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China blacklists US firms Lockheed Martin, Raytheon over Taiwan arms sales
Feb 17, 2023 03:28China has imposed trading and investment sanctions on American aerospace manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies over arms sales to Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
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US will keep its military presence in the Baltic region: Austin
Feb 17, 2023 02:54US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said the United States will keep its military presence in the Baltic region in Russia’s backyard, amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington over the Ukraine conflict.
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Haley calls for US politicians over 75 to face 'mental competency tests'
Feb 16, 2023 12:03Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who has recently announced to run for the Republican nomination, has called for mandatory “mental competency tests” for politicians older than 75.
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New strike underway in France against pension reform
Feb 16, 2023 10:27French unions have called a new strike by workers for the fifth day of action against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform pensions.
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Russia: US should prove it did not blow up Nord Stream
Feb 16, 2023 09:38Russia says the United States should prove that it was not behind the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, days after a report by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleged that US Navy divers sabotaged the multibillion-dollar Russian infrastructure.
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Iran, China presidents urge JCPOA implementation, verifiable removal of sanctions
Feb 16, 2023 09:33Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have called for the full and effective implementation of the Iran nuclear deal by all sides and the removal of all US sanctions against Tehran in a verifiable manner.
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Scotland's First Minister quits, admits she is too divisive for independence
Feb 16, 2023 05:36Nicola Sturgeon resigned as Scottish First Minister on Wednesday after eight years in the post, admitting she had become a polarising figure for voters and was too divisive to fight for an independent Scotland.
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US risks debt default as soon as July: Budget office
Feb 16, 2023 05:31The United States risks defaulting on payment obligations as soon as July, if lawmakers fail to resolve a gridlock and raise the federal borrowing limit, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates Wednesday.
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US agents clear homeless camp of tents and people in heart of Washington
Feb 16, 2023 05:26Security agents and sanitary personnel on Wednesday cleared out a longstanding encampment of homeless people in a leafy Washington plaza just steps from the White House.
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At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya
Feb 15, 2023 12:01The United Nations says dozens of migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck off Libya, and only seven have been rescued so far.