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Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Man kills himself after firing shots in the air before SCOTUS building

A man in Washington DC Sunday drove his car outside the US Supreme Court and started firing gunshots in the air before committing suicide just before 4 am. The building at East Capitol Street NE and 2nd Street SE is also one block from Capitol Hill.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 08:22 UTC
More US lawmakers land in Taiwan - what will China do?

Five US lawmakers landed in Taipei Sunday in yet another trip by Parliamentarians from that country after a recent visit headed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heated tensions with Beijing, which regard the island as a Chinese rogue province.
Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
Prospects not good for Rushdie after stabbing

Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie might lose an eye and his liver has been damaged, his agent Andrew Wylie said after the author was stabbed in New York state earlier Friday. The novelist is reportedly on a ventilator and unable to speak.
Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Paraguayan VP to resign after joining US list of those “significantly corrupt”

Paraguayan Vice President Hugo Velázquez Friday announced in a radio interview that he would be resigning his job and stepping down from the presidential race after being added by the United States to the list of people “significantly corrupt,” where he joined former President Horacio Cartés.
Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Top-secret documents found at Trump's mansion

Top secret documents were retrieved by the FBI from former US President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida, it was reported Friday as the seal of secrecy was lifted.
Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:08 UTC
“Satanic Verses” author stabbed before a lecture in NY

Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie, on whose head there has been a bounty since the 1980s for his novel The Satanic Verses, has been stabbed Friday during a conference in New York State.
Friday, August 12th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
US Senators discuss investments with Argentina's Cabinet Chief

Argentine Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur Thursday welcomed a delegation of US Senators together with Ambassador Marc Stanley to discuss “all the investment possibilities for the near future,” according to the hosting official.
Friday, August 12th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Argentine judge ok with sending over Emtrasur's 747 to US

The Argentine federal judge investigating the suspected underlying reasons for the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 cargo airplane banned from leaving the country Thursday acquiesced to a request from the United States to bring over the aircraft, which is also under investigation there.
Friday, August 12th 2022 - 02:20 UTC
CHIPS made in US: Biden signs bipartisan legislation to promote semiconductor industry

Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, US president Joe Biden signed legislation promoting investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease US reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.
Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 09:01 UTC
FBI raids Trump's Florida Mar-a-Lago mansion

Scores of supporters of former US President Donald Trump gathered Monday around the tycoon's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after FBI agents reportedly executed a search warrant on the Palm Beach premises.