US & Canada

Health authorities in the United States have published the results of a new survey, which paints a dismal picture of the mental health status of American high school students, especially teenage girls. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey was published on Monday, offering a map …

The United States has issued a top-level advisory for its citizens in Ukraine, calling on them to leave the country immediately due to the war in Ukraine and what it called the risk of arbitrary arrest. The US embassy in Moscow issued the advisory on Monday, calling on “US citizens …

Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner established close ties with the Saudi royal family when they were in the White House and now they are profiting from the relationship with billions of Saudi dollars flowing into their businesses, according to a report. The Washington Post reported on Saturday quoting …

The United States is reportedly considering sending a congressional delegation to Taiwan to “infuriate” China after Washington alleged that a Chinese spy balloon flew over the country before it was shot down last week by the American military. US Congressman Rob Wittman (R-Virginia), who sits on the US House of …

The United States Navy and Marine Corps have launched joint war games in the South China Sea amid heightened tensions with Beijing over a suspected Chinese “surveillance” balloon shot down by US fighter jets. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group along with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit are presently conducting …

China says US high-altitude balloons flew over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, widening a diplomatic row between the two countries over balloons. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made these remarks at a regular briefing in Beijing on Monday, without specifically describing the …

Officials in the United States admit that they were behind the explosions at the Nord Stream pipeline, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday. “Now they even enjoy talking about it,” the foreign minister said, adding that the US sabotaged the Russian pipeline in order to destroy a powerful …

South Korea and the United States staged combined counter-drone drills at a US air base in a southwestern city last week, US military photos showed Sunday. Posted on the Pentagon’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service on Friday, photos showed the drills taking place at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, 275 …

There are an estimated 600,000 homeless persons in the United States of America, a staggering number for the world’s largest economy, 30% of whom are families with children. Every night more than 300,000 men, women and children in the United States stay in homeless shelters, an additional 200,000 or so …

Politicians are considering a new congressional visit to Taiwan, according to a report The US House of Representatives Select Committee on China is discussing whether it should send a congressional delegation to Taiwan despite realizing that such a move would likely rile up Beijing, Nikkei reported on Sunday, citing an …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has imposed new sanctions on China, targeting the country’s several companies for supporting Beijing’s military modernization efforts. The US Commerce Department said on Friday it added five Chinese companies and one research institute connected to Beijing’s aerospace programs including airships and balloons to …

The restrictions come days after the Pentagon brought down a suspected Chinese ‘spy balloon’ The US announced new sanctions against China on Friday, targeting six companies linked to Beijing’s suspected surveillance program. The move comes after a Chinese “spy balloon” was spotted and shot down in US airspace. In a …

US President Joe Biden says Washington is not looking for a conflict with China, shortly after warning Beijing against what he called threats to American sovereignty. “We’re going to compete fully with China, but… we’re not looking for conflict — and that’s been the case so far,” Biden told PBS on …

Iran’s advancing capabilities to manufacture and operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have had worried US officials, with a bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers urging the Biden administration to target the country’s drone program, claiming it has “far-reaching implications” for American interests in the region and beyond. According to Press TV, …

The United States Navy planted explosives under the Nord Stream gas pipelines in a covert sea operation last year, renowned American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revealed. In a detailed report published in his blog on Wednesday, Hersh, citing his own investigation into the September sabotage, claimed that the bombing of the Nord …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has once again warned about a financial “catastrophe” if Congress fails to agree on raising the debt ceiling. Yellen said on Monday that “every responsible member of Congress” must agree to raise the debt ceiling — the amount of money Washington can borrow to pay its bills …

The attack on the airship disrupted bilateral relations, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing has said Washington’s decision to shoot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon that had entered US airspace last week is detrimental to diplomatic relations between the two countries, Beijing’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. By deciding to destroy …

Beijing claimed the right to retaliate after the Pentagon shot down what it called a “spy balloon” China has blasted US President Joe Biden’s decision on Saturday to scramble an advanced F-22 stealth fighter jet to bring down a Chinese high-altitude balloon – after it traversed the United States – …

Beijing has warned against speculation and efforts to hype up the story China is a responsible nation and doesn’t violate the airspace of other countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning has said following speculation that a spy balloon spotted over the US had been launched by Beijing. The Chinese …

The CIA also quickly disavowed explosive claims by the Swiss-German paper of record President Joe Biden allegedly sent CIA chief William Burns on a secret mission to Moscow and Kyiv in mid-January, according to a Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NNZ) report on Wednesday. The White House and CIA addressed the allegations …