Buenos Aires, Apr. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Workers went on strike in Argentina on Thursday in protest at the harsh austerity programme implemented by President Javier Milei’s ultra-liberal…
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Death toll from Dominican Republic roof collapse rises to 221
Buenos Aires, Apr. 10, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the collapse of a nightclub roof in the Dominican Republic has jumped to 221, the head of…
US stocks spike amid 90-day tariff pause for some countries
Washington, Apr. 9, (dpa/GNA) – After showing a lack of direction earlier in the session, US stocks have spiked in recent trading in reaction to President Donald…
US reaffirms NATO defence spending demand as world rattled by tariffs
Brussels, Apr. 3, (dpa/GNA) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday underscored the need for NATO allies to spend more on defence, as the world was reeling…
Trump announces sweeping tariffs to countries around the world
Washington, Apr. 2, (dpa/GNA) – US President Donald Trump announced a round of sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on countries around the world in a speech in the White…
US military confirms three missing soldiers in Lithuania are dead
Riga, Mar. 31, (dpa/GNA) – After recovering a tank that had sunk metres deep in mud, the US military confirmed on Monday the deaths of three of…
Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro to stand trial on coup charges
Buenos Aires, Mar. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the indictment of former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged plot to overturn the country’s…
Secret US military plans leaked after journalist added to group chat
Washington, Mar. 25, (dpa/GNA) – The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, said on Monday that he was accidentally included in a secret US government group…
Canadian PM Carney calls April 28 election as Trump looms over race
New York, Mar. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early parliamentary elections for April 28, seizing on a surge in support as…
US defies court order, deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador
Washington, Mar. 16, (dpa/GNA) – A plane carrying more than 200 Venezuelans deported by the United States has landed in El Salvador, in apparent defiance of a…
At least 34 people dead as storms sweep across US
Washington, Mar. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Severe storms swept across the southern and midwestern United States over the weekend, killing at least 34 people, including 12 in the…
Widespread blackouts in Cuba as power grid collapses again
Buenos Aires, Mar. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Cuba faced power cuts across much of the country on Friday, the Energy Ministry announced. The power outages were caused by…
Demonstration in Trump Tower after arrest of activist
New York, Mar. 14, (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people demonstrated inside Trump Tower in New York City against the arrest and planned deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a…
Trump announces higher steel and aluminium tariffs for Canada
Washington, Mar. 11, (dpa/GNA) – US President Donald Trump plans to impose additional high tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from Canada, he posted on his Truth…
5 taken to the hospital after a plane crashes near a retirement community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mar 10 (CNN/GNA) – A small plane crashed into the parking lot at a retirement community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Sunday afternoon, injuring the…
Canada will never be part of US, Carney says after leadership race
London, Mar. 10, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said Canada will “never ever” be part of America after winning the race to…
US government using lie detector tests on its employees over leaks
Washington, Mar. 9, (dpa/GNA) – The US Department of Homeland Security is using lie detectors on its own employees in an effort to find internal information leaks,…
CIA chief says U.S. pauses intel sharing with Ukraine
WASHINGTON, March 7, (Xinhua/GNA) — The director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, said Wednesday that the United States has paused intelligence support to…
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen
Mar 5 (CNN/GNA) – A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved…
Michael Bloomberg tops the list of America’s biggest donors for the second year in a row
Mar 5 (AP/GNA) – For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes,…