Debt default could trigger recession, Harris and Brainard warn
Vice President Kamala Harris and top White House economic adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday that a default on the U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion would throw the American economy ...
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department’s invitation to view a classified cable related to the ...
US retail sales miss expectations, but core sales strong
US retail sales increased less than expected in April, but the underlying trend was solid, suggesting that consumer spending likely remained strong early in the second quarter, despite growing risks ...
Second tranche of US sanctions data received (Updated)
Officials from the UK and the US will soon visit to provide additional information on the sanctions, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday as authorities received the second tranche of ...
US lawmakers introduce bill to combat normalization with Syria’s Assad
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday intended to bar the American government from recognizing Bashar al-Assad as Syria’s president and to enhance Washington’...
US small business sentiment slumps to more than 10-year low
US small business confidence fell to more than a 10-year low in April on worries about the near-term economic outlook and persistent worker shortages, but there were few signs that ...
Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack
A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U....
U.S. targets Russia’s FSB, IRGC members over wrongful detention of Americans
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia’s domestic security service FSB and the intelligence unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accusing them of being responsible ...
U.S. military leak suspect to appear in court; had arsenal, prosecutors say
A U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets appeared in federal court on Thursday, where a judge expressed concern the 21-year-old’s knowledge of classified material might ...
US Equal Rights Amendment blocked again, a century after introduction
The U.S. Senate on Thursday fell short of the votes needed to enshrine equal rights for women in the Constitution, a century after a guarantee of gender equality was ...
Eighty ancient Cypriot artifacts repatriated from US
More than 80 Cypriot antiquities are being repatriated from the USA to Cyprus it was announced on Tuesday in a ceremony held in Washington for the occasion.
Cyprus Ambassador to the ...
Flurry of activity over Russian accounts
Sanctions imposed on Russia and Russian citizens so far will not significantly impact the Cypriot economy as its banks have very satisfactory levels of capital and one of the best ...
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US (Update)
Heavy gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan on Tuesday shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that ...
Anti-abortion groups urge US Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion groups challenging the medication’s federal regulatory approval told the justices in a filing on ...
US welcomes cooperation with Cyprus on sanctioned individuals
US Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher has hailed the cooperation between the US and Cyprus in holding to account those enabling Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Her statements just before ...
Death toll tops 20 as storm takes aim at eastern US
A violent storm packing high winds and heavy rains ripped through Southern and Midwestern sections of the United States as it headed east on Saturday, leaving at least 22 dead and ...
Politicising Covid-19 origin-tracing misleading, harms fact-finding efforts
Riddled with continuous bad news such as unbearable high inflation and incessant bank failures, the United States again set off a frenzy of throwing mud at China by playing the ...
State Department confirms two U.S. citizens kidnapped in Haiti
Two U.S. citizens have been kidnapped in Haiti, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel confirmed on Thursday, adding that Washington is in regular contact with Haitian authorities and will ...
Bitcoin mining booms in Texas
Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and worries over electric power consumption have failed to dent the industry’s growth in Texas, according to a top trade group, citing the rise in the miners’ ...
In Ukraine to show solidarity, Japan’s Kishida meets Zelenskiy, tours massacre site
Japan’s Fumio Kishida met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Tuesday during a rare, unannounced visit by a Japanese leader that underscored Tokyo’s emphatic support for Ukraine in ...
National guard completes joint training with US forces (with video)
The national guard has just completed a military exercise with the US armed forces that began on February 20, it was announced on Sunday.
The exercise, ‘Proteas’ included the army and ...
Mexican president says more fentanyl enters the U.S. and Canada than Mexico
Greater quantities of synthetic opioid fentanyl directly enter the United States and Canada than Mexico, Mexico’s president said on Thursday, pushing back against U.S. criticism of his record ...
Americans arrested for allegedly sending aviation technology to Russia via Cyprus
Two Americans arrested in Kansas City on Thursday for a scheme to send aviation-related technology to Russia in violation of US export controls reportedly sent them via Cyprus.
Cyril Buyanovsky, 59, ...
New U.S. sanctions target Iranian petroleum, petrochemical trade
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on firms it said had transported or sold Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products in violation of U.S. restrictions, including two companies based ...