World / Americas

UN selects former Grenada minister as climate chief 15 Aug 2022 - 10:34 pm

WASHINGTON: Grenada's former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell will become the new United Nations climate chief, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced on...

US Congress forces Joe Biden toward risky faceoff with China over Taiwan 15 Aug 2022 - 02:40 pm

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip was only the most high-profile in a series of moves by Congress that are forcing President...

3 injured in shooting at amusement park near Chicago 15 Aug 2022 - 01:42 pm

GURNEE, Ill: Three people were injured in a shooting in the parking lot of an amusement park north of Chicago that sent visitors...

6.1 Magnitude earthquake strikes off New Caledonia Coast 15 Aug 2022 - 10:02 am

Noumea:A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean. The epicenter...

Biden calls India an 'indispensable partner' on 75th anniversary of independence 14 Aug 2022 - 10:25 pm

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Sunday congratulated India on 75 years of independence and said the United States and India were "indispensable...

Salman Rushdie on the road to recovery, says agent 14 Aug 2022 - 06:37 pm

MAYVILLE, New York: Salman Rushdie is "on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author suffered serious injuries...

1 dead, 17 injured after vehicle strikes crowd in US Pennsylvania 14 Aug 2022 - 01:44 pm

Washington:One person was killed and another 17 people were injured when a vehicle struck a crowd of people in Pennsylvania, in the eastern...

Two killed when small plane crashes in US Illinois 14 Aug 2022 - 11:34 am

Washington: Two people were killed Saturday when a single-engine plane crashed on a roadway in the US small central Illinois community of Hanna...

Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort posed rare security challenges, say experts 13 Aug 2022 - 09:18 pm

WASHINGTON: The seizure of classified US government documents from Donald Trump's sprawling Mar-a-Lago retreat spotlights the ongoing national security concerns presented by the...

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades 13 Aug 2022 - 09:02 pm

TIJUANA, Mexico: The Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito and Ensenada were hit by gang violence that included vehicles being set ablaze...

Fetterman 'grateful' as he returns to Pennsylvania Senate race 13 Aug 2022 - 07:27 pm

ERIE: Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman acknowledged he was lucky to be alive as he officially returned to the campaign trail Friday, more...

Trump's Mar-a-Lago, a security 'nightmare' that housed classified documents 13 Aug 2022 - 02:19 pm

Washington: The seizure of classified USgovernment documents from Donald Trump's sprawling Mar-a-Lago retreat spotlights the ongoing national security concerns presented by the former...

Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing 13 Aug 2022 - 12:46 pm

New York: Salman Rushdie, the novelist who spent years in hiding after death threats, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at...

FBI removed top secret documents from Trump's home, WSJ reports 12 Aug 2022 - 09:34 pm

FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked...

US House set to give Biden new win with $430 bln bill on climate, drug prices 12 Aug 2022 - 01:23 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a $430 billion bill to fight climate change and lower prescription drug prices,...

San Francisco metro system hires bird of prey to scare pigeons away 11 Aug 2022 - 02:34 pm

Metro system riders in California's San Francisco Bay Area may have noticed a new station guard in recent months. A 5-year-old Harris's hawk...

Ex-cop could get eight years in prison for role in storming US Capitol 11 Aug 2022 - 01:22 pm

WASHINGTON: A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump's supporters in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be sentenced to...

Trump says he took the Fifth in NY civil investigation 10 Aug 2022 - 11:20 pm

NEW YORK: Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath on Wednesday in the New York attorney...