Image copyright PA Image caption Mr Trump reportedly made the suggestion during a meeting with top security officials Using nuclear weapons to destroy hurricanes is not a good idea, a US scientific agency has said, following reports that President Donald Trump wanted to explore the option. The Axios news website said Mr Trump had asked […]
Media captionMr Walsh described President Trump as a “narcissist” Conservative radio show host and former lawmaker Joe Walsh has become the second man to challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 White House nomination. “The country is sick of this guy’s tantrum [sic] – he’s a child,” Mr Walsh, 57, told ABC’s This […]
Image copyright AFP The US must lift restrictions on UK businesses if it wants a trade deal with the UK, Boris Johnson has said. Travelling to the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, the PM said there were “very considerable barriers in the US to British businesses”. Mr Johnson said he had already spoken to President […]
Lightning hit a tree on the course at the East Lake Golf Club Six people have been injured after two lightning strikes at the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta. Play was suspended at 4.17pm local time because of thunderstorms in the area and at 4.45pm there were two lightning strikes close to the 15th green […]
Media captionStand your ground: CCTV captured the shooting in a Florida car park A white man who shot and killed an unarmed black man over a parking dispute in the US state of Florida has been found guilty of manslaughter. Michael Drejka, 49, shot Markeis McGlockton after a fight broke out over a disabled parking […]
Christian Coleman won the men’s 100m at the US National Championships last month American sprinter Christian Coleman has been charged under anti-doping rules with missing three drugs tests, says the US Anti-Doping Agency. Usada has confirmed the 23-year-old has been charged with failing to “properly file his whereabouts information”. Coleman, who ran a world-leading time […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anne McClain is helped from a space capsule after returning from the ISS in June Nasa is reported to be investigating a claim that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station, in what may be the first allegation of a crime committed […]
Image copyright Getty Images President Donald Trump says he has “hereby ordered” American companies to leave China, after Beijing announced plans to slap new tariffs on US goods. The White House did not immediately say what authority the president had to compel private firms to quit a country. President Trump announced a 5% increase on […]
Image copyright Getty Images A patient has died after developing a severe respiratory disease due to vaping, say health officials, in what may be the first such death in the US. The US state of Illinois’ health agency said the unnamed patient was between 17 and 38 years old. It comes amid an outbreak of […]
Image copyright AFP US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has received treatment for a cancerous tumour on her pancreas, a court spokeswoman says. She “tolerated treatment well” and the tumour was “treated definitively”, the court added in a statement. Ms Ginsburg, 86, has survived previous battles with cancer, as well as fractured ribs from […]
