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Joe Biden, the president of the United States, said there is an “acute” risk of an attack by a terrorist group known as ISIS-K, the ISIS affiliate operating in Afghanistan, and that every day that American troops stay in the war-torn country the risk increases. “The sooner we can finish, the better,” Biden said of the plan to evacuate Americans, Afghan nationals

Joe Biden’s approval rating plunged to lowest level since he took office in January 2021 after the Taliban’s dramatic capture of Kabul on Sunday (August 15). The Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on Monday (August 16), found that 46% of American adults approved of Biden’s performance in office, the lowest recorded in weekly polls that started when his presidency began. It is also down

The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, 63, announced on Tuesday (August 10) he will resign from the position effective in two weeks after the state’s Attorney General (NY AG) Letitia James determined in her report that he sexually harassed 11 women, most of whom worked for him, and also retaliated after some made complaints. He has denied the allegations. Cuomo initially refused to leave

A large maskless group of Republican Representatives entered the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Thursday (July 29) to protest the recently-reintroduced mask regime in the US Capitol. U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger ordered officers to arrest visitors and Capitol workers who are not wearing masks, if they refuse to leave the building or refuse to put on

A historic heatwave hit parts of USA and Canada with the later recording its highest ever temperature. Lytton in British Columbia -about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of Vancouver- soared to 46.6C (116F) on Sunday (June 27), breaking an 84-year-old record, Environment Canada said. Lytton was not alone. More than 40 other spots in British Columbia set new records. The highest temperature

The former US president, Donald Trump who continues to make claims that Biden’s victory is the result of massive “voter fraud”, is reportedly telling close friends and allies that he will return to the White House as the sitting president by August. “Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by

Americans are expected to pay $2.98 per gallon during Memorial Day weekend, the highest price on record for the May holiday weekend  since 2014, according to AAA. A month ago, before the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline, causing it to shut down, AAA reports that the average price of regular gas per gallon was $2.88. “AAA expects 37 million Americans to travel,