America Archives - Page 53 of 54 - Horn Diplomat
Friday, May 10, 2024
Home America

America

Donald Trump expected to sign revised travel ban Monday: US media

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported. The president will sign the new executive order at the Department...

‘Grizzly Steppe’: how the US says Russia hacked the election

WASHINGTON Russian intelligence agencies over the last two years blanketed Democratic Party targets with malicious emails and have likely continued such efforts after November's elections, a US federal law enforcement report showed Thursday. The report's release coincided with an array of measures unveiled by Washington as...

Hillary Clinton Assails James Comey, Calling Email Decision ‘Deeply Troubling’

By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTINOCT Hillary Clinton and her allies sprang onto a war footing on Saturday, opening a ferocious attack on the F.B.I.’s director, James B. Comey, a day after he disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of...

US readies for storm that has killed over 300 Haitians

Florida faced the most dangerous storm in living memory as Hurricane Matthew moved in from the Atlantic, threatening coastal cities with surging tides, torrential rain and 130 mile-an-hour winds. After cutting a deadly swath across the Caribbean and leaving more than 300 dead in Haiti,...

Trump says he’ll recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s ‘undivided’ capital

New York (AFP) - Republican candidate Donald Trump pledged to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital if he is elected president, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Hillary Clinton also met that evening. Netanyahu met privately with Trump at his residence in Trump...

US says Somali pirates likely behind attempted tanker seizure near Yemen

An undated photo released by Zodiac Maritime shows the tanker Central Park, which a group of armed attackers attempted to hijack in a raid on November 26 [Zodiac Maritime via AP]
By: ALJAZEERA The United States has said that a group of attackers who tried to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship over the weekend were probably Somali pirates rather than Houthi fighters from nearby Yemen.Speaking on Monday, Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General...

Kevin McCarthy removed as US House speaker in unprecedented vote

Republican Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters hours after he was removed as speaker of the House on October 3, 2023 in Washington, DC [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
By:AL JAZEERA The United States House of Representatives has voted to remove Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the result of infighting within his own party and persistent challenges from its rightward flank. McCarthy was expelled...

Barack Obama vows retaliation against Russia for meddling in US elections

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States will retaliate against Russian hacking aimed at interfering in the US election. "I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action,"...

US:3 California Mosques Receive Letters Threatening Muslims

  LOS ANGELES — A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said the same handwritten, photocopied letter was sent...

Smoking may shorten HIV patients’ lifespan more than HIV itself: study

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cigarette smoking may shorten the lifespan of people living with HIV more than the AIDS virus itself, a U.S. study said Thursday. "A person with HIV who consistently takes anti-HIV medicines but smokes is much more likely to die of...