April 3, 2023
The other Chinese apps taking the US and UK by storm
TikTok, the most popular free app in the US, has in recent days been making headlines not for its content but for alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party. Its boss, Shou Zi Chew, appeared before US politicians at Congress where he fielded…
March 21, 2023
Stocks rebound as US and UK seek to calm investors
Stock markets around the world have bounced back after the US and UK governments again reassured markets about banks' stability. Investors have recently been unnerved by a string of bank failures. But US stock markets were higher after Treasury…
March 21, 2023
10 Deputy Officers caught killing another Black Man
Surveillance video captured at a Virginia hospital shows patient Irvo Otieno pinned to the ground by multiple deputy sheriffs and hospital staff. Mr. Otieno, a 28-year-old black man, died in custody on 6 March while he was being transferred from…
March 20, 2023
LA Lakers defeated Orlando Magic to rekindle play-off hopes
Austin Reaves scored a career-high 35 points as the Los Angeles Lakers rekindled their play-off push with a 111-105 win over the Orlando Magic. D'Angelo Russell scored 18 and Anthony Davis added 15 points to end the Lakers' two-game losing streak.…
March 20, 2023
Three men found guilty of murdering rapper in 2018
Three men accused of killing 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion during a 2018 ambush robbery have been found guilty. A Florida jury convicted Michael Boatwright, 27, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24 on Monday after deliberating for more…
December 30, 2022
People flying from People flying from China will need negative COVID-19 test to enter US
Starting January 5, people flying from China will need a negative COVID-19 test within two days of their departure in order to enter the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. The newly announced restrictions…
December 22, 2022
President Joe Biden promised Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky, $45 billion
Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion.US military aid to Ukraine was not charity, but an investment in…
December 22, 2022
Former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to be extradited to US
Sam Bankman-Fried, the former boss of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has agreed to be extradited from the Bahamas to the US to face charges. US authorities have accused Mr. Bankman-Fried of committing "one of the biggest financial frauds…
December 6, 2022
Decision day in Georgia
The closely watched rematch between incumbent Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, has come down to a Tuesday runoff. The candidates made their final campaign pushes on Monday. Warnock was at Georgia Tech,…
November 23, 2022
Manager kills six at Virginia supermarket
A longtime manager at a Walmart store in the US state of Virginia has shot dead six people and injured six others. Officers were called to the busy branch in Chesapeake after the gunman opened fire on colleagues in a staff room.He then turned the…