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Kirk killing sparks fierce US free speech debate
AFP, Published on 19/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - For Americans, the words are practically sacred: the First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech.
Top US Republican fights for future in cliffhanger vote
AFP, Published on 03/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States Republican leader Mike Johnson was set to face down critics Friday in a vote in Congress that could see him returned as one of the country's top statesmen -- or jettisoned to the back benches and political obscurity.
Trump and Musk torpedo US spending bill
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON — The US Congress has two days to avert a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal on federal spending and demanded lawmakers address the nation’s debt ceiling before he takes office next month.
Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown.
Taiwan president’s planned US stop angers China
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2024
» BEIJING - China’s defence ministry says it has urged the United States to refrain from sending any wrong signals to the forces of “Taiwan independence”.
World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» SYDNEY - Jubilant crowds began bidding farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
At least 22 dead in Maine shootings, gunman at large
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - At least 22 people were killed and "many, many more" were injured in shootings in the city of Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, local officials reported, with police saying that the gunman was still at large.
Exhausted Republicans eye breakthrough in quest for US speaker
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - After weeks of chaos and vicious infighting, US Republicans were hopeful Wednesday that the party can finally rally round its latest nominee for House speaker -- a staunch Donald Trump ally who spearheaded legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
US Republicans try, try again with fourth speaker nominee
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Republicans on Tuesday made their fourth pick in just two weeks to replace the ousted speaker of the US House of Representatives, underlining the chaos engulfing the fragmented party after three previous nominees failed to win the gavel.