Trump to face trial before election
The court hearings are to start amid the presidential state primaries, with the billionaire being the leading GOP candidate FILE PHOTO: Former US PResident Donald Trump © Global Look Press…
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Washington raises Taiwan stakes
The US Senate proposal would give Taipei $4.5 billion in weapons and back membership in international bodies FILE PHOTO: Taiwan’s US-made Patriot missile systems pass during a national day parade…
Oregon governor to deploy 1,500 National Guard troops to assist swamped hospitals
Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deploy some 1,500 National Guard soldiers to aid hospitals flooded with coronavirus patients, citing the spread of the Delta variant as the state’s already short…
NYC enveloped by haze from wildfire smoke all the way from West Coast, as air quality hits worst in 14 years (PHOTOS)
Smoke from the deadly West Coast wildfires has grown so massive it can be seen – and breathed – as far away as New York City, where the air quality…
US at risk of armed anti-police insurgency within FIVE YEARS, researcher claims
Temitope Oriola, an expert in armed insurgency in sub-Saharan Africa, has issued a chilling warning that the US may soon witness its own armed insurgency if significant police and criminal…
Trump supporters take protests to statehouses across US
Supporters of President Donald Trump staged rallies at statehouses across the United States, disrupting some official functions but remaining decidedly more subdued than protesters in Washington who stormed the US…
Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalise hard drugs
Oregon has become the first US state to decriminalise the possession of hard drugs, including cocaine and heroin. People caught with small amounts of drugs for personal use will now…
US wildfires cause at least 24 deaths, as 500,000 in Oregon told to evacuate
Around 500,000 people in Oregon, or 10 percent of the state’s population, were ordered to evacuate on Friday and residents of its largest city, Portland, were told to be ready…
Where are the protests? Firearms overtake fireworks as shootings over July 4th weekend leave scores dead in big US cities
The Independence Day weekend turned deadly across the US as 77 people were shot in Chicago alone, continuing a spate of violence that has plagued largely black neighborhoods amid anti-racism…
25 US cities impose curfew amid protests over Floyd’s death
Twenty-five cities across 16 US states have imposed curfew amid the violent protests over the killing of African American George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis city, Minnesota State, according…