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'Bomb cyclone' brings damaging winds, drenches California

'Bomb cyclone' brings damaging winds, drenches California

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-06 13:05:51

Hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contr...

Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son

Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son

BBC 2023-01-06 10:14:05

Three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo". Ovidio Guzmán-López - himse...

Anger rises among US House Republicans as leadership fight drags on

Anger rises among US House Republicans as leadership fight drags on

-- 2023-01-05 21:28:50

Three days into a standoff over who would lead the Republican-majority US House of Representatives, members of the party expressed anger that a small group of hardline holdouts were squandering their...

Family of eight found shot dead in Utah home

Family of eight found shot dead in Utah home

-- 2023-01-05 14:47:52

Eight members of a family including five minors were found dead of gunshot wounds in a southwestern Utah home on Wednesday, a tragedy that officials said devastated the small town of Enoch City. Poli...

Biden raises concern over China's COVID response after WHO questions data

Biden raises concern over China's COVID response after WHO questions data

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-05 11:23:00

US President Joe Biden raised concern about China's handling of its COVID-19 outbreak hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said China was under-reporting deaths from the disease. The...

FDA finalises rule expanding availability of abortion pills

FDA finalises rule expanding availability of abortion pills

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-04 15:36:32

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies, reports UNB....

Biden, Japan's Kishida to meet at White House on Jan 13

Biden, Japan's Kishida to meet at White House on Jan 13

-- 2023-01-04 15:00:01

US President Joe Biden will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Jan. 13 covering North Korea, Ukraine, China's tensions with Taiwan, and a "free and open Indo-P...

Canada grants record permanent residency permits in 2022

Canada grants record permanent residency permits in 2022

REUTERS 2023-01-04 14:01:39

Canada set an immigration record last year by granting more than 437,000 foreigners permanent residency, the government said on Tuesday, as it ramps up immigration to fight a tight labor market. The...

Transgender Missouri inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday

Transgender Missouri inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-01-03 12:18:47

Nearly 1,600 death row inmates have been put to death in the US since 1977, but an execution scheduled for Tuesday in Missouri would be the first of an openly transgender woman. Amber McLaughlin, 49,...

Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town

Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town

REUTERS 2023-01-03 09:18:20

An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday. An armed group, traveling...

Canada bans foreign investors from buying residential properties for two years

Canada bans foreign investors from buying residential properties for two years

-- 2023-01-02 17:54:14

Canada has closed its doors for two years to foreign investors who want to purchase homes as a new Canadian law took effect January 1 in this regard, The law essentially bans foreign buyers from buyi...

At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

REUTERS 2023-01-02 08:59:15

Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city. T...

Lula returns to office in a troubled, divided Brazil

Lula returns to office in a troubled, divided Brazil

REUTERS 2023-01-01 12:12:24

Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday under tightened security in the Brazilian capital following threats of violence by supporters of his far-righ...

Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido

Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido

REUTERS 2022-12-31 14:43:47

Venezuela's opposition national assembly voted on Friday to remove interim President Juan Guaido, dissolve his government and appoint a commission to govern the country's foreign assets, as lawmakers...

Criminal justice postgrad charged with murdering 4 Idaho university students

Criminal justice postgrad charged with murdering 4 Idaho university students

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-31 12:48:25

A grad student seeking a criminal justice degree from Washington State University has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idah...

Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post

-- 2022-12-30 22:23:47

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Sonia Guajajara will head up a new Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, with a mandate to oversee policies ranging from land demar...

US House committee releases six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns

US House committee releases six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns

-- 2022-12-30 21:26:28

A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary move days before Republicans...

Chinese intercept could have caused air collision,  says US

Chinese intercept could have caused air collision, says US

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-30 10:20:20

The US military says a Chinese navy fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea earlier this month, forcing the American pilot to maneuver to avoid...

'Once-in-a-lifetime' blizzard kills at least 27 in western New York

'Once-in-a-lifetime' blizzard kills at least 27 in western New York

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-27 10:19:41

A blizzard that paralysed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as crews struggled to dig out the snow-bound re...

Migrants dropped outside VP Harris's home on blustery Christmas Eve

Migrants dropped outside VP Harris's home on blustery Christmas Eve

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-26 12:53:35

Busloads of migrants were dropped over Christmas weekend near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington amid freezing temperatures, having travelled from the southwest border in Te...

Blizzard kills at 13 in Buffalo, New York

Blizzard kills at 13 in Buffalo, New York

-- 2022-12-26 11:45:27

A lethal blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists and rescue workers in their vehicles, leaving thousands of homes without power and raising the death toll from storm...

Migrants face freezing Christmas at US-Mexico border

Migrants face freezing Christmas at US-Mexico border

REUTERS 2022-12-25 12:41:00

Hundreds of migrants prepared to camp in the cold at Mexico's northern border over Christmas, hoping for a swift reversal in US migration restrictions as they endure the bite of a winter storm ravagin...

US deep freeze leaves more than 700,000 without power, thousands of flights canceled

US deep freeze leaves more than 700,000 without power, thousands of flights canceled

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-25 10:15:31

An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stran...

Wild winter storm envelops US, snarling Christmas travel

Wild winter storm envelops US, snarling Christmas travel

-- 2022-12-24 19:59:37

A wild winter storm continued to envelop much of the United States on Saturday, bringing blinding blizzards, freezing rain, flooding and life-threatening cold that created mayhem for those traveling f...

Inflation takes the turkey out of Christmas in Latin America

Inflation takes the turkey out of Christmas in Latin America

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-24 13:51:55

 With traditional Christmas dinner costing almost twice as much as 2021's festive spread, Maria Magdalena Luna has decided to forgo turkey and the usual glut of gifts fo...

Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-24 10:31:32

Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprece...

Congress approves new election rules in Jan 6 response

Congress approves new election rules in Jan 6 response

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-24 10:20:59

Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump's viol...

US announces in-person interview waivers for certain visa applicants throughout 2023

US announces in-person interview waivers for certain visa applicants throughout 2023

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-24 10:11:55

The United States has extended the authority of consular officers to waive in-person interviews for certain nonimmigrant visa categories throughout 2023. The Department of State said that it recogniz...

US population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration

US population growth inches higher in 2022, driven by immigration

-- 2022-12-23 13:15:37

The population of the United States accelerated in 2022 from its slowest rate on record, driven by net international immigration, as growth began to recover from a slowdown triggered by the Covid-19 p...

Trump paid no income tax in 2020, reported losses in office, records show

Trump paid no income tax in 2020, reported losses in office, records show

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-22 09:57:30

Donald Trump paid no income tax during the final full year of his presidency as he reported a loss from his sprawling business interests, according to tax figures released by a congressional pan...