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China should also engage in negotiations on a new nuclear arms control treaty, US President Joe Biden said

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was set to visit Taiwan on Tuesday, two people briefed on the matter said, as China warned that its military would never “sit idly by” if she visited the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.

The United States has only a slim chance of avoiding an economic downturn given the many risks it faces, the IMF said on Tuesday. “It’s a very narrow path,” IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said. “The current environment suggest that the likelihood that the US economy can avoid a recession …

he United States has given a green light to the potential sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of munitions to Japan and Singapore, the Pentagon said on Monday. According to Press TV, the $900 million package of arms and equipment approved by the US State Department includes advanced …

The United States is set to donate 580 Phoenix Ghost kamikaze drones to Ukraine, deepening the country’s involvement in the simmering war in defiance of repeated warnings by Moscow. The US Defense Department on Tuesday announced the additional security package valued at $270 million, including the Phoenix Ghost drones, additional …

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, saying the United States should not maintain a “warm relationship” with the kingdom. According to Press TV, Sanders on Sunday said Biden should not have visited the kingdom or met its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

At least four people were killed, including the shooter, and another three were injured following a shooting incident at a mall in the US State of Indiana on Sunday. According to Press TV, the incident took place outside a shopping mall in Greenwood after a man carrying a rifle and …

A 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police in Akron, Ohio, while fleeing a traffic stop, had 46 gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said Friday. A summary of the autopsy findings on Jayland Walker was released by Summit County medical examiner Lisa Kohler, the Akron Beacon …

The man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois has been charged with seven counts of murder, authorities said. Robert Crimo, 21, would be punished “for the killing spree he has unleashed against our community,” …

Angry protesters took to the streets in the US State of Ohio on Sunday after police released footage of the shooting death of an African American man. According to Press TV, the graphic video showed eight police officers involved in a shooting that killed Jayland Walker after he fled a traffic signal on June …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a dismal picture of the US economic growth forecast, predicting that the country would “narrowly” avoid a recession in 2022 and 2023 amid rising inflation and higher interest rates. “We are conscious that there is a narrowing path to avoiding a recession,” Kristalina Georgieva, …

The US National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that it opposes gun safety reforms proposed by a bipartisan group of senators, saying the new legislation will put “unnecessary burdens on the exercise of Second Amendment freedom.” The powerful gun lobby said in a statement on Tuesday said it will back …

The Chinese government has blasted UK and US handling of Julian Assange case, saying that the WikiLeaks founder’s case reflects the hypocrisy of London and Washington, which are justifying their actions under the disguise of press freedom. Speaking during a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has scraped a plan to sell four large, armable drones to Ukraine due to security concerns, a new report says. In early June, it was revealed that Washington planned to sell Ukraine at least four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed …

US President Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 39 percent as more and more Americans show dissatisfaction with him due to high inflation and rising gas prices in the country. Biden, who has cautioned Americans that high prices and inflation could last “for a while”, has been “strongly” rejected …

Former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton says the United States is on the brink of losing its democracy. “We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy, and everything that everybody else cares about then goes out the window,” Clinton said in an interview with …

The US Navy has fired more than a dozen senior officers since the start of the year, including five in one week, without providing any compelling reason for the dismissals to the American public. The Navy reported on Saturday that at least nine commanding officers and two senior advisers have …

One person was killed and at least two other people were injured in a shooting on Wednesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, according to police. Officers, who were called to the Glenwood Community Center in the Hilltop neighborhood just after 05:00 p.m. local time, found two victims in a parking lot …

The White House is scrambling to help tackle rising gas prices which could put Democrats to rout in this fall’s midterm elections. According to Press TV, on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden’s economics team and outside advisers met to discuss various options, with more meetings expected on Thursday. Meanwhile, Energy …

Members of the US House committee probing the January 6 deadly insurrection on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump say they have gathered enough evidence to indict the former president for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. The probe committee announced on Sunday that it had put together …