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US Announces Sudan Ceasefire Talks

The United States announced Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks next month. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington had invited Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to start US-mediated negotiations beginning on August 14 in Switzerland. "The United States remains ...

US Secret Service Director Resigns After Trump Assassination Attempt

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and current White House candidate at a July ...

Kamala Harris Launches Her Campaign, Targets Trump

US Vice President Kamala Harris launched her election campaign Monday with a blistering personal attack on Donald Trump and vowed to win in November despite the "rollercoaster" of President Joe Biden's shock exit. As she closed in on the Democratic Party's nomination with the support of a slew of heavyweights and massive voter donations, Harris ...

International Reactions to Biden Dropping Out

World leaders lined up to pay tribute to Joe Biden after he announced Sunday he was dropping out of the US presidential race. Biden notified the public of his decision in a letter, a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee. - European allies ...

WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

Wall Street Journalist Reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony Friday, accused of spying in a trial the US has called a sham. US reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for "espionage", a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as ...

Trump predicts an "incredible victory" in November

Donald Trump predicted an "incredible victory" Thursday in accepting the Republican presidential nomination from a party euphoric over his escape from assassination and buoyed by the apparent implosion of Joe Biden's reelection campaign. "We will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our ...

Obama Concerned About the Viability of Biden’s Candidacy

US President Joe Biden was reportedly coming closer to dropping out of the White House race Friday as allies including Barack Obama were said to have expressed concerns that he can no longer win the 2024 election. The 81-year-old Democrat was holed up at his beach house with Covid as multiple US media reports said he was considering the future of ...

Joe Biden tested positive for Covid

US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition. The 81-year-old Democrat gave reporters the thumbs up and said "I feel good" as he cut short a campaign trip to Las Vegas and flew to his ...

US Unveils Americas-Wide Semiconductor Production Plan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled Wednesday a new plan for countries in the Americas to boost production of semiconductors, which are critical just about everywhere in modern industry and a sector dominated by China. "This initiative will turbocharge countries' capacity to assemble, to test and to package semiconductors, beginning ...

China Halts Nuclear Talks With US Over Taiwan Arms Sales

China said on Wednesday it had suspended negotiations with the United States on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control in response to Washington's weapons sales to Taiwan. The US and China in November held rare talks on nuclear arms control, part of a bid to ease mistrust ahead of a summit between leader Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. Further ...

Iran Rejects Claim it Was Behind Trump Shooting

Iran on Wednesday rejected accusations by US media implicating it in a plot to kill former US president Donald Trump. CNN reported Tuesday that US authorities received intelligence from a "human source" weeks ago on an alleged Iranian plot against the former president, prompting his protection to be boosted. Other US outlets also reported the ...

US Received Intel on Iranian Plot to Assassinate Trump

United States authorities received intelligence from a source in recent weeks on an Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump, which has led the Secret Service to increase security around the former president, multiple individuals briefed on the subject told CNN. There is no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who ...