bus crash

-- 2019-01-12 10:39:22

Three people were killed and nearly two dozen were injured on Friday when a double-decker bus struck a bus shelter in the Canadian capital of Ottawa during rush hour, city officials said. Part of the...

Workers miss payday as US shutdown bites

Workers miss payday as US shutdown bites

BBC 2019-01-12 10:11:51

Hundreds of thousands of US government workers have missed their first payday of the year as the partial shutdown of federal agencies bites deeper. Employees such as prison guards, airport staff and...

Bus crash kills at least seven in Cuba

Bus crash kills at least seven in Cuba

-- 2019-01-11 21:43:00

At least seven people were killed and dozens others injured after a bus carrying tourists and locals crashed in Cuba on Thursday, state-run media say. Citizens from the UK, Canada, France, Mexico and...

Gang battle near US border leaves 21 dead

Gang battle near US border leaves 21 dead

-- 2019-01-11 11:36:32

The charred remains of 21 people killed in a suspected gang battle have been found in a Mexican border town, just over the river from where US President Donald Trump was seeking to win support on Th...

Trump warns of possible emergency declaration

Trump warns of possible emergency declaration

-- 2019-01-11 10:25:11

Flanked by border agents who are going without paychecks during a government shutdown, US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use emergency powers to bypass Congress to pay for a wall on...

Trump storms out of talks on shutdown

Trump storms out of talks on shutdown

-- 2019-01-10 10:20:59

US President Donald Trump stormed out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico and reopening the government, complaining the meeting at th...

Trump insists on funding for his border wall

Trump insists on funding for his border wall

-- 2019-01-09 21:20:46

US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown, reports BBC. Mr...

Guatemala expels its anti-corruption commission

Guatemala expels its anti-corruption commission

-- 2019-01-08 17:48:31

Guatemala has said it is withdrawing from UN-backed anti-corruption commission which has been investigating the country's President Jimmy Morales. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said on Mon...

US Uber driver pleads guilty to six murders in 2016

US Uber driver pleads guilty to six murders in 2016

-- 2019-01-08 13:42:47

An Uber driver accused of killing six people at random in a shooting spree in the US state of Michigan in 2016 has pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and firearms offences. Four people were k...

Maduro defends his government's legitimacy

Maduro defends his government's legitimacy

-- 2019-01-07 17:43:41

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has defended his government's legitimacy amid growing opposition and international condemnation of his bid for a second six-year term. In a Tweet on Sunday, Maduro...

Trump holds firm on border wall

Trump holds firm on border wall

-- 2019-01-07 11:19:48

US President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday not to bend in his demand for a wall along the southern border with Mexico but said the barrier could be made of steel instead of concrete as a potential co...

Bolton warns Syria against use of chemical weapons

Bolton warns Syria against use of chemical weapons

-- 2019-01-06 11:59:01

US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical weapons. US Presiden...

Third senior Pentagon official quits

Third senior Pentagon official quits

-- 2019-01-06 10:52:51

US Department of Defence chief of staff Kevin Sweeney has resigned, a month after the Defence Secretary James Mattis announced his departure. Rear Admiral Sweeney said in a statement that "the time i...

No breakthrough in US shutdown talks

No breakthrough in US shutdown talks

Reuters 2019-01-06 10:12:09

Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown, but w...

Five children die in Florida while heading to Disney

Five children die in Florida while heading to Disney

-- 2019-01-05 17:53:26

A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup involving two 18-wheelers. Seven people, including five of the youngsters, died in the crash. On...

'Multiple victims' in California shooting

'Multiple victims' in California shooting

-- 2019-01-05 16:28:51

US police are dealing with a suspected mass shooting at a California bowling alley on Saturday with reports of 'multiple victims'. Police and local media said the incident took place at the Gable Hou...

Mexican president owns no cars or real estate, but his wife does

Mexican president owns no cars or real estate, but his wife does

-- 2019-01-05 13:37:59

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he owns no real estate, vehicles or personal property, echoing what experts say is a pattern among the country’s politicians of shift...

Trump threatens years-long US govt shutdown

Trump threatens years-long US govt shutdown

Reuters 2019-01-05 10:35:57

President Donald Trump threatened to keep the US government partially shut for months or years on Friday after he and Democratic leaders failed to resolve their dispute over Trump’s request for...

Trump blames financial market 'disruption' on Democrats

Trump blames financial market 'disruption' on Democrats

-- 2019-01-04 19:30:23

President Donald Trump on Friday sought to cast blame for recent gyrations in financial markets on Democrats takeover of US House of Representatives and aimed to soothe investors’ worries saying...

New US House moves to end shutdown, without wall money

New US House moves to end shutdown, without wall money

Reuters 2019-01-04 10:58:56

Democrats wasted no time flexing their new power in the US House of Representatives on Thursday by approving legislation backed by new Speaker Nancy Pelosi that would end a 13-day partial government s...

US, Colombia vow to reduce coca production

US, Colombia vow to reduce coca production

-- 2019-01-03 11:33:11

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is "deeply concerned" about the increased production of coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, in Colombia. At a meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duqu...

US soldiers fire tear gas at ‘violent mob’ near Mexico border

US soldiers fire tear gas at ‘violent mob’ near Mexico border

-- 2019-01-02 13:05:45

US border agents launched tear gas into Mexico early on Tuesday to deter a group of migrants that one official called ‘a violent mob’ from crossing over from Tijuana, according to a Reuter...

US, Israel formally quit UNESCO claiming 'anti-Israel bias'

US, Israel formally quit UNESCO claiming 'anti-Israel bias'

-- 2019-01-01 20:03:53

The United States and Israel officially pulled out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, the culmination of a pr...

Democrats to end shutdown, without wall money

Democrats to end shutdown, without wall money

-- 2019-01-01 10:46:18

Democrats in the US House of Representatives plan to vote on Thursday on a funding package to end the 10-day-old partial US government shutdown, without providing the $5 billion President Donald Trump...