The U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments to fight the mosquito-transmitted Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects and could spread to the United States in warmer months, ...
Read More »The U.S. withdrawn credentials of five Russian honorary consuls
The U.S. State Department said it was ready to take further measures “if there are additional efforts” to impede diplomatic and consular activity, BBC reports. Mark Toner, spokesman of the U.S. State Department said there had been “widespread harassment” of ...
Read More »US East Coast prepares for powerful snowstorm
Washington D.C., New York and other East Coast cities readied fleets of snow plows, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and residents stocked up on groceries ahead of a winter storm expected to dump up to 30 inches (76 ...
Read More »The U.S. and South Korea are holding talks on deployment further strategic U.S. assets to the peninsula
North Korea claimed on Wednesday it conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. Yesterday, the U.S. sent the Boeing B-52 strategic bomber which is capable of carrying nuclear missiles in a show of force just 45 miles from North Korea. Now, the ...
Read More »The U.S. expanded anti-Russia sanctions over aggression in Ukraine
December 22, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed financial restrictions on 34 people and entities for helping Russian and Ukrainian companies evade U.S. penalties and other infractions, said in the press release, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »ISIS said a couple who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino were “supporters”
On Saturday, ISIS’ al-Bayan Radio station declared: “We pray to God to accept them as martyrs.” But they did not say that Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook were members or that ISIS was responsible, CNN reports. Yesterday, Tashfeen Malik, ...
Read More »FBI is now investigating the mass shooting in San Bernardino as “an act of terrorism”
CNN reports that FBI took the investigation of the mass shooting in San Bernardino over from the local police department The mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, is now being investigated as “an act of terrorism,” according to the FBI ...
Read More »A bulletproof blanket made for kids to use during school shootings
The Bodyguard Blanket, made by a company called ProTecht, is a bulletproof 5/16-inch pad, made from the same materials used by our military, except it’s for kids. They even come in different sizes, Tech Insider reports. It was presented in June 2014. ...
Read More »Russian jihadist Irek Hamidullin sentenced to life plus 30 years
A Russian jihadist Irek Hamidullin, wounded and captured by American soldiers during an insurgent attack in Afghanistan in November 2009, was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison Thursday, Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Irek Hamidullin, 56 years old, was convicted ...
Read More »Climate change can be a threat to national security – the U.S. experts
On the background of the climate change talks in Paris, where more than 150 world leaders gathered yesterday, the U.S. experts and leaders emphasized that climate change is a threat not just to our environment, but to national security too, ...
Read More »Volyn native filmed the assassination of President Kennedy
The murder of the 35th US President John F. Kennedy rocked America 52 years ago. Volyn native Abraham Zapruder was a witness of those distant historical events. Moreover, it was him to filmthe time of the murder, and later Zapruder’s ...
Read More »The U.S. House of Representatives voted for refugees entry restrictions
Dozens of Democrats joined Republicans as the House passed the measure 289-137, in a rebuke to the White House. The U.S. President Barack Obama has said he will veto the legislation, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to BBC. The bill ...
Read More »Two Air France flights from the US to Paris were diverted because of bomb threats
On Tuesday November 17, two Air France flights from the US to Paris were diverted because of bomb threats. Air France Flight 55 from Washington to France was diverted to Halifax Stanfield International Airport, an official from Air France told Global ...
Read More »The U.S. will provide Ukraine with $ 1 billion loan guarantee
The U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said, in a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, that the U.S. ready to provide Ukraine with $ 1 billion loan guarantee for fighting against corruption and tax reforms in the country, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »Taya Kyle will test sniper complex Precision Guided in a million dollar shootout
Taya Kyle is the widow of Chris Kyle, the most deadly sniper in US history. Since his death in 2013, Taya has tried to uphold his legacy. She founded the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation in 2014 to provide support for military families, ...
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