The tide has turned decisively against Ukraine,can US help keep it in the fight?

The tide has turned decisively against Ukraine,can US help keep it in the fight?

US President Joe Biden signed off another billion-dollar assistance package just as the tide was turning against the Ukrainians on the battlefield.

  • byRob Harris

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Violence crisis demands urgent response

Violence crisis demands urgent response

Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.

A brewery worker’s drink-driving defence:his stomach made the alcohol

A brewery worker’s drink-driving defence:his stomach made the alcohol

A number of drink-driving acquittals have resulted from a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome,in which a person’s gut effectively brews alcohol inside the body.

  • byAli Watkins
The US may get a one-week shutdown reprieve,but chaos in Congress continues
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The US may get a one-week shutdown reprieve,but chaos in Congress continues

This is no way to run a country. For the fourth time this financial year,the US Congress appears likely to avert a government shutdown by passing a stopgap funding measure.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Republicans sink bipartisan border bill at Trump’s direction

Republicans sink bipartisan border bill at Trump’s direction

A plan to curb the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the US-Mexico border has been torpedoed at the behest of Donald Trump,who plans to campaign on the crisis.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Democratic staffer sacked for US Senate sex tape

Democratic staffer sacked for US Senate sex tape

The decision comes after footage surfaced on the right-wing news website,The Daily Caller,which released the illicit video.

  • byDavid Millward
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America running out of money to fund Ukraine’s defence

America running out of money to fund Ukraine’s defence

The flow of financial support and weapons from the United States will soon grind to a halt if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can’t convince US senators in an upcoming video call.

  • byJeff Mason andPatricia Zengerle
Why America is reduced to a wretched choice:dodderer Biden or diddler Trump

Why America is reduced to a wretched choice:dodderer Biden or diddler Trump

The US political system is riddled with inbuilt flaws that sideline worthy presidential candidates while the aged refuse to relinquish power.

  • byNick Bryant
‘Xi Jinping is loving this’:Republican showdown over military grips Senate floor

‘Xi Jinping is loving this’:Republican showdown over military grips Senate floor

Senator Tommy Tuberville’s rejection of hundreds of military confirmations would be remembered as a “national security suicide mission”,according to one angry Republican.

  • byLolita Baldor andMary Clare Jalonick
Gunman suspected of killing 18 in Maine found dead near his former worksite

Gunman suspected of killing 18 in Maine found dead near his former worksite

The discovery of the body of Robert Card,40,ends a 48 hour manhunt after the most lethal episode of gun violence in the US state’s history.

  • byGabriella Borter
Biden,Xi agree to meet for talks amid high tension between US and China

Biden,Xi agree to meet for talks amid high tension between US and China

The US wants China to step up its role on the world stage and has been disappointed by Beijing’s support for Russia and its silence over the conflict in the Middle East.

  • byDidi Tang,Matthew Lee andAamer Madhani