Tag: USA

(USA) U.S. Senate passes 1.9-trln-USD relief bill after marathon overnight session (Global Times)

The evenly split U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed a 1.9-trillion-U.S.-dollar COVID-19 relief bill after a marathon overnight session that continued until midday, with...
Uncategorized

(China/USA) China-US trade rising 81.3% in first two months, supported by strong economic recoveries (Global Times)

China's trade with the US rose by a staggering 81.3 percent in January and February in US dollar terms, data from the National Bureau...
Uncategorized

(USA/Somalia/al-Shabab) Somalia Fears New US Airstrike Guidance Is Benefiting al-Shabab (VoA)

Harun Maruf, Jeff Seldin A key U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism is growing increasingly uneasy about the Biden administration’s new guidance on the...
Uncategorized

(USA/Mexico) US Gives Hope to Previously Denied Asylum-Seekers in Camp (VoA)

In a camp at the U.S.-Mexico border, some asylum-seekers were told by officials that the U.S. government may reopen their cases and they would...
Uncategorized

(USA) What You Need to Know About the $1.9T COVID Bill (VoA)

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday came one step closer to his first major political victory: passage of his coronavirus economic relief package. https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/what-you-need-know-about-19t-covid-bill
Uncategorized

(South Korea/USA) South Korea, US to hold scaled back military exercises (Al Jazeera)

Though scaled back because of COVID, the drill is likely to infuriate North Korea, which calls it a ‘rehearsal for war’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/7/south-korea-us-to-stage-scaled-back-military-exercises-on-monday
Uncategorized

(USA/Iran) The FBI and Iranian Espionage (BESA Center)

Erfan Fard On February 13, 2021, the FBI issued a public appeal to locate Monica Witt, a former US counterintelligence agent who defected to Iran...
Uncategorized

(USA/Palestinian State) Toward a Palestinian State? The US Confers Legitimacy on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas (BESA Center)

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar Since taking office, the Biden administration has been in direct contact with Palestinian Authority leaders, encouraged and assisted by...
Uncategorized

(USA/China/Hong Kong) US slams China’s ‘direct attack’ on Hong Kong’s autonomy (Al Jazeera)

The US condemns China’s proposed new veto powers on Hong Kong’s selection of politicians, saying it is a direct attack on the territory’s autonomy. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/us-slams-chinas-direct-attack-on-hong-kongs-autonomy
Uncategorized

(USA/China) ‘Active threat’: Chinese hackers target 30,000 US entities (Al Jazeera)

Security specialist says the campaign has exploited recently discovered flaws in Microsoft Exchange software, infecting computer servers. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/active-threat-chinese-hackers-target-30000-us-entities
Uncategorized

(USA/ICC) Biden and the ICC: Partial cooperation, selective justice (Al Jazeera)

How will the new administration of President Joe Biden approach the ICC? Mark Kersten https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/5/biden-and-the-icc-partial-cooperation-selective-justice
Uncategorized

(USA) NASA’s Perseverance rover performs first drive on Mars (Global Times)

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars on Thursday, covering 6.5 meters across the Martian landscape, said NASA on Friday. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202103/1217491.shtml
Uncategorized

(USA/Ukraine) U.S. Sanctions Ukraine Oligarch Kolomoyskiy, Family Over Alleged Corruption (RFE/RL)

Todd Prince The United States says it has banned powerful Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoyskiy from entering the country in another sign that President Joe Biden's...
Uncategorized

(USA) America’s Patchwork of Election Laws Under Scrutiny (VoA)

Rob Garver The Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would greatly expand access to voting in federal elections. Even though...
Uncategorized

(USA) Anti-Trans Laws Would Risk Georgia’s World Cup Dreams (HRW)

Minky Worden The state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta have always had global sports ambitions. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/05/anti-trans-laws-would-risk-georgias-world-cup-dreams
Uncategorized

(Turkey/Greece/USA) To manage tensions between Turkey and Greece, the US should look to history (Atlantic Council)

Grady Wilson The long-running dispute between the United States’ NATO allies—Turkey and Greece—in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean heated up over the past year. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/to-manage-tensions-between-turkey-and-greece-the-us-should-look-to-history/
Uncategorized
1...207208209...298Page 208 of 298