4 US instructors stabbed in China

A suspect has been arrested over the stabbing of four American college teachers in northeastern China, police said yesterday, with Beijing describing the attack as an “isolated” incident.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Hunter Biden found guilty on gun charges

US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was convicted by a jury yesterday of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun, a verdict Democrats may seize upon to counter Donald Trump’s claim of a justice system weaponized against him.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Hunter Biden found guilty on gun charges

A jury in Wilmington, Delaware, federal court found him guilty on all three counts against him, making Hunter Biden the first child of a sitting US president to be convicted of a crime
11 June 2024, 15:33 PM
11 June 2024, 05:44 AM

US trade gap widens to largest in 18 months

The US trade deficit expanded slightly less than analysts expected in April, to the widest since late 2022, as imports rose more quickly than exports, according to government data released Thursday.
6 June 2024, 18:00 PM

US lawmakers advance bill to sanction ICC over Israel probe

The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance a largely symbolic bill calling for sanctions on the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor applied for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
4 June 2024, 21:43 PM

Biden orders block on asylum seekers at Mexico border

President Joe Biden will temporarily shut the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers whenever illegal migrant crossings surge, the White House said Tuesday, in a dramatic bid to neutralize one of his political weak spots in the reelection battle against Donald Trump
4 June 2024, 17:08 PM

Biden calls Trump a 'convicted felon' who is unfit for office

President Joe Biden on Monday for the first time called former President Donald Trump a "convicted felon" who poses a higher threat to the United States if he wins another term - the most biting attack on his opponent's legal troubles to date
4 June 2024, 02:36 AM

Biden’s son Hunter stands trial on gun charge

Hunter Biden, the long-troubled son of Joe Biden, went on trial yesterday on gun charges in a historic first prosecution of a sitting president’s child -- and potential threat to his father’s reelection.
3 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump warns jail time could be 'breaking point' for supporters

Donald Trump has suggested that sending him to prison could prove a "breaking point" for his supporters -- a warning that will fuel concerns of political violence around the US presidential election on November 5
3 June 2024, 02:31 AM

Trump campaign announces $53m raised after conviction

Donald Trump's campaign said Friday it had raised nearly $53 million in online small-dollar donations after he was convicted in his New York hush money trial, boasting that the verdict had galvanized his support "like never before
1 June 2024, 03:56 AM

Hush Money Trial: Trump ‘guilty on all 34 counts’

Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former US president ever convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty on all charges in his hush money case, months before an election that could see him yet return to the White House.
31 May 2024, 18:00 PM

US election stumbles into new territory

Torn apart and rewired by Donald Trump’s historic criminal conviction, the 2024 presidential campaign moved into uncharted territory yesterday with all eyes on how the two main protagonists navigate the dangers.
31 May 2024, 18:00 PM

'No one above the law': Biden hopes Trump verdict speaks for itself

If anyone expected Joe Biden to be celebrating the fact that election rival Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, they were disappointed
31 May 2024, 03:51 AM

Trump becomes first US president convicted of a crime

Trump faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison
30 May 2024, 22:15 PM

Venus has more volcanism than previously known

Venus appears to be more volcanically active than previously known, according to scientists whose new analysis of decades-old radar images has spotted evidence of eruptions at two additional sites on the surface of Earth’s inhospitable planetary neighbor.
30 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump trial jurors finish first day of deliberations without a verdict

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial finished their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict that would decide the fate of the only US president to be charged with a crime
30 May 2024, 02:04 AM

Jurors deciding Trump's fate at criminal trial request transcripts

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial asked for transcripts of some witness testimony on Wednesday as they weighed the fate of the first US president to be charged with a crime
29 May 2024, 20:23 PM

Nikki Haley writes 'finish them' on Israeli shell: lawmaker

Former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has been photographed writing "Finish Them" on an Israeli shell as she toured sites near the northern border with Lebanon
29 May 2024, 16:26 PM

Prosecutor urges jury to convict Trump using 'common sense'

Prosecutors pleaded with jurors Tuesday to use their "common sense" and find Donald Trump guilty, as the first ever criminal trial of a former president reached its dramatic final phase
29 May 2024, 03:12 AM