US President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka. (Pic credit: AP) As the US President Donald Trump announced that America will start testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, China on Thursday urged the United States to “earnestly […]
The landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal officially came to an end on Saturday, marking the expiration of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the agreement. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei confirmed that “with the end of Resolution 2231 on October 18, its provisions have officially terminated,” signalling what Tehran described as the final […]
US President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that American forces struck and destroyed a “very large” drug-carrying submarine that was heading toward the United States. He said that at least 25,000 Americans would have died if the vessel had reached the shore.Trump also confirmed that the United States was sending two suspected drug traffickers back […]
New Yorkers, brace yourselves—your post-work sunlight hours are about to get much shorter. The city will witness its last sunset after 6 PM in 2025 on Saturday, October 25. From the following day, the sun will dip below the horizon before 6 PM, marking the start of darker evenings that will persist until spring next […]
The United States has escalated its rhetoric against China on Wednesday, with treasury secretary Scott Bessent claiming that American Senators may back a staggering 500% tariff on Chinese imports over trade with Russia. Speaking at a press conference, Bessent said 85 US senators were ready to give US President Donald Trump the authority to impose […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that supplying US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could trigger a “whole new level of escalation”, including in relations between Moscow and Washington. Speaking at a forum in Sochi, Putin said that it would not alter the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady […]
US President Donald Trump has declared that the United States is in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations, and that suspected smugglers for these groups should be considered “unlawful combatants,” as per a confidential notice sent to Congress this week.The notice, sent to multiple congressional committees, provides further detail on […]
Venezuela claims 5 US combat planes near coast Venezuela defence minister on Thursday accused the United States of threatening its national security after at least five American combat planes approached its coastline. In a televised address, defence minister Vladimir Padrino said the country’s air defenses and the tracking systems of its largest airport “detected more […]
The United States government officially shut down at 12:01 am Wednesday (October 1) after Congress and Republicans failed to reach a funding deal, and now the stalemate may stay for at least three days. The Senate is expected to commence its next rounds of voting on government funding after 1.30 pm on Friday, according to […]
On Friday morning, Susan Millar was readying her home in Madison, Wis., for an open house. But she wasn’t trying to sell it. Instead, Ms. Millar opened her doors to a dozen strangers curious to see her heat pump, solar panels, battery storage and electric induction stove. It was an early peek at one of […]
