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US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince

US report on Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown prince

-- 2021-02-25 11:42:23

A declassified version of a US intelligence report expected to be released on Thursday finds that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, four U...

Trump ban on many green card applicants revoked

Trump ban on many green card applicants revoked

-- 2021-02-25 11:24:10

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a proclamation from his predecessor that blocked many green card applicants from entering the United States. Former President Donald Trump issued the ban l...

Alaska thunderstorms could triple, scientists warn

Alaska thunderstorms could triple, scientists warn

REUTERS 2021-02-25 10:08:40

Alaska may need to brace for more thunderstorms — along with the landslides, floods and wildfires they can bring — if current climate trends continue, a team of scientists warns. Two stud...

Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations

Trump may soon have to answer rape allegations

-- 2021-02-24 11:36:01

During a December visit to New York City, writer E. Jean Carroll says she went shopping with a fashion consultant to find the “best outfit” for one of the most important days of her life -...

UN rights chief welcomes Biden stance against death penalty

UN rights chief welcomes Biden stance against death penalty

-- 2021-02-24 11:08:46

The UN human rights chief on Tuesday welcomed a pledge by US President Joe Biden to work towards abolishing the death penalty in the United States. Biden, a Democrat, promised voters last year he wou...

Glamorous life of El Chapo's detained wife 'like a soap opera'

Glamorous life of El Chapo's detained wife 'like a soap opera'

-- 2021-02-23 12:45:34

The arrest on drug trafficking charges of Emma Coronel Aispuro, a former beauty queen and wife of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, follows a telenovela-style life that strad...

US Supreme Court paves way for release of Trump's tax returns

US Supreme Court paves way for release of Trump's tax returns

-- 2021-02-23 12:20:34

Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Monday in his long quest to conceal details of his finances as the US Supreme Court paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain the former president...

US video providers asked to address misinformation by TV channels

US video providers asked to address misinformation by TV channels

-- 2021-02-23 10:43:55

Two US lawmakers on Monday sent letters to a dozen cable, satellite and streaming video companies urging them to address their “disseminating misinformation to millions” of users from some...

US nears dark milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

US nears dark milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

-- 2021-02-22 11:38:53

The United States faces a dark milestone this week despite a recent decline in Covid-19 cases as it prepares to mark a staggering half-million deaths, with President Joe Biden planning to memorialise...

Malcolm X's family releases letter that alleges FBI, police role in his death

Malcolm X's family releases letter that alleges FBI, police role in his death

-- 2021-02-22 09:48:14

Members of Malcolm X’s family have made public what they described as a letter written by a deceased police officer stating that the New York Police Department and FBI were behind the 1965 killi...

Trump ally Erik Prince accused of helping evade UN Libya sanctions

Trump ally Erik Prince accused of helping evade UN Libya sanctions

Reuters 2021-02-22 09:43:42

Erik Prince, the private security executive and supporter of former US President Donald Trump, “at the very least” helped evade an arms embargo on Libya, according to excerpts from a Unite...

Argentina's health minister resigns after reports of VIP vaccine access

Argentina's health minister resigns after reports of VIP vaccine access

-- 2021-02-21 14:10:39

Argentina’s health minister resigned on Friday following reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to COVID-19 vaccines to which they were not entitled. Gines Gonzalez...

Trump to address CPAC in 1st post-White House appearance, start war with own party leaders

Trump to address CPAC in 1st post-White House appearance, start war with own party leaders

Reuters 2021-02-21 10:56:56

Former US President Donald Trump will seek to return to the political spotlight in an address to a major meeting of conservatives, a source familiar with his plans said on Saturday, as the Republican...

Texas hospitals hit hard by cold, lack of water

Texas hospitals hit hard by cold, lack of water

Reuters 2021-02-20 16:57:27

Texas doctor Natasha Kathuria has practiced medicine in 11 countries, worked through the 2014 “Snowmageddon” storm that ground Atlanta to a halt, and survived the past year’s COVID-1...

Biden draws contrast with Trump on the world scene

Biden draws contrast with Trump on the world scene

REUTERS 2021-02-20 11:29:55

US President Joe Biden on Friday drew a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his much-derided predecessor, Donald Trump, and urged democracies to work together to challenge abuses by autocratic s...

