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Americans receiving unemployment aid drop to record low

By AFP

The Labor Department said seasonally adjusted insured unemployment came in at 1.307 million in the week ended March 19, the lowest figure since the week of...

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    'By the people, for the people'... but who really runs America?

    The most important elections of 2020 probably weren't for who would take the White House or Congress - it was the battle for control of America's state houses.

    257 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech after being sworn in as the 46th US President on 20 January 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: Patrick Semansky/POOL/AFP.

    US says patience on Iran talks not 'unlimited'

    The United States on February 18 offered to meet with Iran under the auspices of the European Union in a bid to revive a nuclear deal trashed by former president Donald Trump.

    453 days ago
  • US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech after being sworn in as the 46th US President on 20 January 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Picture: Patrick Semansky/POOL/AFP.

    US mending ties with WHO a major boost for global health, says WHO Africa

    Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden has halted a process started by his predecessor Donald Trump last year to withdraw from the WHO.

    488 days ago
  • Trump supporters face off with police and security forces in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January 2021. Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's election win. Picture: AFP.

    World leaders condemn 'assault on democracy' at US Capitol

    On Wednesday hardcore Trump fans invaded the US Capitol to protest the election defeat, taking selfies, scuffling with security and ransacking parts of the building.

    502 days ago
  • FILE: FILE: Two people wearing protective masks pass on the street during the COVID-19 pandemic on 21 April 2020 in New York City. Picture: AFP.

    US coronavirus death toll rises by 532 in past 24 hours: tracker

    After that relatively small increase, the US toll now stands at 98,218 lives as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Tuesday), according to the Baltimore-based university.

    728 days ago
  • Protesters burn US flags as they shout slogans against the United States during a demonstration following a US airstrike that killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, in Islamabad on 3 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    Dirco ready to help South Africans in Iraq after Qasem Soleimani killed by US

    International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has called for calm after the US drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.

    869 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP

    Trump reels as Democrats move quickly on impeachment

    An intelligence whistleblower's complaint showing President Trump pressuring Ukraine's president to supply dirt on election rival Joe Biden left the White House reeling and Trump doubling down with an implicit threat against witnesses to the call.

    969 days ago
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    US economy grew 2.9% in 2018, highest in 13 years

    The world's largest economy was slowing toward the end of 2018, suggesting the boom had begun to fade, according to the Commerce Department report.

    1180 days ago
  • FILE: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on 12 June 2018. Picture: AFP

    [WATCH] North Korea officials meet in demilitarised zone

    US and North Korea officials met this weekend.

    1422 days ago
  • FILE: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on 12 June 2018. Picture: AFP

    [OPINION] Whatever happens next, the Trump-Kim summit is a win

    If no further progress is made toward peace on the Korean peninsula, all this is at worst another good start that faded.

    1441 days ago
  • Details on the types of weapons reportedly used by Britain, France and the United States during strikes on 14 April against targets in Syria. Picture: AFP

    3 western countries that hit Syria & weapons they used

    Details on the types of weapons reportedly used by Britain, France and the United States during strikes on 14 April against targets in Syria.

    1497 days ago
  • FILE: An injured Syrian man arrives on a stretcher to receive treatment at a makeshift hospital on 3 October 2016, following reported air strikes in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. Picture: AFP.

    US-led fight on Isis has killed 352 civilians: Pentagon

    However, monitoring group Airwars said more than 3,000 civilians have been killed by coalition air strikes.

    1849 days ago
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, wearing special glasses, looks on as he visits a laboratory at the Gornyy National Mineral Resources University in St. Petersburg, 2015. Picture: AFP

    Putin says trust erodes under Trump, Moscow icily receives Tillerson

    Vladimir Putin says trust had eroded between the United States and Russia under President Donald Trump.

    1868 days ago
  • A handout grab image from a video made available by the Russian Defence Ministry's press service on the official website of the Russian Defence Ministry shows aircraft at the Shayrat airbase after it was hit by US strike on 7 April 2017. Picture: Russian Defence Ministry/AFP.

    [ANALYSIS] US airstrike on Syria: What next?

    Was this a one-off intervention – or a sign that Trump will undertake more of an effort to undermine the Assad regime?

    1870 days ago
  • FILE: Donald Trump makes his first speech after being inaugurated as US president. Picture: AFP.

    [OPINION] Trump’s inaugural speech: Is it morning or mourning in America?

    The 45th US president's inaugural speech implicitly distinguished between those whom he dubbed “patriots” and everyone else.

    1947 days ago
  • Donald Trump makes his first speech after being inaugurated as US president. Picture: AFP

    President Trump promises to put 'America First'

    US President Donald Trump said his presidency would aim to help struggling middle-class families, build up the US military and strengthen US borders.

    1949 days ago
  •  This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 9 May, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiling while observing an underwater test-fire of a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Picture: AFP.

    US: Nuclear, missile tests show improvement in North Korea capabilities

    The US Deputy Secretary of State said North Korea had conducted 24 missile tests in the past year, as well as two nuclear tests.

    1964 days ago
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    Activists at COP 22 scramble to recover from Trump shock win

    Donald Trump has threatened to destroy years of work by scrapping the Paris Agreement on global warming.

    2021 days ago
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