United States President Donald Trump’s name-changing spree found an unlikely new target on Sunday when he suggested the state of New Mexico could become “New America.” His proposal, which was immediately dismissed by the state’s governor, comes days after he signed an order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in the middle of a trade war with neighboring…
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale adjourned the Pacific nation’s parliament indefinitely on Monday, after staring down a no-confidence vote closely watched by China and US allies. The political drama unfolded as US deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau arrived in the Solomons on Sunday, pledging the return of the Peace Corps to the island nation where US Pacific…
The United States military has struck and disabled three Iranian crude oil carriers after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships in regional waters. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) disclosed this on its X page on Saturday, saying the incident occurred earlier that day. It added that a U.S. aircraft carrier and a…
An F-4 Phantom military aircraft crashed Saturday at a base outside Athens during an airshow, Greek news agency ANA reported. The circumstances of the crash were unclear, as was the fate of the two pilots aboard, local media said. The aircraft had just taken off when it suddenly lost altitude and crashed, said a journalist from public broadcaster ERT…
The United Nations appealed Friday for $50 million to help more than 84,000 people in Nepal affected by catastrophic flooding, warning that winter was fast approaching. The August 26 floods on the China-Nepal border, triggered by a glacial mountain collapse, killed more than 1,300 people and left more than 5,600 missing in both countries. “Time is against them,” the…
Maryland federal judge Deborah Boardman on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s latest effort to halt birthright citizenship, citing an earlier judgement from the Supreme Court in June. Ms Boardman, appointed by former President Joe Biden, issued a preliminary injunction restricting Mr Trump from enforcing provisions of an executive order which sought to deny citizenship to children of foreign parents,…