Trump Plaza brought down by 3,000 sticks of dynamite

Trump Plaza brought down by 3,000 sticks of dynamite

-- 2021-02-19 21:21:53

Donald Trump’s failed business venture Trump Plaza and Casino was demolished Wednesday at 9 am with the push of a button on a detonator. The property had been shuttered since 2014 and was in a s...

US begins admitting asylum seekers blocked by Trump

US begins admitting asylum seekers blocked by Trump

Reuters 2021-02-19 20:44:59

The United States will on Friday begin rolling back one of former President Donald Trump’s strictest immigration policies, allowing in the first of thousands of asylum seekers who have been forc...

Climate funding likely to go up as US rejoins Paris pact

Climate funding likely to go up as US rejoins Paris pact

THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION 2021-02-19 19:04:14

As the United States officially re-enters the Paris climate accord on Friday, expectations are rising that Washington will step up funding to help poor countries adopt clean energy and adapt to more e...

US says it is ready for talks with Iran over nuclear deal

US says it is ready for talks with Iran over nuclear deal

REUTERS 2021-02-19 09:52:43

The United States on Thursday said it was ready to talk to Iran about both nations returning to a 2015 agreement that aimed to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, seeking to revive a deal t...

US weekly jobless claims rise

US weekly jobless claims rise

REUTERS 2021-02-18 20:57:48

The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, but the labour market is steadily recovering as additional fiscal stimulus and falling C...

Pay gap for US female executives narrows

Pay gap for US female executives narrows

-- 2021-02-18 13:38:53

Even women who make it to the top ranks of US corporations face a persistent pay gap compared with men in leadership roles, a new study of corporate filings found. Among companies in the Russell 3000...

'Ice everywhere' as 2.7m homes lack power in Texas

'Ice everywhere' as 2.7m homes lack power in Texas

REUTERS 2021-02-18 12:06:35

Texas officials warned of “disasters within the disaster” of historic cold weather that left millions without heat for a third day on Wednesday, telling residents to prepare for energy to...

Migrants in Mexican camp brave icy nights prior to chance to enter US

Migrants in Mexican camp brave icy nights prior to chance to enter US

-- 2021-02-18 11:37:45

Roberto Manuel wore two shirts, three jackets and four pairs of pants to brace himself for subzero temperatures in Matamoros, the Mexican city opposite Texas, where he lives in a flimsy tent while wai...

US charges 3 North Koreans in $1.3b hacking spree

US charges 3 North Koreans in $1.3b hacking spree

REUTERS 2021-02-18 09:34:24

The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree aimed at stealing more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, affecting companies from banks...

US charges three North Koreans in $1.3b hacking spree

US charges three North Koreans in $1.3b hacking spree

Reuters 2021-02-17 23:05:42

The United States has charged three North Korean computer programmers with a massive hacking spree that stole more than $1.3 billion in money and cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice said Wednesd...

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, Biden warns

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, Biden warns

-- 2021-02-17 17:09:29

China will pay a price for its human rights abuses, US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday, responding to queries at a televised event on the Asian nation’s handling of Muslim minorities in it...

US tells UN Iran's meddling must be tackled before Iraq elections

US tells UN Iran's meddling must be tackled before Iraq elections

-- 2021-02-17 10:45:43

The United States has said that creating a conducive environment for elections in Iraq later this year includes tackling Iran-backed militias, Iran’s destabilising activities in the country and...

Philadelphia refinery cleanup highlights 150 years of toxic legacy of fossil fuels

Philadelphia refinery cleanup highlights 150 years of toxic legacy of fossil fuels

-- 2021-02-17 10:30:59

Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a recent morning from a sprawling and now-defunct oil refinery once operated by Philadelphia Ener...

Trump accused in lawsuit of conspiring to incite Capitol riot

Trump accused in lawsuit of conspiring to incite Capitol riot

-- 2021-02-17 10:29:13

A Democratic congressman, in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, accused former President Donald Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two right-wing groups of conspiring to incite last month’s d...

Tornadoes, cold across US kill 21, disrupt vaccinations

Tornadoes, cold across US kill 21, disrupt vaccinations

Reuters 2021-02-17 09:06:16

A historic winter storm has killed at least 21 people, left millions of Texans without power and spun killer tornadoes into the US Southeast on Tuesday. The brutal cold has engulfed vast swaths of th...