US: 4 shot dead in Maine home, 3 injured in linked highway shooting

Four people were shot dead in a home in Maine while three others sustained injuries on a busy highway, in the latest pair of shootings, which authorities said were linked. Four people were fatally shot at a house in Maine on Tuesday (local time) shortly before gunfire wounded three others on a busy highway, in a pair…

‘We are all Chinese’, former Taiwan president says while visiting China

People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are ethnically Chinese and share the same ancestor, former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday at the start of a historic visit to China that Taiwan’s ruling party has criticised. Ma, in office from 2008-2016, is the first former or current Taiwanese president…

2 dead, 3 injured in explosion at industrial complex near Miami

Two people died and three more were injured on Tuesday in an explosion and fire at an industrial complex in suburban Miami, police told CNN. According to news agency Associated Press, the explosion in the suburb of Medley shot a large fireball into the sky and left several trucks, cars and other vehicles in flames. A…

US Polls: Trump slams rival Nikki Haley for past support of cutting medicare, social security

The race for the US Presidential elections scheduled to be held in 2024 has heaten up with the Indian-origin Republic Nikki Haley launching her presidential bid. Former US President Donald Trump slammed his former United Nations ambassador for her previous support of cutting Medicare and social security, reported The…

‘Would end war within 24 hours’: Donald Trump on Russia-Ukraine conflict

 Former US President Donald Trump has claimed he could negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict if he was still in the White House. “If I were President, the Russia-Ukraine war would not have happened. Never in a million years,” he said in a policy video posted on spokesperson Liz…

Customer shoots KFC employee after store ran out of corn in US

A Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) employee at St. Louis in Missouri, US was shot by a customer after a dispute because the fast-food restaurant was out of corn. A local media reported that the shooting took place at around 6.30 pm on Monday. According to the police, the incident happened when a man in his 40s was placing…

Protests in China continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions

 After protests in more than twenty Chinese cities that began on November 25 following the Urumqi fire that charred 10 people to death, Beijing has loosened restrictions pertaining to the long-running zero-Covid policies that prohibited people from entering supermarkets and commercial buildings. Local authorities…

US blizzard expected to impact millions in Rockies, Midwest

A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the US on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding. The National Weather Service warned that there would be “numerous, widespread, and impactful weather hazards in the heart of the country this week.” Across the Rockies and…

Russia ‘destroys’ Bakhmut as Ukraine grapples with power shortage in cold winter | 5 points

Russia, after recent setbacks on the battlefield, has launched a barrage of missiles and drones to target power grids in a bid to cast Ukrainian cities into darkness as long winter sets in. Ukraine, which has been patching up its energy systems, is facing a daunting challenge as the war rages on in Donetsk, Luhansk,…