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More than one million Americans and Canadians are facing Christmas Day without power as a massive winter storm continues to pummel North America. A bomb cyclone, when atmospheric pressure plummets, has brought snow, strong winds and…

The United States will seek to expand cooperation with Beijing when Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits China next year, a senior State Department official said, calling the trip the "next step" in advancing talks toward stabilizing…

On one of the busiest shopping days of the year, an argument between two groups of young men quickly escalated to gunfire inside the Mall of America on Friday night, turning the sprawling retail and entertainment complex in Bloomington,…

Ivanka Trump told investigators for the Jan 6 House committee that she was saddened by an Oval Office phone call she overheard in which her father tried unsuccessfully to convince then Vice-President Mike Pence to help overturn their…

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law an $858 billion defense policy bill set to increase security cooperation with Taiwan by providing billions in aid over the coming years, while continuing to invest in alliances and…

North Korea sold weapons in November to a Russian mercenary group involved in the invasion of Ukraine, in direct violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the United States said Thursday. Washington has confirmed North Korea…

The US Congress has proposed US$1 billion to help poor countries cope with climate change, a figure that falls significantly short of President Joe Biden’s promise that the United States will spend US$11.4 billion annually by 2024 to ensure…

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday praised Japan's new security strategy as "momentous," stressing that the key Asian ally's moves to build up its defense had "unified" bipartisan and bicameral support within the United…

Japan and the United States are considering a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to Nagasaki in May 2023 when he travels to Japan for a Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, sources familiar with the plan said Tuesday. If realized, Biden…

The House committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters voted unanimously to ask the Justice Department to prosecute the former president for alleged crimes – including inciting an insurrection. The…