Moscow, Jul. 9, (dpa/GNA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized the US for pledging to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine. This is another “blatant revelation…
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Six people killed in plane crash near Southern California airport
Los Angeles, Jul. 9, (tca/dpa/GNA) — Six people were killed Saturday when their plane crashed near French Valley Airport in California, the second deadly…
Blinken calls Kremlin ‘sole obstacle’ to lasting peace in Ukraine
Washington, Jul. 9, (dpa/GNA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken marked 500 days since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine by vowing that the US would…
Trump’s aide pleads not guilty in secret documents affair
Washington, July 6, (dpa/GNA) – Former US president Donald Trump’s aide, also charged over the handling of secret government documents, has pleaded not guilty.…
Trump’s aide pleads not guilty in secret documents affair
Washington, Jul. 6, (dpa/GNA) - Former US president Donald Trump’s aide, also charged over the handling of secret government documents, has pleaded not guilty. Walt Nauta appeared…
At least 3 killed, 8 injured in U.S. Texas shooting
HOUSTON, July 5 (Xinhua) – At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting just before midnight on Monday,…
At least 17 die amid heat wave in southern U.S.
HOUSTON, June 29, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least 17 people have died from heat-related illnesses, as a heat wave continues baking Texas, while spreading into…
US durable goods orders unexpectedly jump in may
Washington, Jun. 27, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Reflecting a continued spike in orders for transportation equipment, the US Commerce Department released a report on Tuesday showing…
Mexican soldiers suspected of involvement in mass-kidnapping arrested
Mexico City, June 27, (dpa/GNA) – Mexican police have arrested a group of soldiers, suspected to be involved in the disappearance of 43 students…
Treatment of Guantánamo inmates remains ‘cruel’ and ‘degrading’
New York, June 27, (dpa/GNA) – The US government’s treatment of the remaining inmates at the notorious Guantánamo Bay detention centre in Cuba is…
India, US agree to terminate six WTO trade disputes
Washington/New Delhi, Jun. 23, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – The United States and India have agreed to terminate six outstanding trade disputes between them at the World…
This woman is the front-runner to be Mexico’s next president
Mexico City, June 23, (tca/dpa/GNA) — The two appear an unlikely political pair: he a shopkeeper’s son from rural southern Mexico, she a globally…
JPMorgan fined $4 million for deleting millions of records in error
New York, Jun. 23, (dpa/GNA) – JPMorgan Chase has been fined $4 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after accidentally deleting…
US guardsman accused of Pentagon documents leak pleads not guilty
Washington, June 22, (dpa/GNA) – A member of the US Air National Guard (USANG), accused of leaking US intelligence information, pleaded not guilty in…
Honduras police: Deadly violence in women’s prison was direct attack
Mexico City, June 22, (dpa/GNA) – The violent event at a women’s prison in Honduras that left 46 people dead, was believed to have…
Riot at Honduras women prison leaves 41 dead
TEGUCIGALPA, June 21, (Xinhua/GNA) – A riot Tuesday at a women prison in Honduras, left at least 41 inmates dead, the Public Ministry’s Forensic…
Houston rapper Big Pokey dies at 45 after collapsing onstage in Texas
Los Angeles, June 19, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Big Pokey, the pioneering Houston rapper who helped transform the city’s hip-hop scene, has died after collapsing onstage…
2 killed, 3 wounded in Chicago at Father’s Day barbecue, police say
Chicago, Jun. 19, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Two people were shot and killed on Sunday night during a Father’s Day barbecue in Roseland, police said. One…
Officials: One killed and at least 22 injured in Illinois shooting
Chicago, Illinois, June 18, (tca/dpa/GNA) – One person was killed and at least 22 injured in a mass shooting, near Willowbrook [a south-western suburb…
Alleged Pentagon leaker indicted for disclosing national defense information
WASHINGTON, June 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – The U.S. air national guardsman, accused of leaking classified documents involving intelligence on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and others, was…