Facebook releases new curbs on harassment
Facebook unveiled fresh protections Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the social media giant battles a crisis over its platforms’ potential harms.
Echoing Israel, US hints at force if Iran diplomacy fails
US President Joe Biden’s administration hinted Wednesday it could resort to force if diplomacy fails on Iran’s nuclear program, rallying more closely than ever behind warnings by Israel.
Colombia to leave ‘Havana Syndrome’ embassy probe to US
Colombian President Ivan Duque said Tuesday that his government is aware of cases of so-called “Havana Syndrome” at the US Embassy in Bogota, but is leaving the investigation to Washington.
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1912 - US President Theodore Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin in Milwaukee. He was saved by his thick coat and a bundle of paper in his breast pocket.
China-US row could shape future
Global momentum is building on the climate crisis but action will be impossible without two nations, China and the United States, which together account for more than half of emissions -- and whose...
US is ‘root cause’ of tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blamed the United States for tensions on the peninsula and accused the South of hypocrisy, state media reported yesterday, as he opened an exhibition showcasing...
Selling nuclear secrets: US navy engineer, wife indicted
A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the...
El Salvador to use bitcoin gains to fund veterinary hospital
El Salvador will invest some of the $4 million gains it has obtained from its bitcoin operations to build a veterinary hospital, President Nayib Bukele said on Saturday.
Probe launched against Chile president over Pandora Papers
The Chilean public prosecutor’s office on Friday opened an investigation into President Sebastian Pinera over the sale of a mining company through a firm owned by his children, which appeared in...
US will accept WHO-approved COVID vaccines for int’l visitors
The United States will accept the use by international visitors of Covid-19 vaccines authorized by US regulators or the World Health Organization,