(Headline USA) The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed Thursday, blowing himself up along with members of his family during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said.
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as...
(Headline USA) Late-night disco partying. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Mask-free baring of faces in public.
Bit by bit, many countries that have been hard-hit by the coronavirus are opening up and easing their tough, and often unpopular, restrictive measures aimed to fight COVID-19 even as the omicron variant---deemed less...
(John Ransom, Headline USA) Progressive billionaire George Soros is issuing rare criticism of Chinese communist party chair Xi Jinping, calling him a danger to society and warning that the pandemic, a cooling economy and falling population growth may endanger his regime.
“China’s Xi Jinping is the greatest threat that open societies...
(Headline USA) Oil cartel OPEC and allied countries are deciding how much oil to feed into the global economy as crude prices hover near seven-year highs---spiking gasoline costs---and fears of a Russian military move against Ukraine add to jitters over supply.
The likely outcome of Wednesday's online meeting, analysts say,...
(Headline USA) The threat to the West from the Chinese government is “more brazen” and damaging than ever before, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Monday night in accusing Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations.
The speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library amounted to...
(Headline USA) The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban took over the country Aug. 15, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
In a report obtained Sunday...
(Headline USA) The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday for the first time on Russia’s troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all key players are expected to square off in public over the possibility of a Russian invasion and...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) After dubbing the 'Freedom Convoy' as a "fringe minority," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fled Canada's capital for a "secret location," eliminating the possibility of confrontation with the group of protesters.
So yesterday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referenced the truck convoy heading to Ottawa as...
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Hours after delivering a rambling and eruptive speech in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden announced that he is sending U.S. forces to eastern Europe in the “near term” as tensions and concerns grow over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I’ll be moving troops to Eastern Europe in...
(John Ransom, Headline USA) The White House is refuting a report from CNN that a call between president Joe Biden and Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky did not go well after Biden told the Ukrainian leader that a Russian invasion of his country is “imminent” and not to expect any more...
(Headline USA) Global stock markets and Wall Street futures sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it will raise interest rates soon to cool inflation.
London and Frankfurt opened lower. Market benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul fell by an unusually wide margin of more than 3%.
The Fed said Wednesday in...
(Headline USA) China is demanding the U.S. end “interference” in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next week, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and some of its allies.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the demand in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State...