Month: October 2022

The United States rejected Iranian reports that Tehran’s release of two detained Americans will lead to the unfreezing of Iranian funds frozen abroad. Baquer Namazi, 85, was permitted to leave Iran for medical treatment abroad, […]

Starbucks Workers Fear Retaliation After Unionizing at Record Speed

Workers from hundreds of unionized Starbucks stores are expected to sit down for collective bargaining for the first time this fall, while others will vote in still more union elections to come. So far, more […]

Border Officials Report Increased Human Smuggling by Plane in Texas

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeing an increase in human smuggling attempts by plane as migrants try to avoid detection, saying that such attempts are becoming more common in the border state. […]

US Navy Led Aircraft Carrier Crew to Drink Fuel-Laced Water

A US Navy whistleblower accused on Saturday his superiors on the USS Nimitz of allowing the sailors to be exposed to an unhealthy amount of kerosene-based jet fuel by letting them drink contaminated water laced […]

Moderna Rejects Beijing’s Request for COVID Vaccine Technology

The negotiations of Moderna on its Covid-19 vaccine sale in China collapsed over the weekend after the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company refused to hand over to Beijing the core intellectual property behind the development of its […]

Sullivan Discussed NATO Expansion with Turkish Counterpart Kalin

Amid renewed concern that Ankara may block the pending additions of Sweden and Finland to NATO, US national security advisor Jake Sullivan made an unannounced trip to Turkey on Sunday for talks on the accession […]

OPEC+ Considers Cutting Oil Production, Sends Oil Prices Rallying

In a move that could put pressure on global economic growth, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its oil-exporting allies, collectively known as OPEC+, are set to consider Wednesday its most drastic […]

Russia Bans SoundCloud for Spreading Fake News of Ukraine War

SoundCloud, one of the world’s largest online audio distribution platforms, was banned in Russia on Saturday following accusations that the audio service promoted falsehoods about Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Russian media reported. The nation’s […]

Venezuela Exchanges 7 Imprisoned Americans for Two Maduro’s Relatives

In a rare gesture of goodwill by Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro as he looks to rebuild relations with the US after vanquishing domestic opponents, Venezuela has agreed to a prisoner swap in which it has […]

Defense Secretary Austin Convinced Russia Won’t Use Nukes in Ukraine

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does not believe Moscow will use nukes in Ukraine despite threatening to do so if attacked, admitting though, that there are no checks on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking of […]

National Archives Still Missing Some Trump Administration Records

Although there’s no easy way to establish absolute accountability, the National Archives and Records Administration believes that it is still missing some records from the Trump administration. Archivist Debra Steidel Wall said in a letter […]

IAEA Demands Moscow to Release Ukraine Nuclear Plant Head Murashov

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called on Saturday for the release of the director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ihor Murashov, who was detained by a Russian patrol on Friday. Stressing that Murashov’s […]

Washington Split Over Ukraine’s Demand for Accelerated NATO Accession

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s unexpected demand to fast-track NATO membership talks has been met with a mixed reaction in the United States, where US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stopped short of unequivocally endorsing the move, […]

Biden Averts Government Shutdown, Signs Funding Bill

Just hours ahead of a midnight deadline on Friday when funding was set to expire, the House of Representatives averted a government shutdown by approving a stopgap bill to fund the government through December 16. […]

DOJ Pushes for Expedited Ruling in Trump Special Master Case

The US Department of Justice requested an expedited ruling in its appeal of an order appointing a special master to examine all of the classified records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida […]

Elon Musk Showcased Humanoid Robot Optimus at Tesla AI Day

Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off Friday the prototype of humanoid robot Optimus – developed in February – at the electric vehicle maker’s AI Day event at a Tesla office in Palo Alto, California. Noting […]

Moscow Slapped with Severe Sanctions after Annexing Ukrainian Regions

After Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, Washington slapped Moscow and Putin’s allies with another round of sanctions, also warning anyone outside of Russia against providing Moscow political […]