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In latest gaffe, US President Biden again mistakes dead leader for living one
At a campaign event, he said he met Helmut Kohl four years after the German chancellor passed away.
US Supreme Court heads into uncharted, dangerous territory as it considers Trump insurrection case
As his legal cases have made their way through the courts, Trump suggested that judges he nominated at any level—district, circuit, or for the Supreme Court—owed him favourable rulings because he gave them their seats.
US President Joe Biden wins South Carolina’s primary
His reelection campaign invested heavily in driving up turnout in what it saw as a test drive of its efforts to mobilize Black voters, a key Democratic bloc.
40 years in prison for ex-CIA coder who leaked hacking tools to WikiLeaks
Joshua Schulte, was found guilty in 2022 of espionage and other charges in what the CIA called a "digital Pearl Harbor" -- the largest data breach in the history of the intelligence agency.
Brazil spying scandal: what we know
Last week, officers raided the home and offices of Bolsonaro's former intelligence chief, Alexandre Ramagem, who is now a congressman for the ex-president's party.
Police probe overnight shooting at house of terrorist Hardeep Nijjar’s aide in Canada
In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed that there were "credible allegations" that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Will abortion be ‘the issue’ that swings 2024 US presidential election?
Seven states have voted on abortion referendums since the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. All were decisive victories for reproductive rights, including in traditionally red states such as Kansas, Kentucky, and Ohio.
US launches air attack on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack in…
The strikes took place over about 30 minutes, and three of the sites struck were in Iraq and four were in Syria, said Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, director of the Joint Staff.
What is Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ and why is it uniting in fury against the US and Israel?
With its weaponry and financial backing, Iran became the ideological guardian of this growing “axis” of groups across the Middle East.
Nikki Haley has called out prejudice but rejected systemic racism throughout her career
“My parents never wanted us to think we lived in a racist country,” Haley told reporters. “I don't want any brown, Black or other child thinking they live in a racist country."
US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law
The never-before-seen document was authored as part of Republican President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign to remove the Venezuelan president.
Biden calls Trump a ‘loser’ as he raises money on ex-president’s home turf in…
Biden said Republicans were determined to undo the Trump administration's progress, such as limiting the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs.
Zuckerberg apologizes to victims’ families in emotional Senate hearing on child exploitation
Child health advocates say social media companies have failed repeatedly to protect minors.
Military veteran who killed Iraqi civilian is ordered jailed on US Capitol riot charges
Richmond is prohibited from possessing firearms after his 2004 manslaughter conviction for fatally shooting an Iraqi cow herder while serving in the U.S. Army.
2 Punjabi-origin youths and a man 60 living in Canada arrested on drug charges
Ayush Sharma, 25, Subham Kumar, 29, from Calgary, and Guramrit Sandhu, 60 from Brampton were arrested under an international arrest warrant
After Alabama pioneers nitrogen gas execution
Republican state Attorney General Dave Yost scheduled a news conference Tuesday to discuss “next steps to kickstart” Ohio’s capital punishment system.
Punjab man guilty of fatal car crash in Canada deported to India
Bipinjot Gill, who arrived in Canada in 2016 on a student visa, sped through a red light in Calgary on May 18, 2019, killing Uzma Afzal, 31, and her mother, Bilquees Begum, 65, on the spot
Haitian judge seeks to interview widow of slain president in leaked arrest warrant
The one-page warrant contains little detail except to say that authorities are seeking to interview Martine Moïse about the case.
AI companies will need to start reporting their safety tests to the US government
The software companies are committed to a set of categories for the safety tests, but companies do not yet have to comply with a common standard on the tests.
Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry
During the past two months, nearly a dozen commercial farms have had to destroy more than 1 million birds to control the outbreak, dealing an economic blow to farmers, workers and their customers.