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Canada says watching a potential second spy balloon incident

-- 2023-02-03 12:35:22

Canada's defence ministry on Thursday said it detected a "high-altitude surveillance balloon" and was monitoring a "potential second incident" after US officials said a Chinese spy balloon was f...

Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over the United States, Pentagon says

-- 2023-02-03 10:02:07

A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing b...

Nikki Haley, once Trump’s UN ambassador, to take him on in 2024

-- 2023-02-01 21:52:45

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will launch her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Feb. 15, squaring off against her one-time boss, former President Donald Trump,...

US curbs exports to Iranian firms for producing drones for Russia

Reuters 2023-02-01 14:23:26

The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, the US Department of Commerce said. The firms and other...

US to increase weapons deployment to counter North Korea

-- 2023-01-31 19:16:43

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula as it strengthens joint tr...

US stops granting export licences for China's Huawei

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-31 14:20:14

The Biden administration has stopped approving licences for US companies to export most items to China's Huawei, according to three people familiar with the matter. Huawei has faced US export restric...

Three dead, four hurt in latest California shooting

-- 2023-01-29 10:26:41

At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in Los Angeles early Saturday morning, This was at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month. Sgt. Frank...

Peru elections could come later this year, president says

-- 2023-01-28 13:04:21

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said on Friday she was considering moving up general elections to later this year, as the Andean leader struggles to keep a hold on protests demanding her resignation...

US and EU to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement

-- 2023-01-28 10:30:11

The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecas...

Fed seen ending rate hikes by March as inflation slows

-- 2023-01-28 07:05:46

The US central bank is seen delivering two more quarter-point interest-rate increases before ending its current round of rate hikes in March, after a government report showed inflation continued to...

Memphis braced for release of police beating video

-- 2023-01-27 20:52:09

The city of Memphis is bracing for public outrage when it releases later on Friday body-camera video of a violent confrontation between a Black motorist and five police officers charged with the murde...

US says it 'hacked the hackers' to bring down ransomware gang

-- 2023-01-27 14:37:08

The FBI on Thursday revealed it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million...

Haiti police block streets, break into airport to protest officer killings

-- 2023-01-27 11:54:55

Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country's main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean...

Peru president calls for ‘political truce’ amid protests

-- 2023-01-25 15:14:19

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte called for a "political truce" on Tuesday as hundreds of protesters again took to the streets of the capital, Lima, and clashes erupted between some people in the...

FBI says North Korea-related hacker groups behind US crypto firm heist

-- 2023-01-24 16:59:00

Two hacker groups associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group and APT38, were responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from US crypto firm Harmony's Horizon bridge, the Federal Bureau of...

California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings

-- 2023-01-24 16:16:25

Just two days after a gunman killed 11 people at a Los Angeles-area dance studio, seven more victims were shot dead in an agricultural area near San Francisco, as California suffered one of its bloodi...

Seven shot dead in another mass shooting in California

-- 2023-01-24 11:38:04

Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, and the suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, app...

Brazil declares emergency over deaths of Yanomami children from malnutrition

Reuters 2023-01-23 09:13:59

Brazil's ministry of health has declared a medical emergency in the Yanomami territory, the country's largest indigenous reservation bordering Venezuela, following reports of children dying of malnutr...

Nine killed in mass shooting in Los Angeles

-- 2023-01-22 17:48:56

Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park, California, late on Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. "Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detecti...

Canada settles residential school reparations class-action lawsuit

Reuters 2023-01-22 09:54:45

Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for C$2.8 billion ($2.09 billion)....

Brazil police raid governor's house over capital riots

-- 2023-01-21 15:10:17

Brazil's federal police on Friday raided the house of the suspended governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, who is under investigation for failing to prevent the storming of government buildings by suppo...

US border arrests drop in January after new Biden restrictions

Reuters 2023-01-21 13:28:01

The number of migrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border illegally in January plummeted amid a seasonal slowdown and implementation of new restrictions imposed by US President Joe Biden, a tenuous...

Over 50 injured in Peru as protests cause 'nationwide chaos'

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-21 11:26:05

Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the country, Reuters...

Brazil police carry out raids related to Jan 8 Brasilia riots

Reuters 2023-01-21 09:10:30

Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people allegedly involved in the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a statement showe...

Trump, lawyers sanctioned nearly $1.0m for 'political' lawsuit against Hillary

-- 2023-01-20 16:47:32

A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US President Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in sanctions for suing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over claims the 2016 p...

US calls for countries to 'dig deeper' on Ukraine

-- 2023-01-20 16:42:24

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allies on Friday to dig deeper to support Ukraine at the start of a meeting of dozens of defence ministers at an air base in Germany, as pressure piled up on Be...

Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids under Lula bid to protect Amazon

Reuters 2023-01-20 13:29:34

Brazilian environmental agents cut through the rainforest with machetes on Thursday in search of criminals in the first anti-deforestation raids under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has pled...

Brazil's Lula says intelligence services failed ahead of Brasilia riots

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-19 13:32:02

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday his intelligence services had failed on Jan 8, when Brasilia buildings were stormed by supporters of far-right former Pres...

Peru extends state of emergency in protest-hit cities

-- 2023-01-16 15:31:32

Peru has extended a state of emergency for another month in the capital city of Lima and two southern regions where deadly protests against the government have sparked the country's worst violence in...

Jamaica seizes cocaine worth $80m from cargo ship

-- 2023-01-16 15:27:42

Jamaican authorities have seized an estimated $80 million worth of cocaine from a ship at the port of Kingston in one of the country's biggest-ever drug busts, authorities said. Reuters said Jamaican...