Lara Trump, President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, has stepped down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee amid speculation she might fill a possible Senate vacancy in Florida. Announcing her resignation…
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USA: Blaze named Franklin Fire forces evacuations near Malibu
An evacuation order is in place near the city of Malibu in the US state of California after a wildfire broke out with a “rapid rate of spread”. The blaze…
USA: Google unveils quantum computing chip
Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world’s fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000…
USA: American hostage Austin Tice is alive in Syria-Biden
President Joe Biden has said the US will try to bring home one of the longest-held American hostages following the sudden collapse of the Syrian government. Speaking at the White…
USA: Jay-Z accused with Diddy in lawsuit of raping a minor
US rapper Jay-Z has hit back at a lawsuit which alleges that he, along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl at a party in 2000. The…
USA: Daniel Penny acquitted in New York subway choking death of Jordan Neely
A court in Manhattan has found US military veteran Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide for subduing a fellow subway passenger, Jordan Neely, in a chokehold until his death. The…
Syria: US announces air strikes on ISIL targets in Syria after al-Assad’s fall
The United States says it has carried out dozens of air strikes on ISIL (ISIS) targets in Syria following the stunning collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The US Central Command…
USA: Trump plans to end birthright citizenship and pardon US Capitol rioters
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month. “These people…
USA: Supreme Court reluctant to overturn Tennessee transgender law
A majority of US Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to lift Tennessee’s ban on hormone therapy and puberty blockers for children under 18. The high court heard arguments about the…