US & Canada

Tents, makeshift shelters and dilapidated campervans line the streets of Skid Row as Mike Murase and his team tally the exploding population of homeless people in Los Angeles. In the United States’ second biggest city, the unhoused huddle by small fires, trying to keep warm on one of the coldest …

US President Joe Biden has tried to justify massive – though yet ineffective – Western sanctions against Russia over its military operation in Ukraine, by claiming that only other alternative would be to start a “Third World War.” “You have two options. Start a Third World War; go to war …

Fourteen people were shot before dawn Saturday morning at a hookah parlor and police said one man died and that two of those hit by gunfire suffered critical injuries. The shooting happened at about 3:15 a.m. local time and preliminary information indicated there was a party during which two people …

The Pentagon is looking for ways to send additional lethal weapons into Ukraine to help Ukrainian forces counter Russia’s military action. “We’re continuing to look for ways to support Ukraine to defend themselves,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Friday. “And we’re very actively engaged in those efforts to help …

The United Nations Security Council has failed to adopt an anti-Russia resolution aimed at “deploring” Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. The Council put the draft resolution to vote on Friday. Russia, however, used its veto power against it. Any negative vote, known as veto, from the Council’s five permanent members …

The White House has announced the Biden administration will sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top government officials in Moscow in response to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement on Friday after the European Union said earlier in the day that …

The U.S. president Joe Biden said that the United States and its allies will respond in a united and decisive way to “an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces.” “The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and …

A US border patrol agent fatally shot a migrant, who was trying to cross the US-Mexico border into Arizona, over the weekend. According to Press TV, authorities announced on Wednesday that a man, whose identity and country of origin has not been released, was killed in a shooting on East …

US senators on both sides of the aisle are calling on the Biden administration to turn up the pressure on Russia after it launched a military operation in Ukraine’s Donbass region.   According to Press TV, in a televised address early on Thursday, President Vladimir Putin announced he had ordered …

Canadian police have cleared protesters and vehicles that had blocked a key border crossing with the United States in protest against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Police made several arrests and towed vehicles near the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and the city of Windsor, Ontario, on Sunday, after protesters …

New voting rules in the US State of Texas are causing a high number of ballot rejections ahead of next month’s state governor’s primary, election supervisors have warned. New stricter voter ID requirements, which have been passed in many US states by Republicans, will badly affect Democrat-leaning voters of color, …

American Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has expressed his optimism for anti-vaccine protesters in trucks to “clog up [US] cities” amid a warning by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that a convoy of anti-vaccine truckers may soon begin in the country. “I’m all for it,” said Paul, …

The Canadian province of Ontario has declared a state of emergency as truck drivers continue their protests against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. In a press briefing on Friday, Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford announced the new arrangement saying, “I will convene cabinet to use legal authorities to urgently enact orders …

The White House has again sounded the alarm on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that could involve a rapid military assault on Kiev, which is the seat of the Ukrainian government and the most populous city in the country with nearly 3 million people. “We’ve been clear that it …

Two members of the Intelligence Committee of the United States Senate, namely Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich, say that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has a secret program that collects information about unwitting Americans, seriously undermining their privacy. “The CIA has secretly conducted its own bulk program,” the lawmakers said in a …

Early warning American military systems warned that a North Korean missile launched earlier this week could hit as far as the coast of California or the Aleutian Islands, according to a US media report. On Tuesday morning, North Korea launched a missile which initial telemetry readings from the United States …

The American authorities would act “decisively” if Russia deployed its military to Latin America, the White House said on Thursday, following suggestions that Moscow could station some of its troops in Venezuela or Cuba. United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called the idea “bluster in the public commentary” and …

US President Joe Biden’s approval rating is now lower than former President Donald Trump’s was at the same point in his presidency, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. The poll, released on Wednesday, showed that the president’s approval rating stands at 33 percent, while 53 percent of Americans disapprove of …

Talks between Chicago school leaders and the teachers’ union resume Sunday amid a standoff over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety measures that canceled three days of classes and loomed over the start of another week in the nation’s third-largest district. Disputed issues included testing and metrics to close schools. …

The Omicron variant has overwhelmed hospitals in early hit cities across the United States, with experts saying this could be just the beginning. According to Press TV, since late December, hospitalizations have increased steadily as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as the dominant coronavirus variant in the United States. Among the …