Washington’s envoy to the United Nations held a virtual talk with Taiwan’s president on Thursday after her visit to the island was scrapped in a diplomatic volte-face during the chaotic last days of the Trump administration. Ambassador Kelly Craft praised Taiwan’s success in fighting the coronavirus while criticising China for blocking the island from global […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to strengthen his country’s nuclear arsenal in his closing address to a top ruling party meeting, state media reported Wednesday, days before Joe Biden takes office as US president. “While strengthening our nuclear war deterrent, we need to do everything in order to build the most powerful military,” […]
Dr. Dre remains hospitalized as some wild rumors started circulating. As Dr. Dre remains in the Intensive Care Unit, reportedly resting comfortably at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, some troubling accusations have surfaced. At least one relative believes that the 55-year-old music mogul may have been allegedly poisoned, despite his medical condition ruled a brain aneurysm. […]
Twitter’s decision to impose a permanent ban on US President Donald Trump’s account has sparked some consternation in Europe, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling it “problematic”. The move, prompted by fears of “further incitement of violence” after last week’s attack on the US Capitol building that was partly blamed on the US president, reignited […]
The US Treasury placed sanctions Monday on four Ukrainians who aided President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani in an election campaign effort to smear Democrat Joe Biden. Former Ukrainian government officials Konstantin Kulyk, Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Andriy Telizhenko, and current Ukraine lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky were called part of an effort led by “Russian agent” Andrii Derkach […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the United States is his nuclear-armed nation’s “biggest enemy”, state media reported Saturday. The declaration comes less than two weeks before the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president, and after a tumultuous relationship between Kim and the outgoing Donald Trump. Kim and Trump first engaged in a […]
The United States logged a record new daily virus caseload as Joe Biden slammed the Trump administration’s vaccine roll-out as a “travesty” and millions in Asia woke up to new lockdowns. Almost 1.9 million people have now died from the virus, with new variants sending cases soaring and prompting the re-introduction of curbs on movement […]
Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay has been keeping a low profile of late, and assures the world he definitely wasn’t in Washington as part of the mob of Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol. The 1990s jazz-funk performer trended on social media during the unrest, as users noted the similarity of his signature look to […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will have to remain in custody in Britain, pending a US appeal of the decision to block his extradition to face charges for leaking secret documents, a judge in London ruled Wednesday. Judge Vanessa Baraitser told Westminster Magistrates Court there were “substantial grounds for believing that if Mr Assange is released […]
The massive and months-long “SolarWinds” hack of more than 250 federal agencies and private businesses was “likely Russian in origin,” according to a joint statement from top U.S. Intelligence Agencies, including the FBI, released Tuesday. The statement definitively contrasts with President Donald Trump’s claims recently that it could have been perpetrated by China. Calling the […]
A judge in the United Kingdom has refused to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges. As reported by ShadowProof’s Kevin Gosztola, the judge argued Assange represents a legitimate suicide risk that America’s prison system was not equipped to handle.
Thousands of Iraqis on Sunday commemorated the first anniversary of the assassinations of a top Iranian general and a leader of a powerful Iraqi Shiite militia by a US airstrike. Last year’s US strike near Baghdad airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of […]
Several members of the German parliament have called on the British government to intervene in case a court decides that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US. “Extraditing Julian Assange to the US, where he faces no fair trial and up to 175 years in prison, would endanger his life and set […]
President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration on Thursday fired a late salvo against the United Nations by voting against its budget, citing disagreements on Israel and Iran, but it found virtually no international support. Only Israel voted with the United States, with 167 nations in favor, as the General Assembly closed the year by approving the […]
The US logged its highest ever daily death toll from the coronavirus Wednesday as the world prepares to turn the page on a grim year defined by the pandemic, with much of the globe united in one hope for 2021: that a slew of new vaccines will stamp out Covid-19. New Year’s Eve marks one […]
Cuba on Wednesday warned the outgoing US administration against redesignating the island as a state sponsor of terrorism, a move reportedly under discussion that could hinder President-elect Joe Biden’s diplomacy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reviewing the possibility before leaving office on January 20 of returning Cuba to the blacklist, which severely impedes foreign […]
A multi-million-dollar property sale by the US Consulate in Hong Kong has been put on ice because it has not received permission from Beijing, the prospective buyer said Wednesday. The deal for six luxury pads in a swanky part of the island would have seen the US State Department pocket US$330 million. But it appears […]
Jonathan Pollard, who was convicted of spying for Israel in the United States over 30 years ago, landed in Israel early on Wednesday. Pollard, 66, and his wife Esther flew from Newark International Airport in New Jersey on a private plane, belonging to Sheldon Adelson, the owner of the high-circulation Israel Hayom newspaper, according to […]
The globe as we know it today is only a snapshot: The Earth’s continents are always in motion. The distribution of land and sea has been constantly changing for millions upon millions of years due to the movement of tectonic plates. US geologist Christopher R Scotese has taken it upon himself to research and illustrate […]
US and European stocks pushed into record territory on Monday, buoyed by a pandemic recovery package agreed in the US and Britain’s Brexit deal with the EU. All three major US stock indices finished at all-time highs, a feat reached earlier in the day by Germany’s DAX index. “The stock market is in a celebration […]
President Donald Trump has signed a law that authorizes US sanctions on Chinese officials if they interfere in Tibetan Buddhists’ selection of the next Dalai Lama. Congress overwhelmingly approved the Tibetan Policy and Support Act amid growing concern that Beijing will seek to handpick a successor to the 85-year-old spiritual leader, hoping the movement for […]
Washington (AFP) – Promoters of Britain’s divorce from the European Union had said they would revitalize bonds with the United States, where President Donald Trump, with his shared disdain for multinational bodies, seemed the perfect partner. Come January, Britain both definitively leaves the 27-nation bloc and will deal with a new US president, Joe Biden, […]
Paris (AFP) – The Covid-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous US election and the Black Lives Matter movement shake the world. Here are some of the key events of the year: Rampaging virus – On January 11, less than two […]
President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Washington was demanding Iranian transactions for novel coronavirus vaccines pass through US banks, and expressed fear the money could be seized. US President Donald Trump has imposed wave after wave of sanctions on the Islamic republic since 2018, when he unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. Iran has […]
US President Donald Trump warned Iran over repeated rocket attacks on the country’s embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, saying he would not tolerate any deaths of US personnel. “Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over,” Trump said on Twitter, charging that the rockets used […]
Tory Lanez gifted someone who is not a fan $2500. Many detractors have been calling for the imprisonment of Tory Lanez following his alleged involvement in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez, who has continued to deny the accusations, felt the ire of many Twitter followers, over the last six months, like 19-year-old Angela […]
A warrant was issued Tuesday after a court no-show for a Hong Kong student who was shot by police during last year’s democracy protests, as an activist group claimed he had gone “into exile”. Tsang Chi-kin, 19, had been due to appear in court to plead to charges of rioting and assaulting police officers but […]
Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers were set Monday to back legislation granting Sudan legal immunity for past attacks, a final step in a historic deal removing Khartoum from Washington’s blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism. The text would restore Sudan’s sovereign immunity with the exception of litigation already pending in US federal courts related to […]
It is not yet certain whether the new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more contagious, but the US is conducting studies to learn more, a top official said Monday. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, added he expected that lab experiments would show the new strain would respond to […]
Washington is “prepared to react” if Tehran launches an attack to mark the first anniversary of the killing of powerful Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the head of US forces in the Middle East warned Sunday. “We are prepared to defend ourselves, our friends and partners in the region, and we’re prepared to react if necessary,” […]