Tag Archives: United States

Tuesday, 26 September 2017 :  Like many children with immigrant parents, Muslim American filmmaker Lena Khan grew up hearing sensational tales of her parents’ exploits when they first came to America from India. Apparently, her father was worried about passing the medical tests required to get a U.S. visa in …

Tuesday, 26 September 2017 :  North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday that President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserves the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down U.S. bombers even if they are not in its air space. “The whole world should clearly …

Friday, 22 September 2017 :  The United States will dispense about $32 million in humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya ethnic minority facing persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the State Department said Wednesday. “Through this support, the United States will help provide emergency shelter, food security, nutritional assistance, health assistance, psychosocial …

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 :  U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear standoff, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. Loud murmurs filled …

Thursday, 14 September 2017 :  The US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world. The justices granted a request from the Trump administration to block a federal appeals court decision that, according to the Justice …

Monday, 4 September 2017 :  South Korea’s military said on Monday its air forces and the army carried out a missile drill early in the day in response to North Korea’s sixth nuclear test on Sunday, adding the drills targeted the area where the test had been carried out. The …

Monday, 21 August 2017 :  The United States retained the Solheim Cup with a 16½-11½ victory over Europe at Des Moines in Iowa. The hosts went into Sunday’s singles matches with a commanding 10½-5½ lead and kept their nerve to hold off Europe’s attempted fightback. Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer …

Thursday, 10 August 2017 :North Korea freed a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence on humanitarian grounds, the official KCNA news agency said on Wednesday, just hours after the United States warned it would counter any threat from the North with “fire and fury.” There was no clear connection between …

Tuesday, 1 August 2017 WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to deploy the remaining parts of an advanced missile defence system to South Korea, the Pentagon said Monday with tensions rising over North Korea’s latest missile test, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. The remark by Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt …

Monday, 31 July 2017 Forget to take your medication? Now you can get a reminder to find your pills – sent by the pill itself. Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center has become one of the few health care providers in the United States to use a grain-of-sand-sized sensor that, after …