Issued on: 27/05/2022 – 22:59 A group of protesters angered over the shooting deaths of Texas elementary school students converged Friday outside the gun-lobby National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston. The protesters held crosses with photos of shooting victims and shouted, “NRA go away,” and “Shame, it could be your kids today,” as hundreds of
Issued on: 19/05/2022 – 01:50 The US government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage plaguing the country, the White House said on Wednesday. The Department of Defense “will use its contracts with commercial air cargo lines, as it did to
Issued on: 17/05/2022 – 23:36 The United States is easing some of its tough sanctions on Venezuela in order to encourage political dialogue between President Nicolas Maduro’s regime and its opponents, a senior official said Tuesday. “The United States is undertaking a number of measures at the request of the Venezuelan interim government and the Unity platform
Issued on: 13/05/2022 – 15:40Modified: 13/05/2022 – 15:49 A fruit vendor in the New York City subway was arrested by police on April 29 and had her goods confiscated for not having proper licensing. A video of the arrest went viral, prompting outrage from advocates who argue that New York City street vendors have been
The US is expected to amplify its military assistance to Ukraine in the coming days as the Senate is anticipated to pass a bill giving Kyiv billions of additional weapons and military assistance. But the sheer extent of US arms donations has sharply reduced its own supplies – and analysts warn it will take time to
Issued on: 10/05/2022 – 23:12 Elon Musk on Tuesday said that as owner of Twitter he would lift the ban on Donald Trump, contending that kicking the former US president off the platform “alienated a large part of the country.” Musk‘s endorsement of a Trump return to the global messaging platform quickly triggered fears among
Issued on: 10/05/2022 – 00:48 At least 43 inmates died on Monday in Ecuador’s latest grisly prison riot, the public prosecutor said, as another 100 prisoners managed to escape. Authorities said a fight broke out between the rival Los Lobos and R7 gangs inside the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, in the centre
Issued on: 06/05/2022 – 21:30 A deadly explosion hit a well-known hotel in downtown Havana on Friday, tearing a gash several floors high in the side of the building, killing at least nine people and sending another 30 to hospital, witnesses and state media said. Speaking from the scene on Cuban television, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the blast at the
Issued on: 04/05/2022 – 02:17 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Tuesday that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, immediately outlawing almost all abortions in the state. The move came as anger grew over a draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court would strike down abortion rights nationally, which President Joe Biden called
Issued on: 03/05/2022 – 04:06 The Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the right to abortion in the United States, US media reported Monday, citing a leaked draft of a majority opinion that would represent a staggering blow to women’s rights. The draft, obtained by Politico, was written by Justice Samuel Alito and
