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U.S. presidential candidate Rubio makes first appearance during ‘Tonight Show’

(REUTERS) — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio appeared on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” for the first time on Thursday (January 21). During this appearance, host Jimmy Fallon joked about Rubio wearing boots with high heels during campaign event in New Hampshire. “I love these boots, by the way and people made a big deal that you had heels on your boots, who cares?” Fallon joked. “These are great boots, by the way, these are […]

Powerful snowstorm threatens U.S. East Coast, flights canceled

A massive winter storm was barreling toward Washington D.C. on Friday, (January 22) with the system poised to drop near-record snowfall on the U.S. capital before walloping New York and other East Coast cities with blizzard conditions. The National Weather Service described the storm as “potentially crippling” for a swath of the Northeast, with snowfall exceeding two feet (61 cm) in the Baltimore and Washington D.C. metro areas. In the suburbs of the nation’s capital, […]

State of emergency declared in U.S. east coast under snowstorm threats

Washington, D.C. and another five U.S. states along the U.S. East Coast on Thursday declared state of emergency as the region was bracing itself for a historic snowstorm over the weekend. As authorities in Washington, D.C., and the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania declared the state of emergency on Thursday, blizzard watches were also issued by the National Weather Service along the storm’s path, stretching from Arkansas through Tennessee and Kentucky to […]

Trump slams opponents at rally in Las Vegas

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday (January 21) called out fellow presidential hopefuls, slamming Republican rival Jeb Bush for an attack ad that says the real estate mogul would lose to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the general election, criticizing Senator Ted Cruz and calling Bernie Sanders “a wacko”. Trump made the comments at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. The billionaire businessman called Bush “a lost soul” and a “poor, pathetic, low-energy […]

Mexico, Central American countries OK plan for stranded Cubans

Mexico and Central American countries approved a plan on Wednesday (January 20) for more flights that would allow thousands of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to continue on to the United States. Regional governments meeting in Guatemala earlier this week deemed as a “success” the first pilot trip last week, when 180 Cubans flew to El Salvador, took a bus to Mexico and received transit visas to go to the U.S. border. Costa Rica’s Deputy […]

‘Middle-class Joe’ Biden tells Davos bosses to look after workers

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden criticised modern corporate “short-termism” on Wednesday (January 20) and urged chief executives gathered in Davos to look after their workers as well as their shareholders. Relishing his nickname of “middle-class Joe”, he told delegates at the World Economic Forum annual meeting that the middle classes, the backbone of economies and democracies, now faced unprecedented threats from technological change. “For I believe the underlying question for world leaders, civil society, academia, […]

Former VP candidate Palin endorses Trump in 2016 race

Donald Trump, the reality television star-turned-politician, was endorsed by Sarah Palin to be the next Republican U.S. president said on Tuesday (January 19). To voters, it may seem a natural fit. Though she never made it to the White House after becoming the party’s vice presidential pick in 2008, Palin’s style, which showed a candidate could be popular by eschewing policy minutiae in favor of plain-speaking, is seen as a precursor to Trump’s recent success. […]

Haitians protest upcoming presidential election just days ahead of vote

Tension was high in Haiti on Tuesday (January 19) as protesters took to the streets of Haiti’s capital to demand the suspension of a Jan. 24 presidential election over alleged irregularities. Haiti is due to hold a run-off vote backed by international donors on Sunday, but tensions have risen since opposition candidate Jude Celestin said last week he would withdraw, on grounds that electoral authorities favoured the ruling party. Swiss-trained engineer Celestin, 53, came second […]

Jeb Bush says Donald Trump lacks ‘seriousness’

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Republican front-runner Donald Trump will “get wiped out in the general election” at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York on Tuesday (January 19). “There’s the lack of seriousness, at least by the front-running candidate that, I wouldn’t know what his policies are, but when he doesn’t know what the nuclear triad is, that’s cause for pause,” Bush said. “Someone who proposes a 45 percent tariff […]

Cuban migrants cross into the U.S. from Mexico

A small group of Cuban migrants crossed into the United States on Sunday (January 17) after a month’s long journey through Central America and Mexico finally came to an end. The migrants arrived to the border city of Reynosa in northeastern Mexico near the border with Hidalgo, Texas. One of the migrants, Byron Rojas Arevalo, who arrived to Reynosa by plane, said a long and harrowing journey, which started in Ecuador, was finally coming to […]

Cuban migrants continue northward trek through Mexico to the United States

Cuban migrants continued their journey through Mexico toward the United States on Thursday (January 14), flying northward from the southernmost state of Chiapas. The migrants arrived early at the Tapachula airport and spent much of the day awaiting their flight. Migrant Sandro said they were heading toward Mexico City and then on to the border. “Now we are continuing the trip to the United States which is our final destination, toward the border. What border […]

FBI not looking for co-conspirators in Philadelphia police shooting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is not currently looking for co-conspirators in the shooting of a Philadelphia police officer, with evidence gathered so far indicating the gunman acted alone, the FBI chief told reporters on Thursday (January 14). FBI Director James Comey said reports that authorities were looking for three other suspects were false. Philadelphia police said suspected gunman Edward Archer, 30, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group before allegedly opening fire on […]