US & Canada

Two weeks following a seaside condominium tower collapsed just north of Miami,Florida rescuers have said that there are no survivors in the tragic incident. The rescuers said on Thursday their mission was no longer one of rescue, but had shifted to recovery. There were no survivors, Reuters reported. “My sister …

US senator and a candidate in the 2020 US presidential election, Bernie Sanders believes the American society is “oligarchic” where majority of wealth is accumulated by a handful of affluent elites. In a Twitter post Thursday, the US senator from Vermont said the “top 1% owns more wealth than the …

Tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to escalate as the Biden administration is set to blacklist more than 10 Chinese companies over alleged human rights issues and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, according to reports. Quoting sources, Reuters on Friday said the additions to the US Commerce Department’s Entity List are …

Two people were killed in Houston, a large metropolis in the US state of Texas, late on Thursday in what police believe to be a case of murder-suicide, according to reports. A woman was also shot and rushed to a hospital in an injured state, reports said. The identity of …

The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add more than 10 Chinese companies to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, two sources said. The U.S. Commerce Department action will follow its announcement last month adding five other companies and other …

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry has asked the United States to avoid causing “unnecessary speculation or misunderstanding” after the White House Covid-19 Response Team deleted a tweet that contained the island’s flag. Earlier this week, the White House coronavirus taskforce posted a tweet that showed the flags of nations receiving donations of …

The US administration has sparked outrage over welcoming Saudi prince Khalid bin Salman, the younger brother of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who is linked to the murder case of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with human rights advocates saying President Joe Biden has fallen short of punishing Saudi Arabia …

Rescue teams at the site of a Miami building collapse shifted to a recovery effort on Wednesday evening after authorities said there was “no chance of life”. “We have all asked God for a miracle, so the decision to transition from rescue to recovery is an extremely difficult one,” Miami-Dade …

Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs. Trump said he was serving as lead plaintiff in the class-action suits, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies. “We’re demanding …

The Biden administration is revamping the way the U.S. uses punitive sanctions, aiming to stem sweeping pressure campaigns, avoid collateral economic damage and act jointly with allies rather than unilaterally, according to people involved in the planning process, Ian Talley wrote for the Wall Street Journal. The administration has nearly …

The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its 14th day on Wednesday, with the death toll at three dozen, more than 100 people still unaccounted for, and authorities sounding grimmer The search for victims of the collapse of a Miami-area high-rise condominium reached its …

Wind gusts and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Elsa are expected in Surfside on Tuesday. Miami-Dade mayor said that search continued overnight through “extremely adverse and challenging conditions.” The confirmed death toll in the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state Florida, has risen to …

Police in the southern US state of Georgia were searching Monday for a shooter after a suspect drove onto a golf course, killed one employee there, and then fled, leaving two corpses in the bed of his pickup truck. Five shots were heard Saturday on the Pinetree Country Club in …

Three more victims were discovered in the rubble of the collapsed South Florida condo building on Monday after crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the structure, allowing search efforts to resume. Miami-Dade’s assistant fire chief, Raide Jadallah, told family members that the bodies …

Former US President Donald Trump has once again attacked his successor Joe Biden, calling him “the most unpatriotic president in American history.” Trump made the remarks Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, during a rally billed as a Fourth of July celebration with fireworks, the latest in a series of appearances as …

Dozens of huge wildfires in British Columbia come after Canadian province saw a record-breaking heatwave. Residents in parts of British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate as wildfires are raging across the Canadian province following a record heatwave that officials say contributed to hundreds of deaths. Around midday on Saturday, …

Eleven heavily armed, self-professed militia members were arrested near Boston Saturday, ending an overnight standoff that shut down a major U.S. Interstate at the start of the Independence holiday. The group, identified by multiple media outlets including WBZ Boston, a CBS affiliate, are members of the “Rise of the Moors”, …

A security firm said the REvil gang, allegedly a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate appears to be responsible for the attack. A “colossal and devastating” ransomware attack is thought to have paralysed the networks of at least 200 US companies. The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have said it is closely …

Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools. A crowd chanted “no pride in genocide” before pulling down the statues of …

The death toll from last week’s condominium collapse in Florida rose on Friday to 20 after search-and-rescue crews found two more bodies, including the 7-year-old daughter of a Miami firefighter, officials said. The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble, which was suspended for most of Thursday over safety …