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U.S. President Joe Biden plans to require all federal employees and government contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. In July, Biden said federal workers had to get vaccinated or face regular COVID-19 testing and such other safety rules as mandatory face masks …

As the heat wave gripped much of the United States (U.S.) on Sunday, power outages reported in multiple states left hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark. Crews were working to restore power after heavy storms over two days knocked out power for more than 800,000 Michigan homes and …

United States judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay a fine of $501 million over the death of American Otto Warmbier, ruling that the University student likely suffered torture. The parents of Warmbier sued North Korea in a US court after the 22-year-old was flown back to the United …

Former U.S. secretary of state and one-time Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, has revealed he is considering running for President in 2020. During “A Conversation With John Kerry” at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, the 74-year-old from Massachusetts revealed this when asked about a presidential run. “I’m thinking about …

President Trump began Election Day bracing for grim political news as people across the country voted in midterm contests that will deliver the first nationwide referendum on his presidency. The mood inside the White House was gloomy, according to aides and people in contact with the president. Mr. Trump, who …

Nigerian Embassy sacks 15 local staff in the United State The Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC, has disengaged 15 local workers at the embassy. Senior officials at the embassy confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that the benefits of the 15 local workers would also be paid soon. According …

U.S attorney Laura Wasser has just created a resource for people who want to get divorced cheaply and easily. “Even though divorce is the end of one part of a relationship and it’s sad, the legal part of it shouldn’t be difficult,” she says. That’s where her new company It’s …

Canada has launched a wide-ranging trade complaint against the U. S., the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a dispute that Washington said would damage Canada’s own interests and play into China’s hands. Canada’s complaint, challenging Washington’s use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties was based on almost 200 examples of …

Heavy rain in Southern California has triggered mudslides and debris flow in parts of the state scarred by recent wildfires, leaving people trapped in homes and cars as highways were shut down in the dark early Tuesday morning. At least 13 people are dead, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown …

President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear button” than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president’s Tuesday evening tweet came in response to Kim’s New Year’s address, in which he repeated fiery nuclear threats against the United States. He said he has …

Democrat Doug Jones’ historic victory over Republican Roy Moore was declared official Thursday as Alabama election officials certified him the winner of the special Senate election earlier this month, despite claims of voter irregularities from his opponent. Jones defeated Moore on Dec. 12 by about 22,000 votes in a stunning …

LIBERIA – The United States government, through its embassy in Monrovia, has warned of possible violence before or after Tuesday’s presidential run-off elections in Liberia. In a statement on Sunday, the embassy warned American citizens resident in or travelling to Liberia that criminal elements could take advantage of a large …

JERUSALEM CONTROVERSY – The United Nations Security Council will on Monday vote on a draft resolution that the recognition of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel has no legal effect. The resolution if passed will insist the the recognition of Jerusalem by U.S. President Donald Trump be rescinded. The one-page Egyptian-drafted …

Following Northa Korea’s latest missile test, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on all nations to clamp down on the rogue regime and reasserted the US’s “right to interdict maritime traffic” coming in and out of the country. The threat riled Pyongyang, which has now threatened war if its ships are …

The US, South Korea and Japan began today joint exercises to track missiles from North Korea, days after a massive air drill by the US and South Korea in the Korean Peninsula. The trilateral drill comes less than two weeks after Pyongyang test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and …

According reports from CNN, a senior US general said Saturday that countries like Russia and China are actively building weapons that can target space-based US military assets like satellites. “They’ve been building weapons, testing weapons, building weapons to operate from the earth in space, jamming weapons, laser weapons, and they …