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  • Monday, April 3rd 2023 - 09:40 UTC

    Tornadoes kill at least 26 across US

    At first, there were 24 fatalities but two more were confirmed Sunday in Tennessee

    At least 26 people were killed and dozens of others were injured during the weekend when a series of tornadoes hit south central-eastern United States.

  • Sunday, April 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    NYPD on “high alert” ahead of Trump's arrest

    Trump has denied the allegations against him

    The New York Police Department is taking precautions in case followers of former President Donald Trump stage protests before or after his arrest, scheduled for Tuesday, it was reported. Officials from the New York Police and Trump's secret service bodyguards met during the weekend to finalize the details of the detention.

  • Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    US: Trump expected to be arrested Tuesday

    His arrest will backfire massively on President Biden, Trump forecast

    Former US President Donald J. Trump seems to have been right after all when he announced that he would be incarcerated. He was not entirely accurate about the when, but he is now expected to be formally arrested and arraigned next Tuesday after being indicted by a grand jury on Thursday.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities exchange data with CIA to fight crime

    “We are on the right track,” Heber said

    As the United States intelligence apparatus seems to be expanding throughout the region, Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Thursday admitted the South American country exchanged information with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:09 UTC

    US: Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels case

    DA Bragg and Trump's counselors are making arrangements for the former president's surrender, it was reported

    A New York Grand Jury Thursday voted in favor of indicting former US President Donald Trump for the US$ 130,000 payment during the 2016 presidential campaign to porn actress Stormy Daniels for her silence about an alleged relationship between the two of them.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    CIA official meets with Paraguayan president

    After the meeting, Abdo flew to the United States

    Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday confirmed having met with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director David Cohen in Asunción to discuss national security issues.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Nashville massacre perpetrator's mother was gun ban advocate

    Audrey Hale's mental condition was hidden from authorities. Hence, she could buy the guns at various Nashville stores

    Norma Hale, the mother of Audrey Hale, the 28-year-old transgender woman gunned down in Nashville, Tennessee, after killing 6 people in a shooting spree, is a longstanding gun control activist who has shared on her Facebook account a collection of signatures to keep firearms away from schools and ban the sale of high-capacity magazines.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Relief in the financial sector, North Caroline bank takes over collapsed Silicon Valley bank

    The deal for SVB brings to a close a saga that started earlier this month after a run on the bank forced US regulators to take over.

    The banking turmoil, and fears, seems to be easing as assets and loans of collapsed California Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) are being bought by rival First Citizens BancShares.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

    Gunwoman kills 7 in US school

    The perpetrator was a former student at the school

    A 28-year-old woman entered the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, wielding two rifles and a handgun and opened fire, killing three children and three adults in what turned out to be the 129th mass shooting in the United States since the beginning of the year. The attacker was also confirmed dead after the incident.

  • Monday, March 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Trump launches presidential bid in Waco, Texas

    “Either the deep state destroys America or we destroy the deep state,” Trump insisted

    Former US President Donald Trump kicked off his campaign to return to the White House by denouncing a “witch hunt” against him during a meeting in Waco, Texas, where 30 years ago an armed cult clashed with federal authorities.