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VW and Audi report higher sales in US as car market recovers
New York, April 4, (dpa/GNA) – The US car market is showing signs of a recovery in the first quarter of 2023, an improvement…
Trump arrives in New York to face charges
New York, March 4, (tca/dpa/GNA) – With former US president Donald Trump arriving in New York on Monday, Mayor Eric Adams said police were…
Nashville school shooter Hale planned attack for months, police say
New York, April 4, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Nashville shooter Audrey Hale, spent months planning out last week’s deadly attack on the Covenant School, investigators said…
Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president
New York, March 31 (Reuters/GNA) – Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to…
President urges UNSC, global community to rank terrorism fight
New York, March 30, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the United Nations Security Council and the global community to make…
Mexican president vows no cover-up in investigation of deadly fire
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, March 30, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has vowed that his government will thoroughly investigate a fire, that…
Biden: No Netanyahu visit to Washington ‘in the near term’
Washington, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) - US President Joe Biden has put a damper on the prospect of a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. …
Fire set in protest kills 38 migrants trying to enter US from Mexico
Mexico City, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least 38 people have died and a further 30 injured in a fire in a shelter for migrants in northern…
Adidas backtracks in dispute over Black Lives Matter logo’s copyright
Washington, Mar. 29, (dpa/GNA) - Adidas is withdrawing its request to the US Trademark Office opposing Black Lives Matter’s application to trademark its well-known three-stypethree-style logo. “We…
Former student shoots dead 3 children, 3 adults at Christian school in Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee, March 27 (Reuters/GNA) – A 28-year-old woman armed with several guns opened fire on Monday at a private Christian school she once…
There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26
ROLLING FORK, Miss. March 25, (AP/GNA) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful…
More than two dozen dead after tornado tears across Mississippi
Silver City, Mississippi, March 25 (Reuters/GNA) – Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi late on Friday, killing…
UN chief warns of ‘vampiric overconsumption’ of water resources
New York, Mar. 23, (dpa/GNA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres said humanity is in peril due to a worldwide shortage of clean water that is only…
US experience late-day sell-off after Fed raises interest rates
Washington, Mar. 23, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Stocks showed a lack of direction throughout much of the session on Friday before coming under pressure in the final hour of…
Fed raises rates by another quarter point
Washington, Mar. 23, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Despite recent turmoil in the banking industry, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that is has decided to continue raising interest rates. …
UN expects worldwide drinking water shortage to continue
New York/Nairobi, Mar. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Increasing environmental problems and the economic difficulties linked to more freshwater pollution mean the worldwide shortage of drinking…
Blinken: Human rights situation worsened globally in 2022
Washington, Mar. 21, (dpa/GNA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented a worldwide deterioration of human rights on Monday, as Washington published its…
IMF approves $3bn bailout package for Sri Lanka
Washington, Mar. 21, (dpa/GNA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved some $3 billion to support crisis-stricken Sri Lanka’s policies and reforms.…
Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests
New York, March 18 (Reuters/GNA) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as New York prosecutors consider…