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The best places to visit in the United States, according to Americans…

What are the four most popular destinations for Americans? Ranked Top International Travel Destinations Percentage of Bookings by America 1 Caribbean Cruise 34.7% 2 Cancun (Mexico) 28.3% 3 European River Cruise 23.1% 4 Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) 17.2% What is the #1 tourist destination? The 10 most popular destinations in the United States Meanwhile, Hawaii Island, the largest island in the state of Hawaii, is the No. 1 trending location. 1 in the United States for 2022. Which countries do Americans travel to most? According to the Office of National Travel and Tourism at the US Department of Commerce, MexicoRead News

On Lunar New Year – United States Department of State

I wish everyone observing the New Year around the world health, peace, and prosperity. This is a time of celebration and hope for the coming year, and I especially want to acknowledge the millions of Asian Americans who are celebrating this lunar new year. You are an important part of our American fabric. For all those celebrating in the United States and around the world, we hope that the Year of the Rabbit and the Year of the Cat will bring greater safety, prosperity, and opportunity for all. Do all countries celebrate Chinese New Year? Chinese New Year is aRead News

What happens next in the debt limit debate?

The loan-to-limit ratio is a measure used to determine the creditworthiness of a borrower. It is calculated by dividing the borrower’s total debts by their combined loan limits. For example, a borrower with $5,000 in credit and $10,000 in credit protection would have a loan-to-limit ratio of 50%. What would happen if America defaulted on its debt? A U.S. default on its debt would threaten the value of bonds, equities, and the U.S. dollar, which would be reflected in global markets that are already fraught with inflation and interest rates, a possible recession, and geopolitical tensions. lot. Has America everRead News

Fighters, NATO, Congress and Ukraine: Complex Issues Trouble…

WASHINGTON — The United States is locked in a complicated dance with Turkey, one of its most troubled allies, involving fighter jets, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Congress and, ultimately, the war in Ukraine. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Washington this week to meet US officials, wasted no time in putting forward his nation’s demand for US-made F-16 fighters. “We will discuss important topics on bilateral defense cooperation, in particular our request for F-16s,” Cavusoglu said ahead of the meeting, which Foreign Minister Antony J. Blinken watched with a stony face. “This is not only for [Turkey] but alsoRead News

Saudi Arabia just said it is now “open” to the idea of ​​trading currencies in addition to the US dollar – does that spell doom for the dollar? 3 reasons not to worry

Saudi Arabia just said it is now “open” to the idea of ​​trading currencies in addition to the US dollar – does that spell doom for the dollar? 3 reasons not to worry The 2023 World Economic Forum is just days away, and we’re already getting a glimpse of the future the global elite have in store for us all. Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, stunned reporters at Davos when he said the oil-rich country was open to trading currencies alongside the US dollar for the first time in 48 years. “There’s no problem discussing how we settle ourRead News

Trump warns US Republicans not to touch Social Security, Medicare

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans on Friday not to “destroy” federal pension and health benefits as they try to force cuts from President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies in the looming debate over the debt ceiling. “Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut off even one penny from Medicare or Social Security,” Trump said in a two-minute video message posted on social media that could test his influence among the Republicans who now control the U.S. House of Representatives . “Don’t cut into the benefits our seniors have worked andRead News

American citizens are given the chance to play a role in resettling refugees

WASHINGTON (AP) – A government program launched on Thursday is giving American citizens the chance to play a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive in the United States each year. During Welcome Corps’ first year, the Department of State intends to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees adjust to life in the United States. “By tapping into the goodwill of American communities, Welcome Corps will expand our country’s ability to warmly welcome greater numbers of refugees,” the department said in announcing the effort. When refugees from all over the world arrive in the US,Read News

US hits debt ceiling, prompting Treasury to take extraordinary measures

The drama about the debt ceiling, explained in 2 minutes The US hit the debt ceiling set by Congress on Thursday, forcing the Treasury Department to take extraordinary measures to ensure the government continues to pay its bills and increasing pressure on Capitol Hill to avoid catastrophic bankruptcy. The battle lines for the high-stakes fight have already been determined. Hardline Republicans, who have enormous clout in the House because of the party’s narrow majority, have demanded that lifting the borrowing cap be tied to spending cuts. The White House countered that it will not make concessions or negotiate raising theRead News

‘We’ve got them over a barrel’: Inside the US and the Germans do not hesitate to send tanks to Ukraine

Washington CNN — The Biden administration is in a standoff with Germany over whether to send tanks to Ukraine ahead of a key meeting of Western defense leaders in Germany on Friday. In recent days, German officials have indicated they will not send their Leopard tanks to Ukraine or allow any other country with German-made tanks in their inventory unless the US agrees to ship their M1 Abrams Sending tanks to Kyiv — something the Pentagon has said for months it has no intention of doing given the logistical costs of maintaining it. “They overwhelmed us,” a senior Biden administrationRead News

