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MAGA civil war: How a white nationalist blew up the American right
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - It began as a simple stunt -- a long, provocative chat between two lightning rods of the American right. The goal: spark debate, go viral and maybe boost their brands.
LA unrest marks latest clash of US presidents, states over National Guard
AFP, Published on 09/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's deployment of California's National Guard marks the first time in decades that a US president openly defied a state governor and sent troops to an emergency zone.
US storms, 'devastating' flooding death toll climbs to 17
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» JEFFERSONTOWN (UNITED STATES) - Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 17 people, officials said Sunday, with the National Weather Service warning of "devastating" flash flooding.
Lab leak ‘more likely’: CIA shifts view on Covid-19 origin
Bloomberg, Published on 26/01/2025
» The Central Intelligence Agency said the Covid-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were possible.
Singapore considers minimum age for social media users
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/01/2025
» The government of Singapore is open to imposing a minimum age for social media use and is in talks with counterparts in Australia about the matter, the city-state’s digital affairs minister said on Tuesday.
Kratom now a $1-billion industry in the US
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/10/2024
» In Southeast Asia, people for centuries have chewed the leaves of the kratom tree — part of the coffee family — as a pain-relieving, energy- and mood-boosting remedy.
3 dead, 11 hurt in US grocery store shooting
New York Times, Published on 22/06/2024
» ARKANSAS - Three people were killed and 11 others injured in a shooting Friday morning at a grocery store in central Arkansas, police said.
Total solar eclipse races across North America
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/04/2024
» NEW YORK - Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday - some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds - as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely.
TikTok CEO's Senate grilling on China ties may 'undermine' US image
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Weeks after Singaporeans were left fuming from an American lawmaker's grilling of TikTok's CEO over his nationality and links to China's Communist Party (CCP), the island nation's top envoy in Washington has suggested the line of questioning went too far and could tarnish perceptions of the United States.
US surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the man will ever see through the donated eye.