US Secret Service chief admits failure in Trump shooting, insists she’s the best to lead the agency
Republican and Democratic lawmakers called on her to resign, calls that she rebuffed, saying at one point, “I think that I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time.”
Biden’s legacy: ‘History will treat Biden kinder than voters had…he defeated a president who placed himself above our democracy’
Joe Biden never figured out how to inspire the world’s most powerful country to believe in itself, let alone in him. He lost the confidence of supporters in the 90-minute debate with Trump, even if pride initially prompted him to override the fears of lawmakers, party elders and donors who were nudging him to drop out. Then Trump survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, and, as if on cue, pumped his fist in strength. Biden, while campaigning in Las Vegas, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and retreated to his Delaware beach house to recover.
Accused and convicted for molesting women, VP Kamala Harris will be an extra-ordinary rival to Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign has signalled it will tie her as tightly as possible to Biden’s immigration policy, which Republicans say is to blame for a sharp increase in the numbers of people crossing the southern border with Mexico illegally.
Olympic basketball champions USA escape South Sudan scalp with slim 101-100 win after LeBron James’s last minute dunk
South Sudan led by 16 late in the first half – 58-42 – before the Americans got the last basket to cut the deficit to 14 at the break. But the 18-0 run was key. James had four assists during the spurt and Curry, from about 35 feet, connected on a 3-pointer late in the third that gave the US its first lead since the first quarter at 79-76.
VP Kamala Harris signals Biden exit from US White House race is imminent after she hits fundraising trail
US Vice President Kamala Harris will headline a fundraiser in Massachusetts on Saturday as President Joe Biden faces continued pressure from fellow Democrats and big money donors to end his floundering campaign. Biden and top aides on Friday vowed to continue with the campaign, even as major donors signalled they...
How after clearing their TNT stocks US and Nato relied on imports from Ukrainian for missile making but Russians easily cut off supplies
Besides the plant in Poland, production of TNT is now concentrated in China and India. Customs records examined show at least 1,200 tonnes of TNT were exported from India in 2023 and 2024 to arms makers that supply Western forces. India also shipped large volumes of the explosive fillers RDX and HMX to Poland’s Nitro-Chem.
Cashless outage: How global CrowdStrike meltdown shocked consumers back into using cash to pay bills
Richard Forno, a cybersecurity lecturer at the University of Maryland, said Friday’s outage demonstrates the vulnerability of our current cloud and internet infrastructure. “Software supply chains have long been a serious cybersecurity concern and potential single point of failure,” Forno says.
Nigerian novelist Wole Soyinka calls Trump a nerd, ‘consummate liar who studied, understands American psyche and right chord to tweak’
Soyinka said Nigeria has had one consummate liar, but said he is just a copycat besides Trump. He said: “We have had one here also, but he is just a copycat beside Donald Trump. If you want to find out what is going on, look at all the many lies of this fellow called Trump. So many lies. But I don’t want to go in that direction. Let’s just remark it and move on.
Ageism becomes focal point in US presidential election as septuagenarians fortify Biden’s White House race
Polls have shown older Americans are more likely than younger people to have a favourable view of Biden and are less likely to say he should withdraw to allow another candidate. But even among older people, Biden faces steep scepticism.
United States donates over $200 million to war-torn Sudan amid major humanitarian crisis
The northeastern African country descended into chaos in April 2023 when simmering tensions between the country’s military and a notorious paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in the capital of Khartoum.
