USA

  • Taliban assure world leaders they will let eligible people leave Afghanistan

    Taliban assure world leaders they will let eligible people leave Afghanistan

    Sep 01, 2021 03:57

    Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson, and other world leaders have received assurances from the Taliban that foreign nationals and those with authorisation to exit Afghanistan will be free to leave, as tensions and bloodshed escalate on the streets of Kabul.

  • Experts say Republican election audits have led to voting system breaches

    Experts say Republican election audits have led to voting system breaches

    Aug 30, 2021 10:55

    The effort by US Republicans to examine voting equipment began soon after the November election as former President Donald Trump blamed his loss on widespread fraud. Judges appointed by both Democrats and Republicans, election officials of both parties and Trump’s own attorney general dismissed the claims.

  • CDC director lashes out at schools not following safety guidelines for reopening

    CDC director lashes out at schools not following safety guidelines for reopening

    Aug 30, 2021 10:50

    The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unloaded on school districts flouting their long-standing safety recommendations for returning students to school and allowing schools to remain open.

  • 107k new US COVID deaths predicted by December, health model says

    107k new US COVID deaths predicted by December, health model says

    Aug 29, 2021 04:58

    The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle predicts that, between now and December 1, the U.S. will see over 107,000 additional deaths from COVID-19.

  • From Afghanistan to Central America, US creates refugee crises

    From Afghanistan to Central America, US creates refugee crises

    Aug 29, 2021 04:52

    The United States has a responsibility to provide a safe haven for refugees, from Afghanistan, Latin America, or elsewhere, and to cease interventions that fuel these crises and displace so many.

  • Planned expansion of facial recognition by US agencies called 'disturbing'

    Planned expansion of facial recognition by US agencies called 'disturbing'

    Aug 29, 2021 04:47

    "Face surveillance is so invasive of privacy, so discriminatory against people of color, and so likely to trigger false arrests, that the US government should not be using face surveillance at all," said one privacy advocate.

  • Great Game in West Asia is over - and America lost

    Great Game in West Asia is over - and America lost

    Aug 27, 2021 15:23

    America’s political and military establishments remain impervious to learning basic lessons. The best the US administration could do for itself, and the rest of the world, is to take a sabbatical for a decade from policing the planet.

  • Five ways US created and prolonged Afghan crisis

    Five ways US created and prolonged Afghan crisis

    Aug 27, 2021 15:03

    Media coverage of the Taliban takeover of Kabul would lead most Americans to believe that U.S. involvement in Afghanistan began after 9/11, with the invasion launched to topple the previous Taliban government. But Afghanistan has been at war continuously for forty-two years, and the Pentagon has been involved every step of the way, under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

  • Supreme Court allows revival of Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy

    Supreme Court allows revival of Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy

    Aug 27, 2021 14:50

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday (24 Aug 2021) refused to block a ruling from a federal judge in Texas requiring the Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era immigration program that forces asylum seekers arriving at the southwestern border to await approval in Mexico.

  • Where will Afghanistan’s refugees go?

    Where will Afghanistan’s refugees go?

    Aug 26, 2021 15:04

    The US Refugee Act of 1980 standardized the procedures for admitting refugees – people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution – and put in place a rigorous vetting process. But over the past 40 years, US acceptance rates for refugees worldwide have fallen significantly – from 200,000 admitted in 1980 to less than 50,000 in 2019.