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Biden Visits Pope Ahead of Glasgow Climate Summit
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will attend an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 29.
Biden will also attend a G20 summit in Italy on October 30 and 31.
The White House reports that the…
US Job Growth Much Weaker Than Expected in September
Employment in the United States grew much less than expected in September. According to the US Department of Labor, employment increased by 194,000. Economists had expected average growth of 500,000 new jobs in the world's largest economy.…
Deal Between Democrats and Republicans on US Debt Ceiling
Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate have reached an agreement on the level of the US government debt ceiling. That ceiling is now being raised until December, as the Republicans had proposed.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck…
Record Number of Sales Boosts Tesla Stock on Wall Street
Tesla stock was a striking winner at the opening of trading in New York on Monday. This weekend, the carmaker announced that a record number of 241,300 cars had been delivered in the third quarter.
This meant an annual increase of…
US Homicide Rate Up 30 Percent In 2020
The homicide rate in the United States increased by 30 percent in 2020. This is evident from the so-called Uniform crime report, the annual crime report of the FBI that appeared yesterday.
According to the report, this is the most…
The Second Cold War has Begun, and Joe Biden Presents the World With A Choice
Aukus, the new US security pact with Australia and the UK, is ending the era of noncommittal towards China. The latest American turn towards Asia forces countries to make a hard choice: for or against Beijing.
It was a German…
Joe Biden: No New Cold War After China Allegation
The concept of the Cold War is not something President Joe Biden believes in, the US president will say in his address to the United Nations on Tuesday.
China last week accused the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of…
Nicholas Again Weakened to A Tropical Storm, As Many As 360,000 Families Without Electricity
Hurricane Nicholas reached the US mainland in the southern state of Texas on Tuesday morning but has already weakened to a tropical storm.
It is not clear whether there are any casualties; there are as many as 360,000 families…
Four Americans Leave Afghanistan for the First Time Since the US Withdrawal
Four Americans have left the country for the first time since the United States left Afghanistan in late August. The Taliban were aware of the foursome and their departure and did not stop them.
The four crossed the border by land…
New York Stocks Higher After US Benefit Claims Figures
Stock exchanges in New York opened with a profit on Thursday. Investors on Wall Street are mainly focused on figures on weekly payment claims in the United States.
They turned out a little better than expected. The critical US jobs…