US & Canada

Four months from Election Day, US President Trump’s comments amounted to a direct appeal to the political base, including many disaffected white votes, that carried him to the White House in 2016. US President Donald Trump bemoaned protests demanding racial justice as “violent mayhem” on Friday, but said little about …

Referring to the effect of recent anti-racism protests on the upcoming US presidential election results, Sheridan said, “The choice in November facing US citizens is one of two devils.” George Floyd, an unarmed American black man died on May 25, 2020, after a police officer pressed his knee into his …

This Fourth of July, amid the coronavirus pandemic and nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, American patriotism has fallen to its lowest point in nearly 20 years. According to a new poll, less than half of Americans are “extremely proud” to be American. According to Gallup, pride in the U.S. is …

The scenes appear daily on social media, taking on the familiarity of ritual. A red-faced customer breathes contemptuously in a waitress’ face or tries to muscle past a green-aproned clerk. They’ve been asked to wear a mask and they don’t like it. “I have my rights,” they say. Claiming rights …

Three-quarters of Americans believe the country is “out of control” amid a spike in new coronavirus cases and widespread unemployment, new polling data shows. A survey published by Yahoo! News, and YouGov on Thursday found that 75 percent of Americans believed their country was out of control, compared to just …

Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday, insisting that China should also be included in the event. His comments to TASS news agency countered those of John Sullivan, …

An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left three other people injured, police said. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said the child was killed in the afternoon shooting at the Riverchase Galleria. The police chief said a girl and two adults were …

US President Donald Trump says he will establish a “National Garden of American Heroes,” which he is describing as “a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived.” Trump made the announcement as he opened the Fourth of July weekend with a speech …

Veterans’ group VoteVets has released a new attack ad that criticises President Donald Trump over reports that he was briefed about Russia putting bounties on American military personnel in Afghanistan and failed to act. The group, whose Twitter description states “blocked by Donald Trump”, has compared the president to Benedict …

The US Navy will send two aircraft carriers and several accompanying warships to the South China Sea in the coming days to participate in a military exercise. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual-carrier operations in the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea,” …

For more than 70 years, the transatlantic alliance has served as the unshakable foundation of European stability and underpinned the values of the US-led Western order. In 2020, it appears that the relationship is being rethought on both sides of the Atlantic. Earlier this week, the European Union declined to …

The Fourth of July is one of America’s biggest holidays, with celebrations including fireworks and parades across the USA. The event in 1776 eventually led to the formation of the United States of America, and the original copy of the Declaration of Independence is housed in the National Archives in …

President Trump heads to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on Friday night for a celebration of America’s independence as cases of the novel coronavirus surge across the United States. South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (Republican) confirmed this week that social distancing will not be enforced and that …

Donald Trump has once again claimed that the US’s surge in coronavirus cases is simply the result of expanded testing – even as the rate of tests coming back positive rises and the country’s death toll increases. “There is a rise in Coronavirus cases,” he wrote, “because our testing is …

US aerospace giant Boeing will reportedly stop making its iconic 747 aircraft for good after it completes the last of the 16 jets currently on order. Covid-19 has crippled an already declining market for the plane. The final 747 is now expected to roll out of the company’s Seattle-area factory …

For the second night in three days, Portland police have declared a riot in the city, opening fire on protesters with non-lethal munitions outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. The demonstration had remained peaceful throughout the night but then all hell broke loose when, at 11:45 pm local time, a …

Canadian police arrested an armed man early on Thursday who had gained access to an exclusive part of Ottawa where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lives, though Trudeau was not home at the time, officials said. Trudeau and his family are based in a large house on the grounds of Rideau …

Speaking at a White House press briefing on Thursday, the US president boasted that his administration had rescued the US economy from “a horrible event” that started in China. Mr Trump said the country “could’ve stopped” the pandemic, adding: “They know it and I know it.” It follows his sharp …

A new anti-Donald Trump ad by a Republican super PAC has hit out against the president over reports he was briefed about Russia putting bounties on US troops in Afghanistan. The Lincoln Project’s latest ad, entitled “Fellow Traveller”, is filmed with a Russian voiceover and English subtitles. “The most important …

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them. The arrest of the British socialite adds another twist in the mystery of Epstein, …