US: Biden calls for assault weapons ban after California witnesses third mass shooting within three days

At least eight people were injured and one was killed in a shootout at an Oakland gas station, late Monday (January 23) said the San Francisco Bay Area police, reported Associated Press. The incident in Oakland took place hours after two other mass shootings in the United States’, California. The state has now witnessed three mass shootings […]

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US: Investigators find more classified documents at President Biden’s home in Delaware

The Department of Justice (DOJ) found additional classified documents during a search of United States President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday (January 20), said his personal attorney Bob Bauer in a statement late Saturday. As per Bauer, at least six more items including “documents with classification markings and surrounding material” were recovered […]

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Morning news brief: Massive blaze engulfs South Korean slum, Lula to meet Biden on Feb 10, & more

A massive blaze was reported in a slum in South Korea’s capital city Seoul on Friday (January 20) which led to 500 people being evacuated. The fire broke out at 6:27 am in Guryong Village, which houses approximately 660 families. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet his American counterpart Joe Biden in […]

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Brazil’s Lula da Silva to meet Biden on February 10 in Washington

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet with his American counterpart Joe Biden in Washington on February 10, the US presidency informed AFP on Thursday. Left-leaning former trade unionist Lula, who was sworn in as president of Brazil on January 1 for a third term, will go to Washington, D.C., on February 9 for two […]

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US President Biden classified documents investigation: What we know so far

Since last week, United States President Joe Biden has come under fire after his attorneys first acknowledged that he has been in possession of classified documents from when he served as the vice president in the Barack Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. However, over the week additional documents were found at Biden’s personal residence […]

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California battles more rain and snow as Biden declares disaster

Weather woes don’t seem to end for California as the residents battled their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and killed at least 19. Forecasters say the weather is going to remain bad at the start of the week as well. “Rain and heavy mountain snow to […]

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Biden hails Kishida for scrapping Japan’s pacifist defence strategy

Currently, in the last leg of the tour of the G7 industrial powers, Japan’s Prime Minister on Friday met US President Joe Biden in Washington. The latter hailed Japan’s increase in military spending to keep peace in the region and said the US was strongly committed to Japan’s defence.  “We are modernising our military alliances, […]

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41 US Democrats urge Biden administration to cancel Bolsonaro’s visa amid Brazil riot 

In a letter to US President Joe Biden on Thursday, 41 Democrats including some top members have demanded to cancel any US visa held by former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro in the wake of recent violence in the country by his supporters. The letter was led by Republicans Joaquin Ctaro of Texas, Ruben Gallego of Arizona […]

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‘They were inadvertently misplaced’: Biden lawyer on the classified documents

US President Joe Biden’s lawyer on Thursday said the classified documents found at his home were ‘inadvertently misplaced’ and that a probe will show the truth.  “We are confident that a thorough review will show that these documents were inadvertently misplaced, and the president and his lawyers acted promptly upon discovery of this mistake,” said Richard […]

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exceptional counsel named to investigate discovery of Biden classified docs

As the controversy surrounding the discovery of confidential documents at Joe Biden’s Delaware residence gains pace, US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday named a special independent counsel to probe the matter.  Garland in a statement said Robert Hur, a former Trump-appointed Maryland US attorney will probe if the documents were mishandled by Biden or […]

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