Facebook bans ads from far-right militias in the US such as the Proud Boys and ads from the far-right conspiracy theorist group Qanon, the American news channel CNBC reports. The advertising bans are the latest step in a campaign against misinformation surrounding the upcoming US presidential election. Earlier in […]
US President Donald Trump has stated in the first election debate that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden is a threat to the economic recovery from the corona crisis. Trump accused Biden of wanting to shut down the economy. Trump claimed his administration has built “the best economy ever.” “But […]
A wildfire in northern California has killed three people, local authorities report. The fire broke out near the town of Redding, some 200 miles north of San Francisco. All summer long, the western United States has been plagued by persistent natural ties that have killed dozens of people and […]
A group of former top soldiers supports Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. According to the letter seen by Reuters news agency, this includes the former second man of the Pentagon, retired general Paul Selva. Selva’s name, who retired last year, is on a list of 489 public figures who […]
The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) hope to have a draft agreement on the sale of advanced F35 fighters in early December. Possibilities to make those devices more visible to Israeli radar systems are still being explored, and insiders tell Reuters news agency. Washington traditionally does […]
The US law enforcement authorities are regularly guilty of irregularities during investigations and lawsuits, the authors of a report released Tuesday said. Police in the United States has been under fire in recent months over racism and the use of excessive force. Scientists examined the files of nearly 2,500 […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Suriname on Thursday. Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation in Suriname, confirmed this to the ANP on Sunday. It is the first time that a US Secretary of State has visited Suriname. Pompeo’s visit to Suriname […]
US President Donald Trump has encouraged voters in the state of North Carolina to vote twice: by mail and in person. This way, he says, they can check whether their vote has been counted. “Let them send it in and then vote,” the president told WECT-TV in Wilmington, North […]
Vice President Mike Pence’s nomination as Donald Trump’s running mate marks the highlight of the Republican Convention on Wednesday. Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump and his advisor Kellyann Conway also speak. Pence accepts the nomination at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, the site of the defeat of the British army in […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to be critical of the extreme right-wing conspiracy thinker group QAnon. “I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate,” Trump said in a press conference Wednesday. “I’ve heard it’s the people who love our country.” According to Trump, the conspiracy […]
