Eleven Yemeni detainees have been moved from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay to Oman. The move has left 15 detainees in the prison in Cuba – the smallest…
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USA: Authorities say tech giant Tencent works with Chinese military
The US has added several Chinese technology companies, including gaming and social media giant Tencent and battery maker CATL, to a list of businesses it says work with China’s military.…
USA: Trump Jr to visit Greenland after dad says US should own the territory
Donald Trump Jr is planning to visit Greenland, two weeks after his father repeated his desire for the US to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. The US president-elect’s…
USA: Harris to certify Trump’s US election win, four years after Capitol riot
US Vice-President Kamala Harris will on Monday preside over the official certification in Congress of the result of November’s presidential election – a contest that she lost to Donald Trump.…
USA: Biden bans offshore drilling across vast area of US
US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office. The ban covers the…
USA: New York becomes first US city with congestion charge
The first congestion charge scheme for vehicles in the US has come into effect in New York.Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for…
USA: Washington Post cartoonist quits after Bezos satire is rejected
A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of the paper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos. Ann Telnaes, a long-time…
USA: Olympic sprinter Kerley tasered after police confrontation
United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida. The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze at last summer’s Paris…
UK: ‘Visit Hull’ invitation to Trump after social post
Donald Trump is being invited to Hull to see for himself the impact of renewable energy on the region after the US president-elect criticised the UK’s move away from oil…
USA: Trump’s power in Congress exposed
Shortly after Mike Johnson appeared to come up two votes shy of retaining the speakership of the House of Representatives on Friday, Marjorie Taylor Greene – the loyal Trump ally…