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Legal challenges to the abortion bill are expected once it becomes law. — courtesy Getty Images
South Carolina six-week abortion ban temporarily halted
SOUTH CAROLINA — A judge has halted the implementation of a law that would have seen most abortions be banned in South Carolina.The bill outlaws abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy — before most women know they are pregnant.But 24 hours later, Judge Clifton Newman halted its implementation pending state Supreme Court review.The majority of southern US states have curtailed abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion last year.South Carolina’s Republican Governor, Henry McMaster, has filed an emergency motion requesting that the state Supreme Court expedite the case.The vote to pass the law largely followed along party lines but was opposed by the three Republican women in the state’s Senate.The bill, known as the “Fetal Heartbeat and...
May 27, 2023

South Carolina six-week abortion ban temporarily halted

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling at the White House on May 9, 2023, in Washington
Biden has lead over Democratic challengers, but faces headwinds overall: CNN poll
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s bid for a second term begins with a wide advantage over his declared opponents for the Democratic nomination, but he faces headwinds among the overall public from declining favorability and a widespread view that his reelection would be more negative than positive for the country, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.Just a third of Americans say that Biden winning in 2024 would be a step forward or a triumph for the country (33%). At the same time, the survey finds a decline in favorable views of Biden over the past six months, from 42% in December to 35% now. And results from the same poll released earlier this week showed Biden’s approval rating for handling the presidency at 40%, among the lowest for any first-term president since...
May 26, 2023

Biden has lead over Democratic challengers, but faces headwinds overall: CNN poll

Queen Elizabeth II and Ronald Reagan at a San Francisco banquet in 1983
FBI reveals 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II
WASHINGTON — Queen Elizabeth II faced a potential assassination threat during a 1983 visit to the US, newly released FBI documents show.The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a cache of files relating to the late Queen's travels to the US, following her death last year.They show how the FBI, which helped secure the monarch's safety during her visits, worried about IRA threats.The assassination threat was made to a police officer in San Francisco.According to the file, an officer who frequented an Irish pub in San Francisco warned federal agents about a call from a man he had met at the venue.The officer said the man told him he was seeking revenge for his daughter who "had been killed in Northern Ireland by a rubber bullet".The threat came on 4 February 1983...
May 26, 2023

FBI reveals 1980s plot to kill Queen Elizabeth II

Ron DeSantis
Tech troubles as DeSantis launches White House bid
WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis's long-awaited entry into the 2024 race for the White House was hit by technical glitches after a Twitter livestream malfunctioned.It meant the Florida governor's bid for the Republican presidential nomination got under way 20 minutes late.He went on to use the event to champion his conservative credentials, his anti-lockdown stance and education reforms."I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback," he said.The Florida governor is viewed as former President Donald Trump's chief rival to be their party's candidate in the 2024 general election.Mr DeSantis is a relative newcomer in US politics, having first been elected to the House of Representatives in 2012. Just six years later in 2018 - after a...
May 25, 2023

Tech troubles as DeSantis launches White House bid

File photo of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
DeSantis launches 2024 White House bid
MIAMI — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has filed paperwork confirming that he will run for US president in 2024.DeSantis will publicly launch his bid for the White House in an online appearance with Twitter's Elon Musk at 18:00 eastern time (22:00 GMT) Wednesday night.The 44-year-old is former president Donald Trump's chief rival for the Republican Party nomination.DeSantis, a Harvard law graduate and former US naval officer, has waged a war on what he calls "woke ideology"Other Republican candidates include former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and tech entrepreneur Vivek RamaswamyThe much-anticipated face-off is finally here. DeSantis is styling himself as a Trump-style conservative without the Trump baggage.His...
May 24, 2023

DeSantis launches 2024 White House bid

A For Sale sign is displayed outside a property on Brunswick Ave. in Toronto. — courtesy Lance McMillan/Toronto Star via Getty Images
Canada’s household debt is now highest in the G7
TORONTO — Household debt in Canada is now the highest of any other G7 country, according to data by the country’s housing agency.The amount owed by Canadian households is also higher than the country’s entire GDP.The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said high home prices are to blame for the ballooning debt.Household debt in the US and the UK, by comparison, has shrunk in the last 10 years.In a report released on Tuesday, Canada’s housing agency has warned that Canadians would not be able to weather a recession because of the high amount of debt they owe.“Unfortunately, Canada’s very high levels of household debt - and the highest in the G7 — makes the economy vulnerable to any global economic crisis,” said Aled Ab Iorwerth, the agency’s deputy chief economist.In...
May 24, 2023

Canada’s household debt is now highest in the G7

More people are being displaced in Somalia as a result of drought conditions. — courtesy UNHCR/Samuel Otieno
UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK — With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.More than 43 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continue to suffer through one of the worst droughts in recent history, caused by five consecutive seasons of poor rains.Years of conflict and insecurity have sparked mass displacement, while skyrocketing food prices and most recently, the fighting in Sudan, have compounded the situation.“We must act now to prevent crisis from turning into catastrophe,” Guterres said. “Let us act together now — with greater urgency and far...
May 24, 2023

UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa

A view overlooking Guam's Noverlooking Tumon Bay on Tuesday as Typhoon Mawar closed in
Typhoon Mawar is impacting Guam with heavy rain and damaging winds
HAGATNA, Guam — The eye of Typhoon Mawar has passed just north of Guam, but the eyewall – the strongest part of the storm – is bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the US territory.The Guam International Airport recorded sustained winds of 71 mph with a gust of 105 mph Wednesday evening. An extreme wind warning is in effect for the northern part of Guam until 10:45 p.m. local time (8:45 a.m. ET) for winds that can create tornado-like damage. In addition to the strongest winds, the northern third of Guam is also seeing the heaviest rainfall.“Mawar is now moving away from Guam,” the National Weather Service in Guam said. The center of the storm was located 15 miles north-northeast of Guam and was moving northwest at a slow 8 mph, according to the latest tropical cyclone...
May 24, 2023

Typhoon Mawar is impacting Guam with heavy rain and damaging winds

Virgin Orbit LauncherOne
Virgin Orbit: Branson’s rocket dream ends after mission failure
LOS ANGELES — Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has shut down, just months after a major mission failure.It comes weeks after the firm set up to launch satellites paused operations to try and boost its finances.It had been selling off items it owns in a bid to survive, including its jet, named Cosmic Girl, as well as most of its headquarters in California.In January, its first ever satellite mission in the UK reached space, but fell short of its target orbit.The mission was billed as a milestone for UK space exploration.It had been hoped the launch, called Start Me Up after the 1981 Rolling Stones hit, would turn the country into a global player -- from manufacturing satellites to building rockets and creating new spaceports.But Cosmic Girl experienced an anomaly...
May 24, 2023

Virgin Orbit: Branson’s rocket dream ends after mission failure

Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy
US debt ceiling talks described as productive but no deal yet
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been reached."I believe we can get a deal done," House Speaker McCarthy told reporters.While acknowledging areas of disagreement, Biden said a default was "off the table".The debt ceiling is a spending limit set by Congress that determines how much money the government can borrow.Failure to raise it beyond the current cap of roughly $31.4tn (£25.2tn) by June could result in the US defaulting on its debt.That would mean the government could not borrow any more money or pay all of its bills. It would also threaten to wreak havoc on the global economy, affecting prices and mortgage rates in other countries.Republicans,...
May 23, 2023

US debt ceiling talks described as productive but no deal yet

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