Coronavirus pandemic The US will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other southern African countries to try to contain a new coronavirus variant spreading there. From Monday, only US citizens and residents will be allowed to travel from the region. This follows a similar flight ban imposed by the EU and the UK. Canada […]
Three white men have been found guilty of killing a black jogger last year in a case that became a rallying cry to racial justice protesters. Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was shot on 23 February 2020 in a confrontation with Travis and Gregory McMichael and their neighbour, William Bryan. The defendants said they acted in self-defence […]
Jacob Blake shooting There have been calls for calm in the US after a teenager who shot dead two people during racial unrest last year was cleared of all charges. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, argued he was acting in self-defence when he shot the men and injured a third in Wisconsin. The verdict on Friday, […]
The US House of Representatives has passed US President Joe Biden’s $1.9tn (£1.4tn) Build Back Better Act after facing fierce opposition from Republicans. The sweeping social spending and climate package is considered a key pillar of Mr Biden’s agenda. The vote came after a record-breaking speech from House minority leader Kevin McCarthy to delay the […]
One of the biggest sports and entertainment venues in the US, the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will be renamed after a cryptocurrency company in a multi-million dollar deal. A Singapore-based firm will pay more than $700m (£520m) for the rights to the 20,000-seat stadium, which will be called the Crypto.com Arena. It has agreed […]
A deadly storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century weather event has severed road and rail links around Vancouver, Canada. Two motorways connecting the West Coast city were closed after being damaged by severe flooding. A woman was killed in a highway landslide, and rescuers say at least two other people are missing. Thousands of […]
Trump ally Steve Bannon has lashed out at the Biden administration as he surrendered to the FBI to face charges over his refusal to co-operate with the congressional Capitol riot inquiry. “This is going to be the misdemeanour from hell,” the former strategist said outside the FBI’s Washington office. Mr Bannon, 67, faces up to […]
The US military has defended as “legitimate” an air strike attack which killed dozens of people in Syria in 2019. The attack on so-called Islamic State fighters killed 80 people, as the group made their last stand. The US identified 16 of the dead as militants, and four as civilians. But officials could not conclude […]
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit on Monday as tensions between the countries deepen. The competing superpowers surprised many last week by issuing a joint declaration to address climate change, at talks in Glasgow, Scotland. But growing concerns of a military confrontation over Taiwan have thrown their […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News It was late September when Adamee Itorcheak, a 56-year-old resident of Iqaluit – the capital of Canada’s northernmost and sparsely populated territory of Nunavut – noticed something was wrong with his water. “The kitchen sink was the first indicator,” said Mr Itorcheak, recalling a chemical smell coming from the […]
