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Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-17 10:56:44

A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious freedom violati...

Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia

REUTERS 2022-11-16 11:54:39

The United States and its NATO allies are investigating the blast that killed two people in Poland, but early information suggests it may not have been caused by a missile fired from Russia, US...

Trump launches 2024 US presidential run, getting jump on rivals

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-16 11:13:31

Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential...

Trump to launch new White House bid

-- 2022-11-15 19:35:10

Donald Trump is set to launch a fresh White House bid on Tuesday, hoping to box out potential Republican rivals and return his false claims of election fraud to the centre of US politics. Trump's ann...

World population passes 8 billion

-- 2022-11-15 14:29:53

The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change, report...

Six killed after vintage aircraft collide at Dallas air show

-- 2022-11-13 20:38:02

Six people were killed after two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday afternoon during a Dallas air show, officials said. “According to our Dallas County Medical...

Democrats keep control of US Senate, crush Republican 'red wave' hopes

-- 2022-11-13 20:08:49

Democrats held onto control of the US Senate, handing a major victory to President Joe Biden and extinguishing hopes of the "red wave" that Republicans had expected leading into the midterm elections....

Trump sues Jan 6 panel in bid to block subpoena

-- 2022-11-12 12:22:27

Former US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to avoid being compelled to testify or provide any documentation to a congressional panel investigating his supporters' violent attac...

Nine killed in bar shooting in Mexico

-- 2022-11-11 16:27:48

A shooting left nine dead and two wounded at a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, which has increasingly suffered from cartel violence, local authorities said Thursday. An armed group ar...

First Generation Z member elected to US Congress

-- 2022-11-10 16:53:55

Maxwell Frost had just been elected to represent Florida in the US Congress when the 25-year-old received a call that embodied the historical moment. "Still thinking about that 'please hold for the P...

Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-10 12:27:57

Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the US House of Representatives early on Thursday, while control of the Senate hung in the balance, two days after Democrats staved off a R...

US election misinformation limited, not stopped, on social media: experts

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-10 10:32:33

Scores of posts on Twitter and Facebook challenged Democratic successes in US midterm elections without evidence on Wednesday, social media experts said, but the&nb...

Musk backs Republicans on eve of US midterms

-- 2022-11-08 12:32:03

Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, urged Americans to elect a Republican Congress in US midterms on Tuesday to counterbalance President Joe Biden's Democrats, the first time a major social media CEO expl...

As planet heats, Brazil's anteaters face rising extinction risk

-- 2022-11-07 17:44:34

As their geolocator device beeps, the team of wildlife rehab experts approach a cluster of trees and spot their quarry: A young giant anteater, sleeping on a hot morning with her luxuriant tail shadin...

US to send $400m more to Ukraine in military aid

-- 2022-11-06 16:37:22

The US is sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid and establishing a security assistance headquarters in Germany that will oversee all weapons transfers and military training for Ukraine, th...

Biden says Twitter spews lies across world

-- 2022-11-05 15:18:55

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that Elon Musk had purchased the social media platform Twitter, which spews lies worldwide. Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were more...

Biden vows to 'free Iran' in West Coast campaign speech

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 14:33:49

US President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to "free" Iran, and said that demonstrators working against the country's government would soon succeed in freeing themselves, Reuters reports. "Don't w...

Trump considering launching fresh White House bid

-- 2022-11-04 11:09:55

Former President Donald Trump is considering launching a third bid for the White House this month, three Trump advisers said on Thursday, while Trump himself teased a strong possibility of a comeback...

US imposes sanctions on oil smuggling network backing Iran's Quds Force, Hezbollah

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-04 10:14:19

The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against an international oil smuggling network it said supports Hezbollah and Iran's Quds Fo...

Florida school shooter sentenced to life in prison

-- 2022-11-03 20:55:56

Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school, was formally sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after listening to hours of anguished testi...

Canada plans record immigration targets amid labour crunch

-- 2022-11-02 13:52:40

Canada plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025 and has boosted its targets over the next two years as the country looks to ramp up arrivals to address an acute labour s...

Brazil's Bolsonaro does not concede to Lula, but authorises transition

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-02 11:15:05

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday did not concede defeat in his first public remarks since losing Sunday's election, saying protests by his supporters were the fruit of "indignation...

Lula narrowly defeats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidency again

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-31 08:26:28

Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election that marked a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil's most...

Brazil votes in heated Bolsonaro vs. Lula presidential runoff

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-30 13:04:48

Brazilian voters go to the polls on Sunday in a tense election to choose between re-electing far-right President Jair Bolsonaro or returning leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to...

US House Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted with hammer at home, motive unclear

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-29 10:07:23

A hammer-wielding man attacked US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband during a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home early on Friday, authorities said, in an assault that raised fears abo...

US House Speaker Pelosi’s husband ‘violently assaulted’

-- 2022-10-28 19:58:54

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" after a break-in at the couple's San Francisco home early on Friday, her office said in a statement. "The assailant i...

Eight die in Oklahoma house fire

-- 2022-10-28 12:00:00

Eight people died in a house fire on Thursday in Broken Arrow area of United State's Oklahoma, where police said the blaze was being investigated as a homicide. Neighbours reported the fire abo...

Midterm elections outlook darkens for Biden's White House

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 10:00:43

The White House has lowered its earlier optimism about the midterm elections and is now worried that Democrats could lose control of both chambers of Cong...

Liberal US lawmakers withdraw Ukraine letter after blowback

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 09:53:54

A group of liberal US Democrats withdrew a letter to the White House urging a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine, the group's chairperson, Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal, sai...

US Republican committee sues Google over email spam filters

-- 2022-10-23 17:59:38

The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday for allegedly sending its emails to users' spam folders. The US political committee accuses the tech gi...