US & Canada

The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it has charged a former Apple Inc engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to autonomous systems, including self-driving cars, and then fleeing to China. The case was among five announced on Tuesday aimed at countering efforts to illicitly acquire American …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned once more that the United States is on track for default in June if the opposing Republican lawmakers do not approve the proposed budget bill hinged on debt increase and decrease in public spending. It is likely that the US could default on …

China has sentenced a 78-year-old U.S. citizen to life in prison for espionage, a court said Monday, but revealed few details about the previously unreported case. Such heavy terms are relatively rare for foreign citizens in China, and the jailing of American passport holder John Shing-wan Leung is likely to …

US President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical week for debt-ceiling talks hoping they can find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations to avert a devastating default. Though the two sides did not appear close to an agreement, the White House has not ruled out the …

Washington’s number-two diplomat, a key foreign policy player, will soon end her three-decade career in government. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is set to retire, the State Department said on Friday. The 73-year-old official was heavily involved in devising Washington’s current strategy toward China and the broader Asia-Pacific, …

Washington has pledged to finally dispose of its Cold War-era toxic arsenal. The US will destroy its last remaining chemical weapons by the fall of 2023, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, ahead of next week’s international arms control conference in The Hague. “We are on track to complete the …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of severe consequences for the global economy if the United States defaults on its debt. The IMF raised the alarm on Thursday ahead of a rapidly-approaching deadline for US lawmakers to suspend or approve the raising of the government’s colossal debt ceiling. “Our …

A bipartisan group of American lawmakers have introduced a bill that will prohibit the United States from normalizing diplomatic relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government and levy further sanctions on the regional countries resuming their ties with Damascus, amid Washington’s indignation about Syria’s readmission to the Arab League. The …

The United States rolled out a new regulation on Wednesday that will deny asylum to most migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, a key part of President Joe Biden’s enforcement plan as COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 end this week. The final version of the regulation, which becomes effective on …

The US federal government has claimed that it legally hacked into a network of computers infected by ‘malware’ to shut down a Russian online spying operation. A court warrant allowed FBI agents to remotely access infected computers, which officials described as an “innovative use of legal authorities.” On Tuesday, the …

US President Joe Biden will host India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit on June 22 that will affirm the two countries’ “deep and close partnership,” the White House announced Wednesday. The visit, the highest level of diplomatic reception at the White House, will boost Washington and New …

Australian lawmakers have met with the US ambassador to Canberra, pressing the foreign envoy to seek the release of Julian Assange. Assange, 52, is an Australian citizen who remains in Belmarsh Prison in London as he fights a US attempt to extradite him to face multiple charges in connection to …

Top US spy establishment, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played a role in the 1963 assassination of then-president John F. Kennedy, his nephew and 2024 presidential hopeful, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has insisted. “There is overwhelming evidence that the CIA was involved in [JFK’s] murder,” Kennedy emphasized in an interview on Sunday …

Amid the escalating conflict in Sudan, the United States is attempting to either implement its ideological changes in the African country and turn it into a secular state or weaken it through balkanization, according to a commentator. By removing Islam from Sudan’s constitution, the US is seeking to remove the …

US President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default before the end of May. The Democratic president is calling on lawmakers to …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Sunday that unless Congress acts soon to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, “financial and economic chaos would ensue.” Republicans have been pressing President Joe Biden to strike a deal to provide spending cuts in exchange for lifting the national borrowing limit, but Yellen insisted …

US President Joe Biden has again called on Congress to pass a ban on the possession and use of firearms following the latest mass shooting in the country that saw an assailant killing as many as eight people at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas. “Eight Americans — including children …

Seven people are dead after a car ran into pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, and a male suspect is in custody, a local television station reported on Sunday. The crash occurred at 8:30 a.m. local time near Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants and homeless, said CBS 4 and NBC 23 …

Almost all of Alberta and much of neighboring Saskatchewan province face extreme fire risks. Alberta has announced a state of emergency as wildfires flare across the Canadian province, forcing 25,000 people to flee their homes in what a top official said was an “unprecedented” crisis. Thousands more have been told …

Activists have urged California state to provide millions of dollars in compensation to American Black citizens as a means of apologizing for slavery and past injustices, rejecting the state reparations task force’s proposal as inadequate. The nine-member Reparations Task Force, established through state laws endorsed by Governor Gavin Newsom of …