ISTANBUL (AA) – Beijing dismissed as “false” the claims that the US Treasury was breached in a “major cybersecurity incident,” state media reported. “These unfounded accusations (are) lacking evidence,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing. Mao’s comments came in response to a report by US-bas...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital said Monday that he will step down before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “Serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has been the honor of a lifetime,” Matthew Graves said in a statement. “I am deeply thankful to Congresswoman ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden on Monday ordered the closure of federal government agencies and executive departments on Jan. 9 to honor the 39th President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. “All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on January 9, 2025, as [&hell...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Mike Johnson to continue as Speaker of the House of Representatives. “Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!” Trump wrote on his T...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) noted a rise in harassment of San Francisco mosques in 2024. It noted a 30-year high in anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian racism. Executive Director Zahra Billoo urged officials to take stronger action against hate crimes. On Christmas Eve, a man standing outside San Francisco’s Bernal Hei...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US, will take place on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral, ABC News reported. Carter died Sunday at the age of 100, making him the longest-lived president in US history. President Joe Biden has declared Jan. 9 a National Day of […]
By Pierre Tristam In January 1977 the nuns where we used to attend church in Lebanon gifted me the only dog I ever owned, a mutt they’d called Jimmy, after the newly elected American president. American politics was the world’s most accessible entertainment even then, so Jimmy Carter was big news in Lebanon. To those […]
Former President Jimmy Carter, who served one term in the White House and devoted decades to advancing peace and human rights, passed away on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100. His death was confirmed by his son and followed nearly two years of hospice care after the Carter Center […]
ISTANBUL (AA) — Donald Trump’s proposal to automatically grant green cards to foreign nationals who graduate from a US college has sparked controversy. “What I want to do, and what I will do, is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The White House has confirmed that a ninth US telecommunications company was breached as part of an extensive Chinese hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the US and other nations. The cyber-espionage group referred to as “Salt Typhoon,” also known by aliases such as Earth Estries, Famo...
