United States

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 21:57 UTC

  United States to pardon all those convicted of marijuana possession

  

  U.S. President Joseph Biden will pardon all those federally convicted of marijuana possession through an executive order, the White House announced Thursday. “Sending people to prison simply for possessing marijuana has affected too many lives and has meant that there are people incarcerated for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said in a video to announce the decision.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Tension escalates as North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

  

  Just two days after launching an intermediate-range missile that triggered alarms in Japan, North Korea fired two more short-range ballistic missiles into the Pacific Ocean Thursday.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  “Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

  

  Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  OPEC+ puts pressure on western countries with strict output cut

  

  The price of gas at pumps for drivers worldwide might soon go up once again after OPEC+ countries at a meeting in Vienna agreed on to deepest production cut since the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 19:57 UTC

  Trump sues CNN for damages after derogatory remarks

  

  Former US President Donald Trump is seeking US$ 475 million in damages from CNN after the network referred to him as “Putin's lackey,” a “racist” and “Hitler,” among other epithets.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  US: Easier access increases number of calls for assistance against suicide

  

  Suicide assistance lines in the United States are going through an unprecedented 45% increase in activity in the last few months since the three-digit line made things easier por people in distress, it was reported.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 18:35 UTC

  Blinken takes adventurous trip into left-leaning Latin America

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting Monday a most unusual Latin American tour through which President Joseph Biden's administration seeks to follow up on the goals agreed upon during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Ian one of the deadliest hurricanes ever in the US

  

  At least 770,000 people remained without electricity in the US State of Florida this past weekend following the passage of Hurricane Ian, which has left over 80 casualties nationwide, it was reported.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Pfizer files for clearance to use booster dose on children aged 5 to 11

  

  US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has filed a request before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week for an emergency clearance to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 with a 10-microgram booster dose against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Ian makes devastating landfall in US State of Florida

  

  Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Class 4 storm in the US State of Florida. It is deemed extremely dangerous, with winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour.