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US' Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants' cage during a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on 4 August 2022. Picture: EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / POOL / AFP

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Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap after Griner jailing

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WNBA player Griner was on Thursday sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony and ordered to pay a fine of one million rubles ($16,590) for possessing...

  • FILE: A man with a blistering monkeypox rash. Picture: © halfpoint/123rf.com

    US declares monkeypox a public health emergency

    "We're prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility to help us tackle this virus," Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra said in a call.

    3 days ago
  • US singer and actor Lady Gaga poses on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of the film 'House of Gucci', in Milan, Italy, on 13 November 2021. Picture: Piero Cruciatti/AFP

    Lady Gaga dog robber sentenced to four years in US jail

    Jaylin Keyshawn White admitted to being part of a gang that shot Ryan Fischer as he exercised the three prize pets in Hollywood in February 2021.

    4 days ago
  • Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022. Picture: Sam Yeh / AFP.

    China to stage major drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit

    Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after a less than 24-hour visit that defied a series of increasingly stark threats from Beijing, which views the island as its territory.

    4 days ago
  • Pro-choice supporters cheer as the proposed Kansas Constitutional amendment fails as they watch the call from the networks during the pro-choice Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas August 2, 2022. Picture: Dave Kaup / AFP.

    Kansas votes to maintain abortion rights in US test case

    Kansans rejected an amendment that would have scrapped language in the state constitution guaranteeing the right to the procedure and could have paved the way for stricter regulations or a ban.

    4 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Possible for US, EU to avoid recession: Fed official

    The United States and the European Union can avoid recession and achieve a soft landing by bringing inflation down to an acceptable level, a US central bank official said Tuesday.

    4 days ago
  • US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, holds her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 29 July 2022. Picture: SAUL LOEB/AFP

    W. House warns Beijing against turning Pelosi Taiwan visit into a 'crisis'

    The White House on Monday warned China against overreacting to a trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, saying she would have every right to visit the self-ruled island despite Beijing viewing it as a highly provocative challenge.

    6 days ago
  • FILE: A still image from a video released by Al-Qaeda’s media arm as-Sahab and obtained on 11 September 2012 courtesy of the Site Intelligence Group shows al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video, speaking from an undisclosed location on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. President Joe Biden announced 2 August 2022 that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks, in a drone strike in Kabul. Picture: SITE INTELLIGENCE GROUP / AFP

    US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike

    President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks, in a drone strike in Kabul.

    6 days ago
  • FILE: The meeting will also "reinforce the US-Africa commitment to democracy and human rights" and tackle Covid-19 and future pandemics as well as climate change and food security, Biden said. Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP

    U.S President Biden plans Africa summit to build ties with the continent

    Biden said he will hold the summit from December 13 to 15 to 'demonstrate the United States' enduring commitment to Africa'.

    18 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference addressing the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London on 17 March 2020 Britain on Tuesday, March 17. Picture: AFP

    World reacts to Boris Johnson's downfall

    Johnson, who quit as Tory leader following a series of scandals and an exodus of cabinet ministers, divided opinion on the world stage, eliciting strong reactions from many countries and their leaders.

    30 days ago
  • Law enforcement works the scene after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on 4 July 2022 in Highland Park, Illinois. Reports indicate at least six people were killed and more than 20 injured in the shooting. Picture: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images/AFP

    Police arrest suspect after gunman kills six at US 4 July parade

    Robert Crimo, 22, was identified as a 'person of interest' and became the target of a massive manhunt across the town of Highland Park in Illinois, where a rooftop gunman with a high-powered rifle turned a family-focused 4 July parade celebration into a scene of death and trauma.

    34 days ago
  • Heads of state and government pose for the official group photo during the Nato summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on 29 June 2022. Picture: Pierre-Philippe MARCOU/AFP.

    Expanding Nato squares up to Russia as Putin slams 'imperial' alliance

    Meeting in Madrid Wednesday, Nato leaders said Russia 'is the most significant and direct threat to allies' security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area'.

    38 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden pauses while listening to a question from a reporter about the situation in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on 26 August 2021 in Washington, DC. At least 12 American service members were killed on Thursday by suicide bomb attacks near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Picture: Drew Angerer/AFP

    US disburses $1.3 bn of promised aid to Ukraine

    "With this delivery of economic assistance, we reaffirm our resolute commitment to the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against Putin's war of aggression and work to sustain their economy," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement.

    39 days ago
  • FILE: US President Joe Biden speaks during remarks on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, DC on 15 March 2021. Picture: Eric Baradat/AFP

    Biden announces US military air, sea, land reinforcements in Europe

    Nato will be 'strengthened in all directions across every domain - land, air and sea,' he said at a summit of the transatlantic alliance being held in Madrid.

    39 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the recent mass shootings from the White House on 2 June 2022 in Washington, DC. Picture: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP

    Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas tax as prices skyrocket

    Facing growing public anger over the rising cost of gas, several states including New York and Connecticut have already suspended fuel taxes, while others have delayed planned tax increases.

    46 days ago
  • Bill Cosby. Picture: AFP

    US jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted teen in 1970s

    Judy Huth, now aged 64, was awarded $500,000 in damages after the jury in Santa Monica determined that Cosby had molested her in 1975 when she was just 16 years old after meeting her on a movie set and plying her with alcohol.

    47 days ago
  • FILE: The US government has said that as soon as the FDA decision is made, 10 million doses could immediately be sent around the country, followed by millions more in subsequent weeks. Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP

    Youngest age group approved for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in US

    The agency authorized Moderna's two-dose vaccine for children aged six months to five years, and three doses of Pfizer's shots for those between six months and four years old.

    51 days ago
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    UK clears Assange for extradition to US

    Britain's government on Friday approved the extradition to the United States of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial over the publication of secret files relating to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

    51 days ago
  • This photograph taken on 10 June 2022, shows the regional government building destroyed by a Russian missile strike in March 2022, in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    US announces $1 bn more in arms for Ukraine

    The newest US arms package features 18 more 155mm howitzers and 36,000 rounds of ammunition for them; two land-based Harpoon anti-ship missile systems; and additional rockets for four Himars precision rocket artillery systems that Ukraine is soon to put in the field.

    53 days ago
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