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Biden to name Jeff Zients as next chief of staff 22 Jan 2023 - 11:47 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will name former COVID policy coordinator Jeff Zients as his next chief of staff, a source familiar with...

Canada to pay Indigenous abuse survivors more than $2bn 22 Jan 2023 - 08:32 pm

Ottawa: Canada will pay hundreds of Indigenous communities more than $2 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children...

Bipartisan US lawmakers preparing plan to avert debt-ceiling crisis 22 Jan 2023 - 08:26 pm

Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is preparing a plan to defuse a looming crisis over the nation's debt ceiling by changing...

Ten dead in mass shooting in Asian city in California 22 Jan 2023 - 03:28 pm

Monterey Park, United States: Ten people have died and at least 10 others been wounded in a mass shooting in a largely Asian...

Multiple casualties at California shooting: report 22 Jan 2023 - 01:10 pm

Monterey Park, United States: Police were at the scene of a shooting in southern California that has caused a number of casualties, the...

Police attend shooting in Los Angeles area, multiple casualties - LA Times 22 Jan 2023 - 12:03 pm

Police were attending a shooting in Monterey Park, California with multiple casualities on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a law...

Six more classified docs found in Justice Dept search of Biden home 22 Jan 2023 - 08:15 am

Washington:Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of JoeBiden's family home in Delaware this week,...

White House chief of staff Klain expected to leave in weeks -sources 21 Jan 2023 - 11:50 pm

Rehoboth Beach: Ron Klain, President Joe Biden's White House chief of staff, plans to leave his post in the coming weeks, sources familiar...

US military says Somalia strike killed 30 al Shabaab fighters 21 Jan 2023 - 10:09 pm

Washington: A US military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al Shabaab militants near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia's military...

Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and US 21 Jan 2023 - 09:59 pm

Goree Island: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the "unspeakable cruelty" and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but...

Failure to cut debt burden of some countries could hamper growth, spark conflict - Yellen 21 Jan 2023 - 09:52 pm

Dakar: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday underscored the urgent need to reduce the debt burden of heavily indebted countries, warning that...

Arizona dismantles shipping container wall on US-Mexico border 21 Jan 2023 - 09:41 pm

Hereford: A wall of shipping containers installed just a few months ago by the then-governor of Arizona at a $100m cost to US...

Brazil's Lula replaces army commander 21 Jan 2023 - 09:34 pm

Brasilia: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired the army commander, General Julio Cesar de Arruda, on Saturday, a source with knowledge...

Peru closes famed tourist site Machu Picchu due to protests 21 Jan 2023 - 08:03 pm

Lima: Peru has closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu amid anti-government protests, its Ministry of Culture said on Saturday, with hundreds of...

Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon, marries on 93rd birthday 21 Jan 2023 - 03:25 pm

Los Angeles: Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime...

Elon Musk says Twitter has a headcount of about 2,300 21 Jan 2023 - 12:17 pm

Twitter Inc has about 2,300 active employees, Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Saturday. CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter's full-time headcount...

Trump warns US House Republicans not to touch Social Security, Medicare 20 Jan 2023 - 11:27 pm

WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans on Friday not to "destroy" federal retirement and health benefits as they try to...