The United States is the only developed country in the world that suffers from a relentless cycle of school shootings, such as the rampage that took yet more lives at a Texas high school on Friday. Ten people were killed and another 10 injured when a student armed with a shotgun and a revolver opened fire just as classes were starting at the school in Santa Fe. There is roughly one school shooting a week in the United States, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that is pushing to limit the proliferation of firearms in the country. US schools have become less and less a safe havens for children, as the country grapples with an epidemic of gun violence that claims around 33,000 lives each year, and many Americans appear fatalistic. Unless there is a high body count, most school shootings don't even make the national press. According to a database compiled by the Washington Post, more than 214,000 primary and secondary school students have experienced a school shooting … [Read more...] about The relentless cycle of school shootings in the United States
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Japan plans retaliatory tariffs against United States
Japan is considering tariffs on U.S. exports worth $409 million in retaliation against steel and aluminum import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, Reuters with reference to the NHK reported on Thursday. Such a move would signal Tokyo is ready to go beyond backdoor talks and pleas for exemptions from the U.S. duties. It would also add to a growing rift that Trump’s “America First” trade policies is creating among major economies, which threatens to slow global trade and business activity. Japan is the only major U.S. ally that did not receive exemptions from Trump’s tariff decision. But it has refrained from following in the footsteps of China and the European Union, which responded to the U.S. decision with reciprocal threats. That may change as months of negotiations have failed to convince Washington to add Japan to a list of countries exempted from the U.S. tariffs, analysts say. Tokyo’s planned retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports would be the … [Read more...] about Japan plans retaliatory tariffs against United States
Uzbekistan strategic partner for United States: Trump
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Baku, Azerbaijan, May 16 By Fikret Dolukhanov - Trend: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President of the United States of America Donald Trump in the White House on May 16, the press service of the Uzbek president stated. --- Follow the author on Twitter: @FDolukhanov Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news … [Read more...] about Uzbekistan strategic partner for United States: Trump
Clean-up under way after deadly storms pound north-east United States
News / World by Press Association 16/05/2018, 4:14 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Residents in the north-east of the United State have begun clean-up operations after powerful storms pounded the region with torrential rain and marble-sized hail, leaving at least three people dead and more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power. Connecticut officials said two people in New Fairfield and Danbury were killed in separate accidents when trees fell on their trucks, including a woman whose three-year-old child escaped injury. An 11-year-old New York girl was killed when a large tree toppled onto the car she was in. More than 148,000 utility customers in New York were without power early on Wednesday. In Connecticut, the state’s two major utilities reported 90,000 without electricity, most in the western part of the state. An official said it could take days to return the power. The storms downed trees and … [Read more...] about Clean-up under way after deadly storms pound north-east United States
United States opens its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem
The United States officially opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a pledge by President Donald Trump who has recognised the holy city as the Israeli capital. “Today we open the United States embassy in Jerusalem, Israel,” U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman said at the beginning of the inaugural ceremony, attended by a U.S. delegation from Washington and Israeli leaders. On the Gaza border, at least 38 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the latest in a round of protests dubbed the “Great March of Return”, health officials said. Trump’s recognition of contested Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December outraged Palestinians, who said the United States could no longer serve as an honest broker in any peace process with Israel. Palestinians seek East Jerusalem as the capital of a state they want to establish in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Israel regards all of the city, including the eastern … [Read more...] about United States opens its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem