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Israeli leader to meet with Biden as tensions grow in Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with President Joe Biden comes as tensions rise with its regional arch enemy, Iran, and as Israel renews its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip amid Palestinian protests. Bennett, in his first state visit overseas since taking office, was scheduled on Wednesday to meet with senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and on Thursday with Biden. […]

25 August 2021

International News

Second night of unrest in Kenosha after US police shoot Black man

Police in the US city of Kenosha fired tear gas and pepper balls to disperse protesters on Monday as the governor of Wisconsin called out the National Guard during a second night of unrest after a Black man was shot in the back multiple times by police as his three children looked on. The clashes erupted shortly after nightfall, when many protesters defying a dusk-to-dawn curfew gathered outside the Kenosha […]

25 August 2020

International News

‘Tired of this’: Tens of thousands protest George Floyd killing

Tens of thousands of people protested across the United States and in major world cities for a sixth night as outrage over police brutality intensified over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man, died last Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck as he pleaded "I can't breathe", sparking outrage that has swept across a politically and racially divided nation. In Minneapolis […]

1 June 2020

International News

US coronavirus death toll exceeds 90,000 as Trump urges reopening

The coronavirus death toll in the United States surpassed 90,000 on Monday as the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases climbed above 1.5 million across the country, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. The grim milestones came as US President Donald Trump tweeted to "REOPEN OUR COUNTRY!" and the White House attempted to shift blame, including onto its own scientists, for the high number of deaths. On Sunday, members […]

19 May 2020

International News

Giant Asian killer hornets spotted in northwest United States

The world's largest hornet, a 2-inch killer dubbed the "Murder Hornet" with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in the United States in Washington state, where entomologists were making plans to wipe it out. The giant Asian insect, with a sting that could be fatal to some humans, is just now starting to emerge from winter hibernation. "They're like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge […]

5 May 2020

International News

Americans urged to wear masks outside as coronavirus pandemic worsens

The Trump administration on Thursday looked set to join local officials in advising Americans to wear masks when venturing out during the still-exploding coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S. death toll rose by 1,000 in a single day for the first time. Speaking at a White House briefing, Deborah Birx, a member of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would in […]

3 April 2020

International News

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters take to streets of U.S. cities

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise presidential election win, blasting his controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups. In New York, thousands of protesters filled streets in midtown Manhattan as they made their way to Trump Tower, Trump's gilded home on Fifth Avenue. Hundreds of others gathered at a Manhattan park and shouted "Not my president." A […]

10 November 2016

America

Israeli leader to meet with Biden as tensions grow in Middle East

Second night of unrest in Kenosha after US police shoot Black man

‘Tired of this’: Tens of thousands protest George Floyd killing

US coronavirus death toll exceeds 90,000 as Trump urges reopening

Giant Asian killer hornets spotted in northwest United States

Americans urged to wear masks outside as coronavirus pandemic worsens

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters take to streets of U.S. cities

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