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Trump endorses Mike Johnson for House Speaker

The president-elect has backed the congressman’s re-election amid recent Republican disputes over government spending. President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson for another...

Moscow comments on government flight to US

The aircraft delivered Russian diplomats, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. A passenger plane belonging to the ‘Rossiya’ special flight squadron was sent to...

Close call at LAX: Private jet and airliner narrowly avoid collision (Video)

A private jet carrying Gonzaga University’s men’s basketball team narrowly avoided a collision with a departing flight at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on...

US homelessness hits new record

Critics say inadequate recording methods may be understating the scale of the crisis. The number of homeless people in the United States has reached a...

Former US President Jimmy Carter dies, aged 100

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the nation's 39th president and longest-lived at 100, passed away peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday,...

US Dollar’s share in global reserves plunges to 30-year low

The US dollar’s “weaponisation” against countries like Russia and Iran has increasingly fuelled the declining luster of the American currency. Nations, particularly in emerging markets,...

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause TikTok ban

The president-elect has requested a delay in a ban on the platform in order to negotiate a “political” solution to the issue. US President-elect Donald...

US inmate beaten to death by correctional officers

New York officials have released bodycam footage relevant to the “senseless killing” of Robert Brooks earlier this month. Body camera footage released on Friday shows...

Musk accused of muzzling critics of his migration agenda

The purported move follows fierce debate on X over H-1B visas for Indian tech workers. Elon Musk has announced a new algorithm on his social...

US Congress urged to expose ‘sexual slush fund list’

Lawmakers are demanding transparency on $17 of million taxpayers’ money spent on settling harassment claims and workplace disputes. Republican Representatives Thomas Massie from Kentucky and...

Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be extradited to US over $40 billion token collapse

Montenegro’s Minister of Justice, Bojan Bozovic, has approved the extradition of South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon to the United States, concluding a protracted...

Canadian ministers head to Florida for talks with incoming Trump administration

Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly travelled to Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday to meet with members of President-elect Donald...

Musk issues bankruptcy warning for US

The US must fix its rising national debt problem, the billionaire has said. The US government will “go de facto bankrupt” unless it reins in...

Here’s how the US burned millions ‘fighting propaganda’

Fed to the tune of $61 million a year, the Global Engagement Center was a failed attempt at narrative control. If the nosy grandma peering...

Trump suggests hockey legend Wayne Gretzky run for Canadian PM

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky consider running for the position of Prime Minister of Canada, which he jokingly...

Stowaway tragedy: Body found in wheel well of United Airlines flight to Maui

A dead body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after it landed at Maui's Kahului Airport on Tuesday afternoon,...

The deceptive junk science about fluoride

In the 1964 satirical black comedy film Dr. Strangelove there is the iconic scene when the rogue general Jack D Ripper, played by Sterling...

US shuts down its ‘propaganda and censorship’ agency

The Global Engagement Center was described by Elon Musk as a “threat to democracy”. The US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) has shut down...

Wealthy gay couple sentenced to life for heinous abuse of adopted sons

Zachary and William Zulock, a gay couple from an affluent Atlanta suburb, have been sentenced to 100 years in prison after pleading guilty to...

The progressive authoritarian tide retreats

Two months ago in the UK, a 17-year old girl with autism took the field in her all-women team for a match in a...

US biolab activity in Africa: A country-by-country analysis

The continent is the new focus of American biolab activities, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has claimed. The US is significantly expanding its military-biological presence...

US operating ‘dozens’ of illegal biolabs in Africa – reports

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Pentagon is testing “dangerous pathogens” in over a dozen countries across the continent. The US is growing increasingly...

Group publishes details about CIA mind control studies

Historic memos about brainwashing “Russian agents” and drugging US inmates with LSD have been put online. Documents shedding light on the CIA’s notorious mind control...

Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and terrorism charges

26-year-old Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state-level murder and terrorism charges in New York following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian...

Biden’s clemency move sparks outrage: Child killers and sadistic murderers escape death row

President Biden’s sweeping decision to commute the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates has ignited a firestorm of criticism, as some of the...

Illegal immigrant charged with horrific NYC crime had been previously deported

A chilling act of violence unfolded in Brooklyn, New York, as a Guatemalan migrant with a history of deportation was arrested for allegedly setting...

Illegal immigrant arrested in horrific NYC subway murder

A Guatemalan illegal migrant, identified as 33-year-old Sebastin Zapeta, has been arrested for allegedly setting a woman on fire aboard a Brooklyn subway train...

US could quit WHO on Trump’s first day – FT

Members of the president-elect’s team reportedly plan to announce a withdrawal from the UN health agency on January 20. The transition team of US President-elect...

US shoots down own jet while bombing Yemen

The F/A-18 was downed by the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg over the Red Sea. The US Navy inadvertently shot down its own F/A-18 fighter jet...

Luigi Mangione becomes viral anti-establishment symbol

The shocking murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan has sparked an unexpected phenomenon: social media infatuation with Luigi Mangione, the suspect in...

US withdraws $10 million bounty for new Syrian leader

Washington’s envoy said it would be “incoherent” to negotiate with someone on a US wanted terrorist list. The US will no longer offer a $10...

US House passes last-minute funding Bill to avert government shutdown

With just hours to spare before a federal funding deadline, the US House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to prevent a partial...

Democrats want government shutdown to strip Trump of leverage – Vance

Congress has failed to pass a spending plan backed by President-elect Donald Trump. US Vice President-elect J.D. Vance has blasted the Democrats for rejecting a...

Free speech wins the Culture War

Gradually, then suddenly,” Hemingway’s bankruptcy quote can just as easily be applied to politics. If you had told me six months ago that a motley...

Democrats block Trump-backed spending bill, pushing US closer to government shutdown

A Trump-backed streamlined spending bill aimed at averting a government shutdown failed in the House of Representatives on Thursday, intensifying political tensions in Washington. The...

‘A delusion’: Top DNC fundraiser slams Kamala Harris potential political comeback

Lindy Li, a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser, slammed the notion of Vice President Kamala Harris staging a political comeback, calling it a "delusion"...

California declares emergency over virus outbreak

Governor Gavin Newsom announced the “proactive” move amid the rapid spread of H5N1 bird flu through US dairy cattle herds. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared...

US reports first ‘severe human case’ of bird flu linked to backyard poultry

The United States has reported its first "severe human case" of H5N1 bird flu in a Louisiana resident, who is currently hospitalized in critical...

US imposes sanctions on individuals and entities with NZ links

The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against 12 individuals and eight entities, with three individuals and two entities...

Alleged CEO killer charged with murder

Luigi Mangione could face life in prison if found guilty of killing UnitedHealthcare’s Brian Thompson. The man accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has...

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