A giant sculpture of a cigarette in an ashtray is displayed in New York on September 3, 2014 (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Andrew Burton) The US government wants to drastically reduce the nicotine content of cigarettes sold in the United States, to reach levels low enough to prevent addiction among smokers as part of a plan … Read more
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 7, 2022 (AFP/Nicholas Kamm) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that a recession was not “inevitable” in the United States, days after another hike in key rates by the US central bank raised fears of … Read more
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell after a press conference on June 15, 2022 in Washington (AFP / Olivier DOULIERY) The specter of a recession hangs over the United States, an evil that could prove unavoidable to save the world’s largest economy from inflation. This assumption is gaining momentum after the central bank’s historic decision to raise … Read more
USA DECLARES TAIWAN STRAIT AN INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday declared the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from mainland China, an international waterway, after Beijing claimed possession. The Taiwan Strait has been a frequent source of military tension since Chinese nationalists took refuge on the island in 1949 after … Read more
June 12 (Reuters) – Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday it was up to the United States to improve bilateral relations as they reached a critical point. Repeating repeatedly that China only seeks peace and stability and is not an aggressor, the Chinese defense minister called on the United States to “strengthen solidarity … Read more
SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that the U.S. government would cover the full cost of fighting the wildfires that have ravaged New Mexico. Joe Biden traveled to New Mexico to witness the efforts being made to fight the largest wildfires ever recorded in the state. … Read more
SEOUL, June 11 (Reuters) – South Korea’s defense minister and his U.S. counterpart on Saturday condemned North Korea’s preparations for a nuclear test, saying they threatened the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the international community. South Korea and the United States plan to hold larger joint military exercises to keep pressure on … Read more
Used syringes, used for injecting drugs, on April 21, 2022 in Washington (AFP/Agnes BUN) In 2020, the overdose death rate among black people exceeded that of white people in the United States for the first time since 1999, according to a study published this year. Its author, Joseph Friedman, a researcher at UCLA University in … Read more
