WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council, three years after former president Donald Trump’s administration withdrew, the US top diplomat told the rights body on Wednesday (Feb 24). “I’m pleased to announce the United States will seek election to the Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term,” […]
Tiger Woods’ car crash is the latest major event in a career that has seen glittering sporting highs as well as painful personal lows. The 45-year-old has sustained serious injuries to both legs after rolling his car in a dramatic crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday – leaving some wondering whether he can ever return […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States House of Representatives will vote on Friday (Feb 26) on legislation to provide US$1.9 trillion (S$2.5 trillion) in new coronavirus relief, Representative Steny Hoyer, the chamber’s No 2 Democrat, said. “The American people strongly support this bill, and we are moving swiftly to see it enacted into law,” Hoyer […]
QUITO, Ecuador — More than 60 inmates were killed Tuesday in the worst prison riots in Ecuador’s history, as rival gangs battled for control of the country’s growing drug trade. The violence broke out in a series of coordinated mutinies on Tuesday morning in three large prisons across the country, according to the police. It […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday (Feb 23) he has directed lawmakers to craft a package of measures to counter China’s rise, capitalising on bipartisan hardline sentiment on Beijing in Congress to strengthen the US tech sector and counter unfair practices. Schumer said at a weekly press conference that […]
A new federal grand jury has been empaneled in Minneapolis and the Justice Department has called new witnesses as part of its investigation of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who will go on trial in state court next month on a murder charge for the death of George Floyd, according to two people with […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The deadly US Capitol riot on Jan 6 exposed devastating security and intelligence weaknesses, with military authorities reacting too slowly to calls for National Guard backup against an overwhelming mob, security officials told Congress on Tuesday (Feb 23). In the first Senate hearing on the security failings, featuring US Capitol Police and […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the Biden administration sets up shop, many policies initiated by its hard-right predecessor are being targeted for extinction. But agricultural groups and anti-hunger organizations are fighting to keep one they've come to depend on, which channels food that might otherwise be plowed under to people reeling under the coronavirus […]
A father-to-be has died after a device he was building for his child’s gender reveal party exploded. Christopher Pekny, 28, was building the device in the garage of his home in Liberty, in upstate New York, with his brother on Sunday morning when it blew up. He suffered fatal injuries in the blast and his […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — When white men armed with guns pursued and killed Ahmaud Arbery as he ran through their neighborhood, few outside the Georgia port city of Brunswick paid notice in the days and weeks that followed. A year later, those closest to the 25-year-old Black man want to make sure his death isn't […]