A severe weather system has caused widespread flooding and tornadoes, bringing storm damage to the US South. Large areas across the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were affected, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The system has moved east, with parts of Florida and Geo
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page. "Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more people every day," said Ballinga
Canada plans to ease a housing shortage by leasing public land to developers for construction of affordable houses under a plan unveiled by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday that aims to build nearly 3.9 million houses by 2031. The government said the land is underutilised. The property coul
The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said in a statement on Friday. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced plans to ease student debt that would benefit at least 23 million Americans, addressing a key issue fo
President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" US support amid fears that Tehran could launch reprisals for an attack that killed senior Iranians. Mr Biden warned that Iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after Israel struck the Iranian consulate in Syria 10 days ago, reports B
One person was killed and five others were injured, including two children, after gunmen opened fire into a crowd in northeast Washington DC on Wednesday, Metropolitan Police Department said. The shooting occurred shortly after 6:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (2200 GMT) in the Carver Langston neighb
Throngs of skywatchers across North America gazed upward at a blackened sun in the midday dusk on Monday, celebrating with cheers, music and matrimony the first total solar eclipse to darken the continent in seven years. From a Mexican beach resort close to where the eclipse made landfall to the b
The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Israel's strike on the Iranian embassy in Syria, a US official said on Friday. "We're definitely at a high state of vigilance," the official said in conf
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity. The quake’s epicentre was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, the USGS
A total of 14 people were killed when a minibus and a tractor-trailer collided head-on Thursday on a highway that links the Bolivian departments of Oruro and Potosi, local authorities said. "The driver of the tractor-trailer, which was transporting salt from Potosi, presumably fell asleep due to f
A New York judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until the US Supreme Court reviews claim to presidential immunity in a separate criminal case. The Court is scheduled to hear the former US President's argume
Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the US in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. Complaints totaled 8,061 in 2023, a 56 per cent rise fr
Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case on Monday, averting asset seizures by state authorities that could have hobbled the former US president’s business empire. The Republican Trump, set to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the November US election, wa
