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NEW YORK, May 4, 2023 (AFP) – New York prosecutors are investigating the death of a homeless man put in a chokehold by a fellow rider on the city’s subway, in an incident that has sparked outrage. The death of Jordan Neely — who US media identified as a Michael Jackson impersonator who often performed on the train — was caught on camera and has angered homeless advocacy groups. The incident also touches on two […]
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2023 (AFP) – The United States on Wednesday approved the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades-long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness. Drugmaker GSK’s Arexvy was green-lighted for adults aged 60 and older, with similar shots from other makers including Pfizer and Moderna expected to follow soon. “Today’s approval of the first RSV vaccine is an important public health achievement to […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft on Thursday expanded public access to its generative artificial intelligence programs, despite fears that tech firms are rushing ahead too quickly with potentially dangerous technology. The AI-enhanced features of the company’s Bing search engine and Edge internet browser are now open for anyone to use, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, said in a blog post. “This means that it will now be easier than ever for everyone to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting five people — one of whom died — at an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday, authorities in the southern US city said. One person was killed and four were injured when Deion Patterson allegedly opened fire in a hospital waiting room just after midday (1700 GMT). Patterson then allegedly stole a truck that had been left running at a nearby gas station and […]
By Paul HANDLEY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it will deploy more troops to help provide security at the US-Mexico border as officials fear a surge in migrant crossing attempts when Covid-19 immigration restrictions end on May 11. Some 1,500 troops will be sent to the border, adding to the 2,500 already there to support Border Patrol authorities in the face of a possible gush of frontier crossings. “For […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A man accused of massacring five neighbors after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard was captured Tuesday after a days-long manhunt, Texas law enforcement said. Francisco Oropesa had eluded authorities since the shooting Friday in the small town of Cleveland in southeastern Texas. “We now have this man in custody,” San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters at a press conference Tuesday night. “He […]
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2023 (AFP) – Washington did not warn Kyiv about the top-secret documents leaked to internet chat rooms — containing sensitive information about Ukraine’s war effort — before the news broke in the media last month, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Washington Post. The embarrassing security breach revealed US unease about a coming counteroffensive by Kyiv’s forces against Russian troops as well as concerns about Ukrainian air defenses. “I did not receive information […]
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 (AFP) – A US government panel renewed calls Monday to blacklist India over religious freedom, saying that treatment of minorities has continued to worsen under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom offers recommendations but does not set policy and there is little expectation that the State Department will accept its stance on India, a growing US partner. The State Department each year lists countries where it […]
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 (AFP) – Moves to check Beijing’s aggressive expansion into the trade routes and strategic islands of the South China Sea will headline talks Monday between President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos at the White House. Marcos is on a four-day trip that follows last week’s state visit to Washington by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and a White House meeting in January between Biden and Japanese Prime […]
New York, United States | AFP | Monday 5/1/2023 US financial authorities seized California’s troubled First Republic Bank on Monday and sold it to JPMorgan Chase, hoping to bring to a close a two-month banking crisis that has spooked the financial system. First Republic became the second-largest bank by assets to collapse in US history after it disclosed last week a loss of more than $100 billion in deposits in the first quarter. After the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — President Ferdinand Marcos said his government would not allow the Philippines to become a “staging post” for military action ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Monday. Manila recently granted Washington access to more Filipino military bases as the allies seek to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region and its sweeping claims over disputed waters, islands and shoals. “We will not encourage any provocative action that will […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) – Police were searching Saturday for a gunman believed to have shot and killed five Hondurans after they asked him to stop late-night target practice that was keeping their baby awake, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. An eight-year-old child was among the victims when the apparently drunken gunman stormed into the crowded house and opened fire, reportedly infuriated by the request to […]
