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Yellen says 'absolutely necessary' for G20 to condemn war in Ukraine

-- 2023-02-25 16:53:37

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that a strong statement condemning Russia's war in Ukraine was "absolutely necessary" for a communique from the G20 finance leaders' meeting in India co...

US agrees to extradite former Peruvian President Toledo

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-22 11:02:08

Peru's attorney general's office said on Tuesday on Twitter that the US State Department had agreed to extradite former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo on corruption charges. Toledo, 76, was arre...

Huge winter storm churns across northern US, threatening record snowfall

Reuters 2023-02-22 09:01:11

A massive winter storm spreading across the US West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making road travel treacherous and disrup...

Biden says Russia will never defeat Ukraine after Kremlin suspends nuclear treaty

Reuters 2023-02-22 08:52:08

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday Ukraine "stands strong" a year after the Russian invasion and that Moscow would never defeat its neighbour, after the Kremlin suspended a landmark nuclear...

Death toll from Brazil rains hits 40

-- 2023-02-21 15:00:50

The death toll from devastating rainfall in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Monday, official figures showed, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the region and said homes should no longer...

Three dozen dead as Brazil rains cause calamity

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-20 12:26:54

Heavy rains in coastal areas of Brazil's southeast have caused flooding and landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, according to a statement from Sao Paulo state authorities...

US plans new sanctions on Russia, targets key industries

REUTERS 2023-02-20 11:25:50

The Biden administration is planning to impose new export controls and a fresh round of sanctions on Russia, targeting key industries, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with th...

Blinken to talk aid, Nordic NATO bid during Tukey visit

-- 2023-02-19 18:35:18

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive on Sunday in Turkey for an official visit and discuss how Washington can further assist Ankara as it grapples with the aftermath of a devastating earth...

Kamala Harris says Russia committed 'crimes against humanity'

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-19 13:30:40

The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, US Vice President Kamala Harris said, as Western...

Biden says he will speak to China's Xi about balloon incident

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-17 11:10:29

President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China's president, Xi Jinping, about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter jet shot down early this mont...

At least 39 migrants die in bus crash off Panama cliff

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-16 10:46:30

At least 39 have died in Panama after a bus carrying more than 60 migrants fell off a cliff early on Wednesday, the country's migration authorities said, marking the worst migration accident in the Ce...

Diplomatic spat deepens as US examines Chinese balloon debris

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-15 11:36:24

A diplomatic rift between China and the United States deepened on Tuesday with Beijing accusing Washington of flying high-altitude balloons into its airspace and that of other countries, as the US mil...

Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid

-- 2023-02-14 19:19:37

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is challenging her one-time boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to a video she released on Tuesday. "I'm Nikki Haley and I'm run...

US military says it recovers key sensors from downed Chinese spy balloon

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-14 11:39:37

The US military said on Monday it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a US fighter jet off South Carolina's coast on February 4, including key sen...

US military brings down flying object over Lake Huron

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-13 10:36:10

US military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forc...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls in first month under Lula

-- 2023-02-12 19:43:06

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, reports Reuter...

US fighter jet shoots down unidentified, cylindrical object over Canada

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-12 10:15:47

A US F-22 fighter jet shot down an unidentified cylindrical object over Canada on Saturday, the second such shootdown in as many days, as North America appeared on heightened alert following a week-lo...

US shoots down unidentified object flying above Alaska

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-11 10:43:06

A US F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska, US officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across th...

Biden says Chinese spy balloon not a major security breach

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-10 11:58:47

President Joe Biden, under fire from some lawmakers, said on Thursday he did not view a Chinese spy balloon that transited the United States before it was shot down in the Atlantic Ocean to have been...

US briefed 40 nations on China balloon, diplomats

-- 2023-02-08 16:32:21

The United States held briefings in Washington and Beijing with foreign diplomats from 40 nations about the Chinese spy balloon that entered US airspace in late January, a senior administration offici...

Costa Rica says China apologises for balloon 'incident' over its airspace

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-07 10:33:31

China apologised to Costa Rica for a balloon that flew over its territory, the Central American country's government said on Monday, after a separate suspected Chinese spy balloon traveling...

Biden says he authorised immediate US response to Turkey earthquake

-- 2023-02-06 22:39:42

US President Joe Biden on Monday said his administration has been working closely with Turkey, authorising an immediate Washington response to the devastating earthquake there. The earthquake k...

‘Colossal attack’ compels Salman Rushdie to rethink his approach to security

-- 2023-02-06 20:17:24

Novelist Salman Rushdie has spoken for the first time about being stabbed last year at an event in New York. In an interview with an American weekly magazine, Salman said he was "lucky... my main ove...

US military says it is searching for remnants of Chinese spy balloon

FE ONLINE DESK 2023-02-06 09:43:51

The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has further strained American...

Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, US judge rules

Reuters 2023-02-05 10:28:54

A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded, citing last year's US Supreme Court ruling that significantly expande...

US warns Turkey on exports seen to boost Russia's war effort

-- 2023-02-04 18:20:15

The United States warned Turkey in recent days about the export to Russia of chemicals, microchips and other products that can be used in Moscow's war effort in Ukraine, and it could move to punish Tu...

Blinken postpones China trip over spy balloon incident

-- 2023-02-03 22:07:38

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a visit to China that had been expected to start on Friday after a Chinese spy balloon was tracked flying across the United States, a US official sai...

Spy balloon witness thought it might have been a star or UFO

-- 2023-02-03 20:35:21

Chase Doak was getting ready to leave work when he spotted what he thought might have been a star or even a UFO. It turned out to be a spy balloon floating high over the United States and his images h...

US transfers Pakistani Guantanamo Bay detainee Khan to Belize

-- 2023-02-03 18:23:42

Majid Khan, a Pakistani man who has described in graphic detail his torture by the Central Intelligence Agency in the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has been transferred...

CIA chief warns against underestimating Xi's ambitions toward Taiwan

Reuters 2023-02-03 13:04:44

US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said on Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the...