Here’s How To Minimize Glare From All Those Ridiculously Bright New Headlights

If you feel like you’re constantly blinded while driving at night now, you’re not alone, and it’s not just because a bunch of truck bros ordered aftermarket LED headlights off Amazon that they installed themselves. There is certainly some of that, along with assholes driving with their brights on the whole time, but headlights really … Read more

China steels itself for new front in trade war after US proposes tariffs on metals

The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office also initiated a probe into China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries, alleging that Beijing used “unfair, non-market policies and practices” to dominate these sectors. Henry Gao, a law professor at Singapore Management University, said he would not be surprised if China imposes countermeasures against the proposed tariffs through countervailing … Read more

Preventing future pandemics goal of new U.S. partnership with 50 countries – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will work with the countries to develop better testing, surveillance, … Read more

We gave warning before attacking Israel – Iran

Turkish, Jordanian, and Iraqi officials said on Sunday that Iran gave wide notice days before its drone and missile attack on Israel, but U.S. officials said Tehran did not warn Washington and that it was aiming to cause significant damage. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles on Saturday in a retaliatory strike after a … Read more

Joe Biden says considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. For years, Australia has called on the US to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought US … Read more

US elections: Biden holds 4 point lead over Trump, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has marginally widened his lead over Donald Trump ahead of the November presidential election as the Republican candidate prepares for the start of the first of four upcoming criminal trials, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Some 41% of registered voters in the five-day poll, which closed on Monday, said … Read more

US-Japan summit preview: Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida expected to raise defence, diplomacy as China looms

But that page was unlikely to include a detailed road map any time soon as the allies struggle to reorganise entrenched defence systems built over decades. A central problem, say analysts, is that the military structure in neighbouring South Korea is headed by a four-star general, while American army, naval, air force and marine forces … Read more

Biden plans to cancel student loan debt, 23 million Americans may benefit

US President Joe Biden announced on Monday plans to ease student debt that would benefit at least 23 million Americans, addressing a key issue for young voters whose support he needs as he seeks re-election in November. The plans, which the Democratic president detailed in Madison, Wisconsin, include cancelling up to US$20,000 of accrued and … Read more

Who will pay for the Baltimore bridge collapse?

On the day the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed, President Joe Biden said the federal government would pay the “entire cost” of rebuilding it, which some suggest could run to more than $1 billion. Washington will foot the bill so the bridge and nearby port can reopen “as soon as humanly possible,” he … Read more

Spurned by candidates, No Labels will not run presidential race

By Steve Peoples and Jonathan J. Cooper | Associated Press NEW YORK — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No … Read more