US President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary Gina Raimondo has sought to pin the blame for the country's growing economic woes on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In a further ratcheting up of Washington’s offensive against Moscow over its military action against the Kiev government, the administration of US President Joe Biden announced fresh sanctions on Russia.

A Chinese political commentator warned the Biden administration not to change US policy towards Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).

An American journalist denounced the congressional approval of more than $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine, saying that the money is "stolen from the American people." 

A Canadian author and journalist, Eric Walberg, says US President Joe Biden is continuing the "messy belligerence" of his ill-famed predecessor in the Middle East by fawning over the Israeli regime.

Taiwan has abandoned plans to purchase advanced anti-submarine helicopters from the United States, saying the price is too high.

At least eight people were killed and 14 others wounded in a spate of shootings in the US city of Chicago over the weekend amid an alarming surge in gun violence in the country.