President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have thanked Asian Americans in the US for contributing to every part of American life and reflecting the soul of “who we are as a nation”, as they hosted the largest-ever Diwali…
US student test results show toll of pandemic lockdowns on learning
US students have suffered historic learning setbacks with math and reading scores falling to their lowest levels since before the COVID-19 pandemic, national exam results released on Monday showed, the latest sign of the damage school closures wrought on children.…
Trump Org. criminal tax fraud trial kicks off Monday
Jury selection begins Monday in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud and grand larceny trial in New York, a symbolic moment following years of investigations that places former President Donald Trump’s business before a jury. Trump is not a defendant in…
Donald Trump deposed in defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll
Former US President Donald Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. The deposition gave Carroll’s lawyers…
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families nearly $1b for lies that school shooting was hoax
A jury in Connecticut has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the parent company of Infowars to pay $965 million to eight families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, as well as an FBI agent…
North Korea’s Kim touts new large greenhouse farm built on ex-missile test site
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended the opening ceremony of a new massive greenhouse farm built on a former air base where the country had test-fired missiles until last year, state media said on Tuesday. The launch on…
Mexico files new lawsuit against US gun dealers
Mexico has filed another lawsuit in the United States against US companies it says are fuelling a surge in homicides and the flow of illegal weapons into the country, the Mexican foreign minister announced. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said…
Ukraine war: US condemns ‘brutal’ Russian strikes on Ukraine
Russia has been widely condemned after bombarding cities across Ukraine, including launching missile strikes on the centre of Kyiv for the first time. The US said “brutal” attacks had hit non-military targets and promised ongoing military aid, including advanced air…
Freed US citizen, 85, lands in Oman after detention in Iran
Baquer Namazi, one of four US citizens whose freedom Washington had demanded in the context of any revived nuclear deal with Tehran, landed in neutral Oman Wednesday, his lawyer said. Namazi, a former UNICEF official, was detained in February 2016…
US Court postpones Hushpuppi sentencing for 4th time
For the fourth time this year, the United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, has postponed the sentencing date for alleged international internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi. An official of the court’s Media Relations Unit,…