US officials advise Ukraine to wait for offensive, official says

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials are advising Ukraine to hold off on launching a major offensive against Russian forces until new U.S. weapons and training are provided, a source said. a senior Biden administration official on Friday. The official who spoke to some journalists who asked to remain anonymous, said that the United States is insisting on its decision not to give Ukraine Abrams tanks at the same time as there is a dispute with Germany over tanks. President Joe Biden, who approved a new $2.5 billion arms package for Ukraine this week, told reporters at theRead News

New Zealand vs United States – Football Match Report – 20 January 2023

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Rose Lavelle scored a pair of goals as the United States women’s national team beat New Zealand 5-0 in an exhibition on Saturday. Ashley Hatch, Mallory Swanson and Taylor Kornieck also scored for the United States at Eden Park in Auckland. It was the second of two matches between the teams, which are preparing for this summer’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. – Broadcast on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (USA) Swanson scored twice in the United States’ 4-0 win in Wellington on Wednesday. The former Mallory Pugh took the last name of ChicagoRead News

US strikes New Zealand again as World Cup quest heats up

The United States once again outclassed the Football Ferns, hammering the Women’s World Cup co-hosts 5-0 to wrap up their two-match tour of New Zealand and familiarize themselves with local conditions ahead of the World Cup in July. Rose Lavelle wore the captain’s armband and struck twice in another impressive performance, with Ashley Hatch, Mallory Swanson and Taylor Kornieck joining the scoresheet. The dominance of the United States was so strong that New Zealand failed to have a single shot in the game in the entire game compared to 22 shots for the visitors. Despite playing football at Eden ParkRead News

US warns China of red line in Ukraine war ahead of Blinken visit

The US is warning China against material and security assistance to Russia in Moscow’s war on Ukraine, drawing Washington’s red line ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing early next month. On Tuesday, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary for China Michael Chase spoke with Song Yanchao, deputy director of China’s Office of International Military Cooperation in the Central Military Commission, according to a U.S. official who spoke to VOA on condition of anonymity. This week’s military-to-military talks come as the United States closely monitors any decision by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in response to RussianRead News

Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the United States Congress of …

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  (Applause)  Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks. Please, sit down. Good morning everyone. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Nice to be with you. Mr. Mayor, thank you very much for the introduction. It was great to see you in person. I have seen you on TV many times. (Laughs.) And to all of you, it’s just wonderful to be with you. I want to thank the mayor again for his leadership of the US conference. And thanks to Tom Cochran – I was just backstage with him – and the whole team for me being here with you this morning. So inRead News

Senior State Department officials at the launch of Welcome…

MODERATOR:  Good morning everyone. This is [Moderator]. Welcome to today’s call for the launch of the Welcome Corps. This call is on the basis of a senior State Department official and is embargoed until it is completed. For your information only and not for reporting, our speaker is [Senior State Department official]. I will now turn the floor over to [Senior Secretary of State’s Official] for opening remarks, and then we will take a few of your questions. [Senior State Department Official], please continue. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE:  Thank you very much, [Moderator]. So good morning everyone, and thankRead News

Former entrepreneur pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States…

A dual citizen of the United States and Syria who evaded arrest for more than two decades pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay a bribe to a federal public official. According to court documents, between 1993 and 1998, Ammar Kanaan, 61, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, while working as a private sector contractor providing transportation engineering services to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) a, engaged in a scheme to provide illegal cash payments and money orders to an FHWA official.Read News

Joint Statement on the US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism – United …

The governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey released the text of the following statement as part of the US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held the fourth meeting of the US-Turkey Strategic Mechanism on January 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Under the auspices of the strategic mechanism, Deputy State Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland also met with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Önal. The parties held an extensive dialogue in many areas of bilateral cooperation and emphasized the importance of our partnership as NATO allies.Read News

FAA shutdown: US airline regulators blame contractor for travel chaos

US aviation security officials say a bug that caused travel chaos at airports last week was actually caused by a contractor deleting files on a key computer server used by pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the worker “inadvertently deleted files” in the Notice to Air Missions (Notam) database. The system alerts pilots to potential hazards on flight routes. They are required to check it before flights. Lawmakers have promised to look into the matter. More than 11,000 flights were delayed and at least 1,300 were canceled on January 11 after the Notam system was shut down the dayRead News

United States and Cuba resume law enforcement dialogue…

On January 18, 18-19, U.S. officials and Cuba met in Havana to discuss topics of mutual interest in law enforcement issues under the U.S.-Cuba Law Enforcement Dialogue. This type of communication strengthens the national security of the United States through better coordination of international law, which helps the United States to protect U.S. citizens. better and bring foreign criminals to justice. These negotiations strengthen the United States’ ability to fight organized crime by increasing cooperation on a wide range of law enforcement issues, including human trafficking, drug and other criminal cases. Better law enforcement cooperation is in the best interestRead News

The United States National Cemetery in Mexico City points to a complicated history

Where is the biggest ww2 graveyard? Avold, France, near the border with Germany. It is the largest American WWII military cemetery in Europe. Nearly 10,500 American servicemen and women rest here among the rolling woods of eastern Lorraine. Are soldiers really buried in Normandy? In all, 80,000 German soldiers are buried in Normandy. Just inland from Isigny sur Mer, La Cambe is the largest and most visited of the German military cemeteries. More than 21,200 young men are buried here, their names engraved on dark stones stuck in the ground. Where is the largest military cemetery? » Largest National Cemetery:Read News

