USA

  • Study says America’s murder rate increase in 2020 has ‘no modern precedent’

    Study says America’s murder rate increase in 2020 has ‘no modern precedent’

    Feb 03, 2021 07:23

    According to a study released recently, murder rates in the US saw a “historic” increase in 2020 compared to 2019, with more than 1,200 additional killings year-over-year in a sample of 34 American cities.

  • How to exercise safely when you have anxiety?

    How to exercise safely when you have anxiety?

    Feb 03, 2021 07:10

    Although it is well-recorded that exercise can help to relieve anxiety, and even help to prevent panic attacks and reduce the physical symptoms, in the moment, it can feel as though exercise makes those symptoms worse — or even triggers them. Health practitioner Sarah Luper at Keep Moving Care, said it’s important that you don’t let anxiety symptoms — like a quickened heart-rate, irregular breathing or a tight chest — stop you from being active.

  • Donald Trump hires new impeachment defense team after lead lawyers quit

    Donald Trump hires new impeachment defense team after lead lawyers quit

    Feb 02, 2021 17:12

    Donald Trump has named new lawyers to lead the defense at his impeachment trial in the Senate next week on the charge that he unleashed a deadly insurrection upon the US Capitol on 6 January. The announcement comes just a day after his previous team fell apart.

  • US reveals true intent of its Indo-Pacific policy

    US reveals true intent of its Indo-Pacific policy

    Feb 02, 2021 17:09

    The US strategy is based on the theory that it needs a weak China to continue its hegemony in Asia. It is to be accomplished by “establishing military, economic and diplomatic ties with countries adjacent to China’s borders, frustrating China’s own attempt at alliance building and economic partnerships, and the utilization of tariffs, sanctions and law fare.”

  • Trump parts ways with five lawyers handling impeachment defense

    Trump parts ways with five lawyers handling impeachment defense

    Feb 02, 2021 17:03

    Former US President Donald J. Trump has abruptly parted ways with five lawyers handling his impeachment defense, just over a week before the Senate trial is set to begin, people familiar with the situation said on recently.

  • Trump chief of staff liquidated as much as $200,000 in stock after election

    Trump chief of staff liquidated as much as $200,000 in stock after election

    Feb 02, 2021 06:52

    Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows liquidated as much as $200,000 in stocks a week after the election, according to financial disclosures.

  • US Senate Republicans say Trump should be held accountable for riot, but not by them

    US Senate Republicans say Trump should be held accountable for riot, but not by them

    Feb 01, 2021 12:31

    With the impeachment trial for former US President, Donald Trump set to begin on February 9, Senate Republicans are criticizing him without doing anything about his actions, hoping to put distance between themselves and the former president without casting any votes that could cause a backlash from Trump and his fervent supporters. Many say something should be done about what Trump did – but just not by them.

  • Republican leaders to meet with Marjorie Taylor Greene amid calls for removal

    Republican leaders to meet with Marjorie Taylor Greene amid calls for removal

    Feb 01, 2021 12:26

    Republican Party leaders will meet with extremist Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene next week as an ongoing crisis over her racist and bizarre political views continues to roil American politics.

  • At least 30,000 GOP voters have left the party since the Capitol breach

    At least 30,000 GOP voters have left the party since the Capitol breach

    Feb 01, 2021 12:23

    Since the attack on the United States Capitol building by a mob of loyalists to former President Donald Trump, tens of thousands of voters who were previously registered as members of the Republican Party have changed their affiliation away from the GOP.

  • For peace with North Korea, Biden must end the US-South Korea military exercises

    For peace with North Korea, Biden must end the US-South Korea military exercises

    Feb 01, 2021 12:18

    Due to their scale and provocative nature, the annual U.S.-South Korea combined exercises have long been a trigger point for heightened military and political tensions on the Korean Peninsula.