President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address on 20 January will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington, he has confirmed. The address, as well…
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USA: Man gets eight years for ramming truck into White House barriers
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into the security barriers near the White House in 2023 has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Sai Varshith Kandula,…
USA: Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban law
The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing…
Cuba: Authorities release jailed activist Jose Daniel Ferrer
A leading Cuban dissident and activist has been released from jail as part of a wider prisoner release deal between the Cuban government and the United States. Jose Daniel Ferrer…
Japan: Toyota subsidiary Hino to settle emissions scandal for $1.6bn
Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors has agreed to pay $1.6bn (£1.3bn) and plead guilty to deceiving US regulators about the amount of emissions produced by its diesel engines. The truck company…
USA: Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts
Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines. The tech giant had been facing…
USA: ‘Looking for my spy’-The jokes Americans and Chinese are sharing on ‘alternative TikTok’
A looming TikTok ban has connected Chinese and American citizens like never before, as they swap jokes and memes in what one user described as a “historic moment”. It’s all…
USA: SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch
The latest test of Space X’s giant Starship rocket has failed, minutes after launch. Officials at Elon Musk’s company said the upper stage was lost after problems developed after lift-off…
Sudan: US imposes sanctions on army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
States President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of destabilising the war-torn country. In a statement on Thursday, the US…
USA: Three ways Democrats are breaking with tradition before inauguration
The very first US presidential inauguration, of George Washington in 1789, birthed traditions that are still observed nearly to this day – such as an oath of office and an…