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Official: US Pledges $3.3 Billion in Funding for Afghan Forces
ISLAMABAD - The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, along with a high-level delegation, met Sunday with leaders in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation ... Read More
Joe Biden outlines plan to share 80m Covid vaccine doses with world
Joe Biden has outlined how the US plans to share 80m Covid-19 vaccine doses with other countries, saying the first 25m doses will be disbursed across ... Read More
Biden’s Climate Pledge: Not Easy, Not Impossible
Cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half is doable but hard, experts say, and some of the biggest barriers are political, not technical. President Joe ... Read More
Police: Multiple People Killed at Colorado Supermarket
BOULDER, COLORADO - A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed multiple people Monday, including a police officer, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said. ... Read More
US Urges Paraguay to Work with Taiwan Amid Pandemic Protests
TAIPEI - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Paraguay to work with its diplomatic ally Taiwan to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, after protests in the South American ... Read More
US police vehicle ploughs into crowd watching ‘burnouts’
A police officer is under investigation in the US after his vehicle ploughed into a group of people, running over at least one, in Tacoma, ... Read More
US Charges Texas Man With Threatening to Kill Ocasio-Cortez
The U.S. Justice Department revealed charges this week against a Texas man who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and threatened on social ... Read More
Biden to Pick Appellate Judge Garland as Attorney General
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is tapping Merrick Garland, a federal appellate court judge whom Republicans snubbed for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, ... Read More
NYC Mayor Aims to Have 10,000 Police Vaccinated by Sunday
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city aims to vaccinate 10,000 police officers against the coronavirus by Sunday. At his ... Read More
Florida rapper accused of fatally shooting two men inside recording studio
A well-known Florida rapper was charged on Saturday with murdering two men inside a recording studio after he finished making music, police said. Billy Bennett ... Read More