US & Canada

The number of sexual assaults has risen among US military forces, the Pentagon has reported. The Pentagon’s latest annual report released this week showed that sexual assaults in the US military had increased by 1 percent last year, CNN reported. US service members in 2022 reported 7,378 instances of sexual …

Police were searching for a gunman believed to have shot dead five Hondurans including an eight-year-old child at a house in Texas, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Investigators believe the gunman had been firing his AR-15-style gun in a neighboring …

Five people including an 8-year-old child were killed in a shooting at a home in Cleveland, Texas, ABC News reported on Saturday, citing local police and authorities. The shooting took place late Friday and the police were still looking for the suspect, the report added. Officials from the San Jacinto …

The US Army’s chief of staff has grounded all army flights and pilots not involved in critical missions until aviation squadrons complete required training after two deadly helicopters crashed in a matter of weeks, causing multiple deaths. The grounding of the pilots and flights comes after 12 soldiers died in two …

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has slammed US President Joe Biden over his advanced age, saying he isn’t likely to make it until 86 years old, which would be his age by the end of his second term if he were to win reelection in 2024. “I think we can …

A nuclear attack by Pyongyang would “result in the end” of Kim Jong-un’s regime, the US president has warned. US President Joe Biden declared on Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear attack on his country or South Korea would spell doom for Pyongyang. Under a new agreement between Washington and …

US consumer confidence fell more than many predicted in April, fueled by a deterioration in expectations among over-55s and households with annual incomes over $50,000, according to survey data released Tuesday. The pessimistic results may ease some of the pressure on the Federal Reserve as it prepares to consider raising …

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed a bill to raise the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, defying Democratic President Joe Biden by attaching sweeping spending cuts for the next decade. The mostly partisan 217-215 vote was a win for Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who hopes to …

Testimony began on Wednesday at the civil trial for a nearly 30-year-old rape claim against Donald Trump in Manhattan, where a former Elle magazine advice columnist accuses the former US president of sexually assaulting her and then lying about it. E. Jean Carroll has said Trump maneuvered her into a …

The Czech government on Wednesday approved a defense cooperation deal with the United States in a bid to boost its security as Russia’s war with Ukraine continues. The agreement facilitates a potential deployment of US troops to the Czech Republic, a NATO member since 1999, said Defense Minister Jana Cernochova. …

A new study has revealed that about half of young Americans feel unsafe amid concerns over gun violence and homelessness, with a quarter of them having thoughts that they would be “better off dead.” A poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School showed that 48 percent of …

US President Joe Biden, 80, has announced his 2024 reelection campaign setting the scene for a rematch against his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, who will be 77 next year. Already Biden is the oldest president in US history and he would be 86 by the end of his second term …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has sounded the alarm that a failure by Congress to raise the government’s debt ceiling would eventually trigger an “economic catastrophe.” “A default on our debt would produce an economic and financial catastrophe,” Yellen said on Tuesday at the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce members’ …

Janet Yellen warned that a default would result in job losses while driving household payments on higher interest rates. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that failure by Congress to raise the government’s debt ceiling – and the resulting default – would trigger an “economic catastrophe” that would …

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to ”finish this job” he began when he was sworn into office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for …

Canadians have flocked to food banks as the country is facing a “food crisis” triggered by skyrocketing inflation and the rising cost of living, the CEO of Canada’s largest food bank has warned. “We are absolutely in a food crisis in this country and certainly in the city of Toronto,” …

A majority of Americans say they don’t want Joe Biden or Donald Trump to run for president in 2024, setting up a potentially bitter and divisive rematch between the two, a new poll has found. A new NBC News poll found that 60 percent of Americans think former president Trump …

The World Health Organization said Monday it had dismissed a senior official over “findings of sexual misconduct” following at least three reported accusations against him in recent years. The Fijian doctor “Temo Waqanivalu has been dismissed from WHO following findings of sexual misconduct against him and corresponding disciplinary process,” spokeswoman …

Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who hosted the network’s highly rated 8 pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday. The announcement came one week after Fox News settled a monster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million over the …

The UN secretary-general on Monday denounced the “devastation” caused by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine during a Security Council meeting chaired by Russia’s foreign minister. Antonio Guterres said in front of Sergei Lavrov that the Russian invasion was a violation of international law and is “causing massive suffering” to the Ukrainian …