Tag: US news
Oscar 2020: Trump blasts South Korean film, Brad Pitt (Video)
The U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a…
WikiLeaks Whistleblower found guilty of espionage
A US military judge found Wikileaks’ source Private Bradley Manning guilty of several counts of espionage on Tuesday but cleared…
Computer mouse inventor dies at 88
Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88, the…
Woman, 84, sole winner of US biggest jackpot
An 84-year-old Florida woman has claimed the $590 million Powerball lottery, authorities announced Wednesday, making her the winner of the…
US serial kidnapper to be charged today
An American charged with holding three young women in captivity and raping them in a decade-long horror is due to…
Three brothers arrested in stunning US kidnap
CLEVELAND, Ohio, (AFP) – US police searched an ordinary home in a working class neighborhood of Cleveland on Tuesday after…
Obama tagged ‘grand chief of devils’
Venezuelan disputed President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the “grand chief of devils”…
Second Boston bomb suspect arrested critically injured
An ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of conducting the Boston marathon bombings is in a serious condition and being treated in…
Boston Marathon bomb suspect dies
One of the Boston bombing suspects reportedly died Friday after a shootout with police, as explosions rang out near the…
Poison mailer charged with threatening Obama’s life
A 45-year-old man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and a US senator has been charged with…
Letter sent to Obama tests positive to lethal poison
A letter addressed to US President Barack Obama tested positive for ricin, spreading alarm in a drama over poisoned mail…
US police on high alert after Boston blasts
US police departments from New York to Los Angeles boosted security and were on heightened alert Monday after a double…
Son of prominent US pastor commits suicide
The youngest son of prominent US evangelical preacher Rick Warren has committed suicide after a long struggle with mental illness,…
Bin Laden son-in-law faces terror charges in US
Al-Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has been detained by US authorities and is due to appear in court in…
The Obamas in the limelight at inaugural ball
WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 2013 (AFP) – Barack and Michelle Obama slow-danced their way into their next four years in the…