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US to ban smart cars containing Chinese tech 14 Jan 2025 - 05:45 pm
(Files) This photo taken on April 18, 2024 shows BYD electric cars for export waiting to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)
'Take my data': US 'TikTok refugees' flock to alternative Chinese app 14 Jan 2025 - 05:06 pm
A detail view of the pin worn by TikTok educational influencer, Tiffany Cianci as she livestreams outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building while the court hears oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S., on January 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
Biden says America 'stronger' on world stage in farewell speech 13 Jan 2025 - 11:48 pm
US President Joe Biden reacts to a standing ovation as he arrived to deliver a speech about his foreign policy achievements in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department's Harry S Truman headquarters building in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2025.(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
Melania Trump hints she will mostly live in White House 13 Jan 2025 - 11:34 pm
File: US President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania leave St. John's Episcopal Church on January 20, 2017.  (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
Peru president's new nose in prosecutors' crosshairs 13 Jan 2025 - 10:59 pm
File: Peru's President Dina Boluarte / AFP
Olympic chiefs vow to replace US swim star medals lost in LA fires 13 Jan 2025 - 09:54 pm
The entranceway to a damaged home is seen as the Palisades Fire continues to spread in Los Angeles, California, on January 12, 2025. (Photo by David Swanson / AFP)
US announces new restrictions on AI chip exports 13 Jan 2025 - 06:19 pm
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US stocks mostly fall as markets await inflation data 13 Jan 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises, with dangerous winds incoming 13 Jan 2025 - 03:19 pm
A cadaver dog, from the Los Angeles County Sheriff, sniffs through the rubble of beachfront properties destroyed by the Palisades Fire along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on January 12, 2025. Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP
Video: Celebrity homes that burned in Los Angeles fires 12 Jan 2025 - 11:53 pm
Actress Gail Matthius Wirth and writer John Wirth, showrunner and executive producer for 'Dark Winds', see their burnt home for the first time, in Pacific Palisades, California, on Thursday. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)
Video: 'Dangerous and strong' winds threaten to spread LA inferno 12 Jan 2025 - 08:11 pm
National Guard officers close a street enforcing a curfew in evacuation order zones and evacuation warning zones from 6pm to 6am as wildfires cause damage and loss through LA region on January 11, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images/AFP)
Firefighters race to beat LA blazes as winds grow and death toll hits 16 12 Jan 2025 - 08:45 am
Firefighters monitor as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
US extends legal status for nearly one million immigrants 11 Jan 2025 - 04:50 pm
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Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking 11 Jan 2025 - 12:06 pm
(Files) This photo illustration created on January 8, 2025, in Brussels, shows the media giant Meta's logo displayed on a smartphone and screen displaying the words
Anger and resentment rise in Los Angeles over fire response 11 Jan 2025 - 09:30 am
Molten metal flows from a car burnt-out by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP)
Los Angeles like 'war scene' after fires: Biden 10 Jan 2025 - 09:40 pm
US President Joe Biden listens during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
US judge spares Trump jail, fine for hush money conviction 10 Jan 2025 - 09:00 pm
Todd Blanche, attorney for former US President Donald Trump, and US President-elect Donald Trump are seen on the screen at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Brendan McDermid / POOL / AFP)
US hikes reward for Maduro arrest after 'illegitimate' swearing-in 10 Jan 2025 - 08:36 pm
 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he leaves the Capitolio -home of the National Assembly- after taking the oath during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Juan Barreto / AFP)