Departmental Press Briefing – January 19, 2023 – United States Department of State

MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everyone. good thursday So as you can see, we have a special guest this morning to talk about the new Welcome Corps program we launched. So with me, I have Assistant Secretary Julieta Noyes from our Office of Populations, Refugees and Migration. At the top he has some thoughts he’d like to share with you and then he has time for a couple of questions, and then we’ll continue with the rest of the briefing. ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOYES: Thank you, Vedant. MR PATEL: – the floor is yours. ASSISTANT SECRETARY NOYES: Thank you, Vedant. Hey everyone.Read News

The United States has launched a program that allows individual refugee ‘sponsorship’

The United States is launching a new program that will allow groups of people and organizations in the United States to “sponsor” refugees seeking refuge in the country, a move that has been welcomed by rights groups as a positive step. On Thursday, the US State Department announced the establishment of the “Welcome Corps”, which will allow the general public to help defray the resettlement costs of refugees arriving through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP ). Groups of at least five people must raise a minimum of $2,275 per sponsored refugee. Sponsoring groups, open to U.S. citizens or permanentRead News

‘Welcome Corps’ to allow Americans to secretly sponsor US refugees

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a new program to allow thousands of American citizens to directly sponsor refugees financially, an effort to increase the United States’ ability to accept more people seeking protection from overseas. In a statement, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken described the program, dubbed the Welcome Corps, as “the boldest innovation in refugee resettlement in four decades.” “By launching the Welcome Corps, we build on a proud tradition of providing shelter and demonstrate the spirit and generosity of the American people as we pledge to welcome refugees in need of our support,” Blinken said. AccordingRead News

The US has a new nuclear proliferation problem: South Korea

U.S. President Joe Biden attends a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on May 21, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. On January 11, 2023, President Yoon said that if North Korea’s nuclear threat continues to rise, his country will pressure the United States to redeploy nuclear weapons in the South, or else it may build its own nuclear arsenal. (White House Photo / Cameron Smith, via Wikimedia Commons) Last week, Seoul formally put its nuclear option on the table for the first time since 1991. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said the country would consider building itsRead News

US to send Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine for first time as part of $2.5 billion defense package

The Pentagon on Thursday announced a $2.5 billion security package in Ukraine, including for the first time Stryker armored vehicles and more Bradley fighting vehicles that could be used against any potential Russian offensive in Ukraine this spring. The package, released a day before an international coalition meets in Germany to discuss more aid to Ukraine, is the second largest ever announced by the United States. The United States has now committed $26.7 billion to Ukraine in security aid since the start of the war nearly a year ago. “The United States also continues to rally the world to supportRead News

The US is hitting the debt ceiling, prompting the Treasury to take extraordinary measures

The debt ceiling drama, explained in 2 minutes The United States hit the debt ceiling set by Congress on Thursday, forcing the Treasury Department to begin taking extraordinary measures to keep the government paying its bills and increasing pressure on Capitol Hill to avoid a catastrophic default. The battle lines for the high-stakes fight have already been set. Hard-line Republicans, who have a huge hold on the House because of the party’s slim majority, have demanded that lifting the borrowing limit be tied to spending cuts. The White House responded that it will not offer any concessions or negotiate onRead News

Why it’s so important for the United States to avoid population decline

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. This week’s worldwide question: How will future generations pay to care for the present? Check out these stories from this week: They are all part of the same human story. After reading about the major implications of China’s shrinking population worldwide, I called a top US demographer to learn about what was happening to the population here at home. My conversation with William Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, went further than the two countries compare.Read News

Zionist groups use US anti-terrorism laws to prosecute Palestinian activists

One of the world’s oldest Zionist organizations with close ties to the Israeli government, the Jewish National Fund (JNF), is using American anti-terror laws to sue a major Palestinian rights group in the United States over its support for the international boycott movement. . The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a coalition of groups seeking to end the decades-long occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, said the lawsuit was part of a broader, Israeli-led strategy to harass organizations that are critical of the oppression of the Palestinians. The JNF and a group of American Israelis are seeking compensationRead News

Americans can sponsor refugees directly under a program launching this week

[1/2] Seventeen-year-old Zainab Walizada, whose family fled Afghanistan, washes dishes at her home in Epping, New Hampshire, US on July 28, 2022. Mohammad and Miriam Walizada and their family are in August 2021 fled from Afghanistan and settled. in the United States with the help of the Sponsor Circle program. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File photo WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees for resettlement in the United States under a new program that launched on Thursday, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a step that would boost admissions and the government canRead News

Denver is not the snowiest city in the United States

Which European city has the most snow? The average number of snow days between 2009 and 2021 from December to March in Europe was the highest in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, with 20.5 days. What is the snowiest city in Europe? The top location is the medieval, vibrant city of Tallinn in Estonia. With 20.5 days of snow per month, the cultural center is the best bet for a snowy holiday. Where in Europe has the most snow in December? To find a true white Christmas in Europe, it is best to go to the Alps or to Scandinavia.Read News