Thunderstorms have killed four people and knocked out power to nearly a million homes and businesses in south-east Texas. "We have a storm with 100 mph winds, the equivalent of Hurricane Ike, considerable damage downtown," said the mayor of Houston, John Whitmire. Two deaths came from f
Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters. If successful, the overhaul could re
US President Joe Biden has ordered a Chinese-owned cryptocurrency miner and its partners to sell land they own near a US nuclear missile base, citing spying concerns. MineOne Partners, which the White House says is majority-owned by Chinese citizens, has been given 120 days to sell the property, w
Canadian police have arrested another Indian national over the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced Saturday that they have taken Amandeep Singh, 22, into their custody over allegation of his involvement in the Nijjar's
Donald Trump returned to court on Friday after porn star Stormy Daniels’ lurid testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with him, as prosecutors prepared to call their final witnesses in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former U.S. president. In seven hours of testimony this
A member of US Air Force member was shot dead by policeman at his home, located 8 kilometres from the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field in Florida of the United States. The 23-year-old airman Roger Fortson was shot on May 3 at his home. Later, he was taken to a hospital where he died. He w
The pro-Palestinian protesters, who staged demonstrations at university campuses across the United States, don’t know very much about the history of the Middle East, says former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During an interview on Thursday, she also said the protesters are unaware o
The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 100, local authorities said on Wednesday. Nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in the s
The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence. The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the US. The Times won f
At least 10 people were killed when a passenger bus veered off the road and overturned in the predawn hours of Monday in southern Peru's Puno region, local media reported. The interprovincial bus, operated by a company called Transportes Turismo Universal, was traveling along the Puno-Cusco route
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial said on Monday he would hold the former president in contempt of court for a 10th time for violating a gag order, and warned he would consider jailing him for any further violations. Justice Juan Merchan said the nine $1,000 fines he ha
Seven people were shot and injured outside a nightclub in Southern California port city Long Beach in the United States late Saturday, authorities said on Sunday. The Long Beach Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to reports of a shooting around 11:15 pm local time Sat
The death toll from heavy rains that have inundated Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 66, local authorities said on Sunday. The number of people still missing rose to 101 and more than 80,000 had been displaced, according to the state civil defence authority.
