Tinubu didn’t stop five-year visa for US citizens, says presidency
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Julian Assange given permission to appeal US extradition
The founder of WikiLeaks is wanted in the United States on espionage charges for leaking military secrets. He will remain in custody in the UK while the appeal goes ahead.…
Tensions rise with China over US aid bill for Taiwan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing aimed to stabilize relations between the two superpowers. But tensions over Taiwan remain, with Washington pledging more than $8 billion in security assistance…
US: 30 years for man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband
A man convicted of trying to kidnap then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband late in 2022 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Paul Pelosi was 82 at…
China-Russia trade ties evolve amid Ukraine war, US sanctions
Vladimir Putin hails 80 joint investment projects on his state visit to Beijing, as Xi Jinping walks a fine line between maintaining trade with Russia and avoiding harsh Western sanctions.…
US wary of Mexican gateway as it increases tariffs on Chinese EVs
he United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday her office is concerned with the possibility of seeing Chinese electric cars enter the US market via Mexico. This comes as the…
US: Virginia school board restores Confederate names
Board members overturned a 2020 decision to rid the schools of their racially charged names. Shenandoah County now becomes the first district in the nation to revert to naming schools after Confederate…
US to deny Israel weapons if Rafah attacked says Biden
President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a refugee-packed city in…
TikTok sues US government to block law that could ban app
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed a petition with a US court, seeking to block a law that forces them to sell the social media app to a non-Chinese…
US abortion rights: New laws highlight election battleground
A new six-week abortion ban in Florida makes it illegal to seek a termination before many women even realise they're pregnant. Amid a dizzying patchwork of abortion legislation across US states following…
US Gaza protests put student journalists in spotlight
Student journalists were thrust into the spotlight this week, covering pro-Palestinian protests taking place at universities across the United States. They were plugged into the story in ways that national media organisations…