Washington, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – The US administration sanctioned four Georgian former and current judicial officials for “significant corruption,” US Secretary of State Antony…
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Hackers’ marketplace taken down in worldwide enforcement action
Wellington, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – One of the world’s biggest online criminal marketplaces has been shut down in an operation involving 17 countries worldwide.…
Four children killed in hatchet attack at Brazilian daycare
Rio de Janeiro, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – Four children between the ages of 4 and 7 were killed by a man wielding a hatchet…
Taiwan president meets top Republican McCarthy in California
Washington, April 6, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a stopover in California, a…
Brazil kindergarten attack: Man kills four children in Blumenau
April 5 (BBC/GNA) – At least four young children have been killed by a man wielding a hatchet in a kindergarten in the city…
Amid Trump 24/7, Biden focuses on business as usual
Washington, April 5, (tca/dpa/GNA) — Amid the frenzy over former US president Donald Trump’s arraignment, the White House was trying to continue with business…
US transport authority recalls VW SUVs over potential airbag problems
Washington, April 5, (dpa/GNA) – German carmaker Volkswagen must recall some 143,000 SUVs in the United States due to a possible airbag defect, the…
Trump surrenders at NYC courthouse ahead of arraignment
New York, April 5, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Former US president Donald Trump has surrendered to police, ahead of his expected arraignment in New York on…
Trump to be arraigned in New York in alleged hush money case
New York, April 5, (tca/dpa/GNA) – Former US President Donald Trump, will be arraigned in New York, with new details expected about the charges…
J&J to set aside $8.9bn to resolve talc-based cancer lawsuits
New York, April 5, (dpa/GNA) – Health-care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) on Tuesday said it was setting aside $8.9 billion to resolve all…
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…