US sees surge of jobless claims

More Americans have filed for unemployment benefits than in the previous eight months The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits jumped for the third week in a row, soaring to the highest level in eight months, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing the Labor Department.

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New York governor hopeful attacked on stage

The culprit was detained after assaulting US Representative Lee Zeldin with a “sharp object” The Republican candidate in the upcoming New York gubernatorial election, Lee Zeldin, was attacked during a campaign event outside Rochester on Thursday. The perpetrator was filmed jumping to the stage and assaulting Zeldin with a “sharp object,” according to eyewitnesses.

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Former Russian president lists ‘Western sins’

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has compiled what he called a list of “their sins,” a reference to what he sees as the shortcomings of the US and Europe. The list was published on Medvedev’s Telegram channel on Thursday and comes a day after the former president outlined Russia’s ‘sins’, a mocking exhortation to the…

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