USA Update

The Biden administration is preparing a trade investigation into China’s production of older-model semiconductors, in response to fears that the United States’ growing dependence on these products could pose a national security threat, according to people familiar with the matter and government and industry documents reviewed by The New York Times. The investigation could ultimately […]

A never-before-aired interview with JonBenet Ramsey’s parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, and the late Barbara Walters has resurfaced following the release of a new documentary about the 6-year-old pageant star’s 1996 murder. JonBenet was found dead in the basement of her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home the day after Christmas 28 years ago, and the case […]

CARACAS, Venezuela — Roughly a fourth of the people detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the July presidential election have been granted prison release orders, the country’s chief prosecutor announced Monday. Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement posted on Instagram that a review of cases linked to the unrest […]

While Syria is shifting to new management, Israel is attacking the country’s arsenals and infrastructure. On Monday, military jets struck former air defense sites and missile warehouses along the country’s western coast in the early morning hours, conflict monitors at the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported afterward, describing the attacks and their secondary explosions […]

Mayor Eric Adams was denied public matching funds for his re-election campaign on Monday as he faces federal corruption charges focused on his fund-raising practices, dealing a major setback to his bid for a second term. The New York City Campaign Finance Board ruled that Mr. Adams was not eligible to participate in a program […]

BOSTON — More suspected in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston’s Logan International Airport, as elected officials to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights. Drones flying around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, forced base officials to close the […]

Brian A. Benjamin, the former lieutenant governor of New York, must face trial on federal corruption charges, after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request on Monday to dismiss much of the case. The order ended two years of legal wrangling over whether the charges cleared an increasingly high bar for what conduct constitutes […]

The ballerinas of Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo never change. With the never-say-die showbiz spirit of a faded Russian touring company, and a whiff of greasepaint and glamour, Ida Nevasayneva, Maya Thickenthighya and the other ballet warriors are eternally giving heroic performances, triumphantly knocking off a technical trick or two, flirting with the audience, […]

The internet was agog with a new video which claimed to depict Luigi Mangione, the prime suspect in the gunning down of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson skateboarding. Ever since his arrest Luigi Mangione is hogging all the limelight and skateboarding is another news which has been associated with the suspect. Luigi Mangione’s Skateboarding Stunt Shocks …

TikTok users are chipping in their own little way to give tribute to the sad demise of Essex native Joules Smith. The six-year-old died after battling valiantly a rare form of brain tumor on December 9. The sad ending was announced by her father Joe Smith. The Smith family paid tribute to their daughter and …