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September 11, 2025 2:20 PM

Kamala Harris calls Biden 2024 candidacy reckless, new book says

Kamala Harris believes it was reckless to allow former President Joe Biden to decide to seek re-election in 2024, but she felt she was the last person who could advise her 81-year-old boss not to run, according to excerpts from her new book released on Wednesday. Biden, a Democrat, ended his re-election campaign on July 21, 2024, after a poor debate performance against Republican candidate Donald Trump that prompted aides and party officials to question publicly whether he could endure a full c...

September 10, 2025 3:16 PM

South Korea says plane with detained workers unlikely to leave U.S. on Wednesday

South Korea is working with U.S. authorities to bring home hundreds of Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the state of Georgia, though it will be difficult to fly them back on Wednesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Earlier, a source familiar with the matter said a chartered plane carrying the workers was due to depart for South Korea from Atlanta at around 2:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) on Wednesday. The ministry said in a statement it aimed to bring the workers home as quickly as poss...

September 10, 2025 1:20 PM

US health officials compiling examples of COVID vaccine harm during pregnancy, WSJ reports

Top health officials under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are compiling examples of harmful effects from COVID-19 vaccines on pregnant women to share with the public, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary and the agency's top vaccine and biologics official Vinay Prasad are seeking to lift privacy protections around certain data on COVID-19 vaccines and preg...

September 8, 2025 9:41 AM

South Korea to fly detained workers back as US vows more raids on employers

South Korea is moving to pick up Korean workers following a raid at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing facility in the U.S. state of Georgia last week, a Korean presidential official said on Sunday as the Trump administration promised more raids on businesses. The negotiations to release about 300 South Koreans who were detained have concluded and processing for their release from custody is ongoing, South Korea's presidential office said late on Sunday. A chartered plane will be flown to bring the...

September 3, 2025 11:37 AM

US imposes sanctions on network for transporting Iranian oil

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned a network of shipping companies and vessels led by an Iraqi-Kittitian businessman for smuggling Iranian oil disguised as Iraqi oil. The administration of President Donald Trump is keeping pressure on Iran while nuclear talks have stalled. A sixth round of negotiations was suspended after the start of a 12-day war in June. A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday that the path to nuclear negotiations is not closed but U.S. demands for curbs on...

September 3, 2025 10:27 AM

Trump dismisses rumours he is in ill health

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed reports on social media that he is in ill health, saying he was busy over the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting his Virginia golf course. "I was very active over the weekend," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Asked if he was aware of the reports, he called them "fake." Trump, 79, in January became the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidency. Speculation about his health swirled on the social media platform X over ...

August 29, 2025 5:13 PM

Military feared mistakes in LA deployment could have ‘far-reaching’ implications, records show

As President Donald Trump began his push to send the National Guard and Marines to U.S. cities, military leaders privately questioned whether the troops had received proper training and warned of the "far-reaching social, political and operational" risks of aiding law enforcement, according to a Reuters review of military records disclosed in court. U.S. Army officials planning an operation in MacArthur Park during the June deployment in Los Angeles determined that using troops to protect agent...

August 26, 2025 12:57 PM

U.S. issues draft notice to implement 50% tariffs on Indian products effective August 27

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a draft notice on the implementation of additional duties on products imported from India, following the announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump to increase tariffs on Indian goods to 50 per cent. According to the notice, the additional tariffs are being imposed to give effect to the President's Executive Order 14329 of August 6, 2025, titled "Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation." The or...

August 20, 2025 4:36 PM

Uganda has not agreed with US to take illegal immigrants, foreign affairs official says

Uganda has not reached any agreement with the United States to take in illegal immigrants because it lacks necessary infrastructure to do so, a senior foreign affairs ministry official said on Wednesday. "To the best of my knowledge we have not reached such an agreement. We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal immigrants in Uganda. So, we cannot take in such illegal immigrants,” Okello Oryem, state minister for foreign affairs, t...

August 15, 2025 2:29 PM

What is the Golden Dome missile defense shield?

U.S. President Donald Trump has picked a design for his Golden Dome missile defense system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion defense program. Here are some key details about the project: HOW WILL IT WORK? The big new aim is for Golden Dome to leverage a network of hundreds of satellites circling the globe with sophisticated sensors and interceptors to knock out incoming enemy missiles after they lift off from countries like China, Iran, North Korea or Russia. In April, the Pent...