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Thousands in Michigan without power after mid-west storms kill 3
Severe thunderstorms rolled through southern Michigan and north-west Ohio on Monday (Aug 29), leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power in the region and killing three people, including an 11-year-old boy who was swept into a…
Biden to slam GOP as democracy threat in rare prime-time speech
President Joe Biden plans to deliver a prime-time speech on Thursday (Sept 1) in Philadelphia assailing Republicans for what he regards as their threats to US rights and freedoms, seeking to buoy his own party's prospects in the upcoming…
Biden to ask for approval for $1.1bn arms sale to Taiwan
Proposed sale of anti-ship and anti-air missiles comes amid heightened tension across the Taiwan Strait.
United States President Joe Biden plans to ask Congress to approve an estimated $1.1bn arms sale to the self-ruled island of Taiwan,…
U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, 1st since Pelosi visit
Two U.S. warships passed through the strait between China and Taiwan, the U.S. Navy said Saturday, in the first such operation since U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to the self-ruled island in early August caused…
US intelligence to probe security risks of Trump documents
The head of the US intelligence community says she will launch a review of possible national security risks posed by a trove of records that had been removed from the White House and kept at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago…
Nuke disarmament talks end without consensus again as Russia resists
The review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty failed to adopt a long-sought report Friday after last-minute opposition from Russia scuttled hopes for consensus at the conclusion of the nearly monthlong session at the U.N.…
Fed chief warns of “pain” for economy amid efforts to tame inflation
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday warned that efforts to bring down inflation through interest rate hikes will inflict "some pain" on the economy, but said the strategy would avert far worse outcomes.
Higher interest…
Moderna sues Pfizer for infringing patents over COVID vaccine
U.S. biotechnology firm Moderna Inc. said Friday it is filing patent infringement lawsuits over a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech SE, alleging a key technology was copied.…
Sen. Blackburn calls Taiwan a ‘country’ during meeting with Tsai
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday in Taipei, the latest U.S. lawmaker to visit the island at a time of tense relations with China.
Blackburn’s trip is the third by U.S. lawmakers this…
Biden and Zelensky reaffirm alliance as Ukraine’s war with Russia enters 7th month
President Joe Biden talked with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday (Aug 25), White House officials said, reaffirming US support for Ukraine as Russia's invasion stretches into its seventh month.
In a statement after the call, the…