US & Canada

Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured in an apartment fire in the Bronx in New York on Sunday, one of the worst fire catastrophes in the city in 30 years. According to officials, 32 people were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and some 60 people were …

US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping up attacks on GOP, claiming they are trying to “undermine our democracy” by taking measures amounting to “legislative continuation” of Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. According to Press TV, the California Democrat made the …

Senior Biden administration officials have said the US has no plans to deploy missiles in Ukraine and thus hopes to achieve progress in the upcoming talks with Russia since Moscow regards it as a key security issue. The US will additionally bring proposals on the deployment of missiles and the …

A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April in East Harlem, New York City, has died of his injuries, police said Saturday. Yao Pan Ma was pushing a grocery cart full of bottles and cans that he had collected on April 23 when he was suddenly approached from behind …

The congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack will ask former US Vice President Mike Pence to answer its questions, according to the panel’s chairman. “I think you could expect that before the month’s out,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the …

US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of posing “a continuing threat to democracy.” Biden was speaking on Thursday at the US Capitol on the anniversary of the brief January 6 occupation of that building by a large crowd of Americans protesting the outcome of the disputed …

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bassam Sabbagh has affirmed Damascus’ condemnation of the use of chemical weapons, anywhere, anytime by anyone and under any circumstances, saying Western states fabricate lies on his country’s cooperation with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). During a session of …

The American economy is getting hit as the US federal government is grappling with the Omicron variant which has prompted Covid-19 cases to surge to record levels. This might cause US lawmakers to revisit relief strategies from earlier in the pandemic, according to CNBC. Discussions on Capitol Hill have turned …

US President Joe Biden is set to tell Americans that former president Donald Trump carries “singular responsibility” for the deadly January 6 Capitol attack as he prepares to mark the first anniversary of the riot by Trump’s supporters. Two weeks before Biden’s presidency, Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol building, where lawmakers …

The administration of US President Joe Biden has placed a record number of migrants under detention, in a move that heightened alarm among advocates who call for the prisons to be closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the facilities. The detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren says some Republicans are using every possible means to maintain their position in power. “Today, Republican opponents of democracy are exploiting every possible avenue to allow their party to maintain control,” Warren said during a speech on the Senate floor on the eve of the anniversary …

The US and its allies will “respond decisively” in the event of Russia’s military action against Ukraine, President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Sunday. In a statement, White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden asserted that the United States and its allies and partners will respond …

Thousands of flights within the United States were delayed or canceled over the New Year weekend, adding to the travel disruptions during the holiday week due to adverse weather and rising cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Nearly 9,230 flights within the United States or entering or departing it were …

Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder County, Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Saturday. Officials initially said there were no reports of fatalities or missing residents following the rare urban wildfire that …

One in three Americans believe violence against the government can sometimes be justified, according to a poll by the Washington Post and University of Maryland. The poll showed that 40 percent of Republicans said violent actions could be justified, in comparison to 23 percent of Democrats and 41 percent of …

US immigration officials have reportedly denied entry to hundreds of Afghans seeking temporary stay in the country for humanitarian reasons in recent weeks, causing dismay of Afghans and their supporters. By doing so, immigrant advocates insist, the Biden administration has failed to honor its pledge to assist Afghans who were …

Air travel continued to be severely disrupted in the United States on Saturday, with bad weather in parts of the country adding to the impact of a massive spike in COVID-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant. The United States had 2,723 cancelled flights, more than half of the 4,698 …

Americans living abroad who wish to renounce their citizenship have found themselves stuck in limbo as most US consular missions around the world have suspended their expatriation services for those seeking to officially sever their ties to the United States. Delays have led to a growing backlog of renunciation requests, …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest data shows that the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 is sending children to the hospital in record numbers. Within weeks, Omicron has caused thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among American children, according to the CDC. The seven-day-average number of …

Amid heightened tensions, the US Air Force flew a second spy aircraft over eastern Ukraine hours before the telephonic conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday. According to reports, the overflight was carried out on Thursday morning to gather intelligence about the Russian …