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Frustrated and weary over long pandemic hours, more US workers are striking
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» NEW YORK - Exhausted after working long hours during the coronavirus pandemic and resentful that their bosses are not sharing sometimes huge profits, tens of thousands of nurses, laborers and entertainment workers are going on strike across the United States.
More than 10,000 Deere workers go on strike in US
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» NEW YORK - More than 10,000 workers with Deere & Company launched a strike at 14 facilities across the United States Thursday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract negotiated between the farm equipment company and union leadership.
Major blast hits Nashville after chilling bomb warning
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: A huge blast tore through a section of downtown Nashville early Friday, after police responding to reports of gunfire discovered a parked motorhome blaring a warning that it carried a bomb.
Trump in quarantine as close aide gets positive Covid test
AFP, Published on 02/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said late Thursday he would go into quarantine after a top aide tested positive for coronavirus, in a shock development that threatened to disrupt his scheduled public appearances in the crucial final weeks of the election campaign.
Trump returned from Paris in 2018 with art from US envoy's residence
AFP, Published on 07/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has come under heavy fire for his decision in 2018 not to visit a US military cemetery while in Paris on an official visit.
Biden fights back, accusing Trump of fomenting US violence
AFP, Published on 31/08/2020
» PITTSBURGH - White House hopeful Joe Biden will ask voters "are you safe in Donald Trump's America" with a speech Monday in the swing state of Pennsylvania where the Democrat will accuse the president of fomenting politically explosive violence.
Trump to visit Kenosha in wake of racial unrest
AFP, Published on 30/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will travel next week to the Midwestern city where African American Jacob Blake was shot multiple times in the back by a white policeman, sparking a nationwide wave of protest, the White House said Saturday.
Trump tweets, then deletes, video of fan yelling 'white power'
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white power" -- before deleting it amid an outcry.
Curfew as US cities shut down in coronavirus fight
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» NEW YORK - A US state started restricting residents' movements Monday in a desperate bid to contain the deadly coronavirus pandemic as American cities followed their European counterparts and shut down -- closing schools, public buildings, cinemas, restaurants and bars.
Three killed, shooter dead in US navy base attack
AFP, Published on 07/12/2019
» MIAMI: A gunman opened fire on Friday at a US naval base -- the second such shooting in as many days -- killing three people before being shot dead by police, officials said.