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The US State Department banned former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli from ever traveling to the United States, saying Wednesday that he had participated in “significant corruption” in awarding government contracts.
The FBI revealed on Thursday it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million in ransomware demands from more than 300 victims. “Using lawful means, we hacked the hackers,” Monaco told reporters. “We turned the tables …
The US announcement is expected in coordination with an announcement by Germany that it will approve Poland’s request to transfer German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, according to one official. Until now, the US has resisted providing its own M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, citing extensive and complex maintenance and logistical challenges with the high-tech …
The US will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, senior administration officials said on Wednesday, reversing months of persistent arguments by the Biden administration that the tanks were too difficult for Ukrainian troops to operate and maintain.
Police say two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in a shooting at a Des Moines school on the edge of the city’s downtown.
The United States has evidence that some Chinese state-owned companies are providing assistance for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. The administration is reviewing the evidence to determine its significance. If the administration determined that Chinese companies were supporting the invasion, it would have troubling implications on US policy toward both Russia and China.
The Biden administration on Monday blew off questions about a controversial BBC documentary on then chief minister Narendra Modi’s purported culpability for the 2002 Gujarat riots while vigorously talking up shared values and close ties between the United States and India.
The man wanted for a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California during Lunar New Year is dead, apparently from suicide, police in Los Angeles said Sunday. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said police had tracked a wanted van and when officers approached, they heard one gunshot from within the van.
Newsroom employment has seen a steady decline in the United States, falling from 114,000 to 85,000 journalists between 2008 and 2020, according to a 2021 study by the Pew Research Center, with local media hit especially hard. “Journalism has been under pressure for a long time, and a number of companies seem to think this …
With an aim to cut delays in visa processing in India, the US has launched new initiatives, including scheduling special interviews for first time applicants and increasing strength of consular staff.As part of the multi-pronged approach to cut the visa backlog, the US embassy in Delhi and the consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad …
The package does not feature battle tanks requested by Kyiv, but includes 90 Stryker armored personnel carriers, an additional 59 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Avenger air defense systems, and large and small munitions, according to a Pentagon statement
The FAA last week ordered a rare halt to all US flight departures as a result of a computer failure that made it impossible to provide safety notices to pilots. The shutdown lasted less than two hours, but caused thousands of airline delays and cancellations.
While high-profile firms in the finance, technology and real estate sectors have announced tens of thousands of job cuts in recent months, the broader labor market remains strong. The unemployment rate closed 2022 at a five-decade low of 3.5%, and firms continue to hire at a solid pace amid resilient consumer demand.
The United States is nearing its borrowing limit, and in order to avoid a default, the government is resorting to “extraordinary measures.” These measures include suspending payments to retirement, disability, and health benefit funds for federal employees, and suspending the reinvestment of maturing government bonds in retirement savings accounts of government workers. These measures should …
The United States on Friday pushed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said.
For an idled worker at a Kabul-based aid group, Abaad, that helps abused Afghan women, frightened and often tearful calls are coming in, not only from her clients but also from her female colleagues. A December 24 order from the Taliban barring aid groups from employing women is paralyzing deliveries that help keep millions of …
A computer failure at the Federal Aviation Administration caused a halt of all US flight departures. Two people working for a contractor introduced errors into the core data used on the system known as Notice to Air Missions, or Notam. The system was restored when a complete shutdown was required.
Jill Biden had cancerous skin lesions removed from her face and chest during surgery on Wednesday, and a third lesion was removed from her left eyelid and sent for examination, the White House physician said. “All cancerous tissue was successfully removed, and the margins were clear of any residual skin cancer cells. We will monitor …
The United States is planning to reinforce the islands separating the East China Sea from the Western Pacific because they are close to Taiwan and form part of what military planners refer to as the ‘First Island Chain’ extending down to Indonesia, that hems in China’s forces. Japan fears the loss of Taiwan to mainland …
A “relentless parade of cyclones” hitting the US state of California was expected to shift farther to the north, the US National Weather Service said Thursday, as the region continued to struggle with massive floods and landslides.
US air travel returned mostly to normal Thursday, a day after a computer system that sends safety information to pilots broke down and grounded traffic from coast to coast.By late morning on the East Coast, only about 100 flights had been canceled and 1,000 delayed — much lower figures than on Wednesday, when more than …