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CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER / Biden takes Trump to task
US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as protesters outside criticized his support for Israel’s war against Hamas.
Police clear pro-Palestinian camps at three US universities
Police detained nearly 200 people at three US universities on Saturday as they cleared pro-Palestinian encampments, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests over Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Police clear pro-Palestinian camps at three US universities
Police detained nearly 200 people at three US universities on Saturday as they cleared pro-Palestinian encampments, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests over Israel's war against Hamas
Gaza war casts shadow over White House correspondents' dinner
Biden's every move has been shadowed for months by protesters angry over US support for the Israeli military offensive in Gaza
Pasteurised milk ‘safe’ from bird flu
Milk sold in US stores is “safe” from the bird flu because pasteurisation effectively kills the disease, American health authorities said Friday, following spread of the infection among herds of cows.
Emergency slide falls off Delta plane after takeoff
The emergency exit slide fell off a Delta Airlines jet after taking off from New York en route to Los Angeles on Friday, Delta said
China warns Blinken over deteriorating ties in talks
China's foreign minister on Friday urged visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to address rising disagreements or risk a "downward spiral" between the two powers after months of efforts to ease tensions
Long-awaited US military aid no ‘silver bullet’ for Ukraine
The United States is the first to acknowledge that its long-awaited $61 billion aid package for Ukraine is not a “silver bullet.”
New York court overturns Harvey Weinstein sex crime conviction
New York's highest court on Thursday overturned disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sex crime charges, a shock reversal in one of the defining cases of the #MeToo movement
India dismisses US human rights report as 'deeply biased'
New Delhi said on Thursday it does not attach any value to a US State Department report critical of human rights in India, and called it deeply biased
Biden signs bill to provide new aid for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden yesterday signed legislation authorising desperately needed military aid for Ukraine, saying Washington would begin sending new assistance to Kyiv within hours.
Boeing reports loss of $343m on lower plane deliveries
Troubled aviation giant Boeing reported a first-quarter loss of $343 million on Wednesday, reflecting recent safety troubles that have slowed production and deliveries
Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns at school
Lawmakers in the US state of Tennessee passed a law yesterday that would allow teachers to carry concealed guns in schools
Bill to ban TikTok in US clears Congress
The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market
US rights report on India finds abuses in Manipur
The US State Department’s annual human rights assessment found “significant” abuses in India’s northeastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country.
Trump faces contempt hearing for comments on witnesses
Donald Trump faces a contempt of court hearing on Tuesday as part of his historic criminal trial, with New York prosecutors insisting the former president repeatedly violated the gag order issued to prevent him from intimidating witnesses
Trump schemed to corrupt 2016 polls
New York prosecutors yesterday began telling a jury why Donald Trump’s alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president got underway.
