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The US said M/T Courageous was reportedly used to transfer oil products to North Korean vessels and to make direct shipments to the North Korean port of Nampo . Photo :AFP via Al Jazeera

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US says seizes tanker used to evade North Korea sanctions

North Korea is the subject of United Nations and other international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs

Migrants arrive on a chartered flight from Brownsville, Texas in El Paso, Texas, US March 17, 2021. Photo: Reuters

USA

US flies deported migrant families back to Central America

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

World+Biz

In one-two punch to Trump, Justice Dept OK's release of taxes, memo

US President Joe Biden meets with governors virtually to discuss efforts to strengthen wildfire prevention, preparedness and response efforts, at the South Court Auditorium at the White House complex in Washington, US, July 30, 2021. Photo: Reuters

USA

US issues new Cuba sanctions, Biden promises more to come

Walmart to require masks for US retail workers in Covid-19 hotspots

USA

Walmart to require masks for US retail workers in Covid-19 hotspots

People wearing protective masks shop at Macy's Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo

Global Economy

US consumer spending rises strongly in June; inflation increases

USA

US regulator freezes Chinese company IPOs over risk disclosures

Men stand on a vehicle on a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China July 23, 2021. Photo :Reuters

World+Biz

US voices concern over harassment of media covering China floods

White House adviser Jared Kushner, flanked by aide Avi Berkowitz (L) and Brian Hook, former US envoy to Iran, during a press briefing on the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates at White House in Washington, US, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

World+Biz

Jared Kushner to leave politics, launch investment firm

Picture: Collected

World+Biz

First group of evacuated Afghan interpreters to arrive in US

A Chinese national flag flies outside the former Xinqu Mosque that had its minarets and central dome removed in Changji outside Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, May 6, 2021. Picture taken May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

World+Biz

US congressmen call on Hilton to cut link to Xinjiang project

An Afghan A-29 pilot prepared for flight in the cockpit of his aircraft, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan September 10, 2017. Picture taken Septembeer 10, 2017. US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/Handout via REUTERS

World+Biz

Taliban assassinations of Afghan pilots 'worrisome,' US govt watchdog says

People wear masks around Times Square, as cases of the infectious coronavirus Delta variant continue to rise in New York City, New York, US, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Coronavirus chronicle

Biden pushes cash reward to get vaccinated, new rules for federal workers