U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, and two accomplices who are held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Stocks tumbled Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation.
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris on Friday secured the delegate votes needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination. In doing so, she became the first woman of colour at the top of a major party ticket.
At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country's economic crisis, a rights group said Friday, while authorities said a police officer was killed and several others injured.
