US President Donald Trump has visited the city of Kenosha in Wisconsin, ground zero of the most recent wave of social unrest sparked by the shooting of Mr Jacob Blake. He had travelled to Kenosha on Tuesday (Sept 1) despite objections from the governor of Wisconsin and the mayor of Kenosha, who feared his presence […]
US decision to remove blocks for one year on the sale of ‘non-lethal defence articles’ slammed by Turkey. The United States has said it will lift for one year its decades-old arms embargo on Cyprus to allow “non-lethal” military goods to be sold to the Mediterranean island. In a move which was immediately slammed by […]
Airline pilots have reported seeing a “guy in a jet pack” flying 3,000ft in the air above Los Angeles. The FBI is investigating following the sighting from two pilots on separate flights near Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday. Several US media outlets obtained a recording of communications between the pilots and air traffic control, […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday (Sept 1) he was hopeful that Chinese Confucius Institute cultural centre on US university campuses would all be shut down by the end of the year. “I think everyone’s coming to see the risk associated with them,” Mr Pompeo told Lou Dobbs on […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Defying requests to stay away, President Donald Trump headed for Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday (Sept 1) to highlight his “law and order” re-election campaign theme in a city upended by protests after the shooting of a black man by a white police officer. Opinion polls show the Republican president narrowing the gap […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government warned on Tuesday (Sept 1) that North Korea continues to acquire materials and equipment for its ballistic missile programme, despite claims in Washington that Pyongyang has pulled back on its nuclear ambitions. In a joint global “advisory”, the Treasury, Commerce and State Departments detailed North Korea’s ongoing efforts to […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – People wearing plastic face shields or masks fitted with a valve can spray invisible droplets over a very wide area when they sneeze or cough, making the devices ineffective at preventing the spread of coronavirus when used on their own, a simulation model shows. In a report published on Tuesday in the […]
The daughter of a US married same-sex couple who was born in the UK via surrogate has been an American citizen since birth and should be given a passport, a judge has ruled. Federal judge Michael Brown in Atlanta, Georgia, where the couple and their daughter live, wrote in an order that the child doesn’t […]
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 1 (Reuters) – Protests flared again in Portland overnight on Monday as demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the city which after months of sometimes violent confrontations has become a focal point of the U.S. presidential race. Police used smoke grenades and pepper balls to control the crowd of protesters. […]
SANTIAGO, CHILE (REUTERS) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday (Aug 1), the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said, and some damage and minor landslides were reported in areas near the epicentre, according to local media. A number of people living near the coast were evacuated as […]