US & Canada

The White House announced that President Joe Biden will present 17 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour. The White House said that recipients include those who have “made exemplary…

The US Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that enshrined the legal right to abortion in the United States in federal law, reversing nearly 50 years of precedent and inflaming a sharp ideological divide. The…

A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama’s family has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for pocketing more than $3m in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat…

Some plaintiffs were assigned to the most physically demanding posts or passed over for promotion, the lawsuit said.Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric-car maker on Thursday, alleging…

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, 50, has lodged an appeal to prevent his extradition to the US to face criminal charges.WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United…

June’s 41-percent drop for the world’s largest cryptocurrency is the steepest recorded by Bloomberg data going back to 2010.By Suvashree Ghosh and Sidhartha ShuklaBloombergPublished On 1 Jul 20221 Jul 2022Bitcoin, fresh off its…

New York City, US –  Developed nations should do more for less fortunate countries in a world with “more conflicts, more refugees and more displaced people since World War II”, a senior United Nations official has told Al Jazeera. The…

Washington considers Griner ‘wrongfully detained’ and has called for her release.The trial of United States professional basketball player Brittney Griner, who was arrested in Russia in February after authorities found vape cartridges…

Four people have been killed after a vehicle crashed in Texas, southern United States, while trying to evade an immigration checkpoint, according to officials. Two Mexican men, one Guatemalan national and another unidentified person died…

The selloff in stocks deepened after weak consumer-spending data fueled worries about a recession, with the S&P 500 suffering its cruelest first-half since Richard Nixon’s presidency. It was a rout for the history books, with the…