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One of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Major damage is being seen after tornadoes roared through parts of central Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday.

The US trade deficit hit a new record of $109.8 billion in March fueled by strong demand for computers, vehicles, and oil, according to a report by the US Census Bureau released on Wednesday.

The first round of primaries ahead of the November midterm elections offered early indications of the US political temperature.

The meeting comes two days after Pelosi led a delegation to meet Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv to pledge US support. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has met Poland’s President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, two days after becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit …

At least 8 people were shot dead and 16 injured in a number of shooting incidents in Chicago over the weekend, local media reported. The spree of shootings has been recorded from about 5:45 pm on Friday when a 69-year-old man, was shot dead at his residence in South Kilpatrick, …

Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday it had struck at weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and European countries and destroyed a runway at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odesa. The ministry said it used high-precision Onyx missiles to strike the airfield after Ukraine accused …

The month of May brings Donald Trump the biggest test of his political clout since the end of his presidency, as a candidate, he has endorsed contest Republican primaries that will set the stage for November’s midterm congressional elections. Trump-backed candidates in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina face active and …

Russia says it struck at weapons supplied to Ukraine by the West as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv during an unannounced visit. Pelosi, the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, arrived on Saturday, leading a Congressional delegation. She …

A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people, and left more than 15,000 people without power, officials said Saturday. In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three University of Oklahoma meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in …

A barrage of rockets has reportedly landed close to an airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces are stationed. News outlets reported that at least four BM-21 Grad rockets were launched at Ain al-Asad Airbase, located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital Baghdad, …

Firefighters in New Mexico failed on Friday to pin back the flames of the United States’ largest wildfire, which is burning perilously close to a string of mountain villages. The blaze is the most destructive of dozens in the US Southwest that are more widespread and burning earlier than normal …

The case comes amid concerns that a continuing outbreak among US birds could lead to more human infections. The first known human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has been detected in a person in Colorado, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The …

The US Defense Department warned Americans on Friday against going to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia’s invasion after a former marine was killed. “We continue to urge Americans not to go to Ukraine… this is an active war zone, this is not the place to be traveling to,” …

Washington wants the conflict to drag on and to weaken Russia, Beijing claims The US isn’t interested in peace in Ukraine but is instead doing everything it can for the conflict in the country to last as long as possible, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a briefing …

In yet another manifestation of Washington’s scandalous complicity with remnants of the Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group in Iraq, new footage has emerged apparently showing the transfer of the members of the Takfiri terror outfit by US helicopters across certain regions in the Arab country. The video, which went viral in …

The Kremlin said Thursday that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine were dangerous for European security. “The tendency to pump weapons, including heavy weapons into Ukraine, these are the actions that threaten the security of the continent, provoke instability,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Peskov was responding to comments made …

The US House of Representatives has passed a non-binding bill calling for the assets of wealthy Russian individuals to be used to support Ukraine The US House of Representatives passed a non-binding bill on Wednesday, calling on President Joe Biden to impound the assets of wealthy Russian individuals believed to …

Local media in the United States reported yet another shooting this time in Mississippi during which 4 people lost their lives while the suspect was found dead after the incident. The possible suspect in the fatal shooting of the owner and two employees of a Mississippi Gulf Coast motel and …

Beijing accuses Washington of “deliberately” harming peace and stability The Chinese military on Wednesday condemned the latest US patrol mission in the Taiwan Strait, calling the arrival of the warship a “provocation.” The USS Sampson guided-missile destroyer sailed through the strait on Tuesday and, according to a statement by the …