Author: DispatchTimes News Desk

Donald Trump has welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington for a three-day visit, as tensions between the two countries over trade, technology and Tehran come into focus. The meeting brings the US and Chinese leaders together in the American capital with those issues set to shape discussions during Xi’s stay.

An 11-year-old boy in Oviedo, Florida, has been arrested and ordered to appear in court after police stopped him while he was riding an electric dirt bike to go fishing. Cade Kirchner was pulled over on 7 September while travelling along the shoulder of a road near his home. He was fingerprinted, issued a citation and released to his parents, while the bike was seized and towed. His father, Chris Kirchner, said Cade had been riding with a fishing pole and was about 300ft from home when an Oviedo police officer stopped him. The boy had saved $900 from a…

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington for a three-day visit, where Donald Trump was due to give him a rare personal welcome at the airport. Mr Trump and first lady Melania Trump were at Joint Base Andrews, just outside the US capital, for an arrival ceremony for Mr Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan. The gesture underlined the importance the US president has attached to the visit, which is the Chinese leader’s first state visit to Washington in more than a decade. The programme includes a formal state dinner at the White House on Thursday, intended to match…

A planned armed robbery at a liquor store in Inverness, Florida, allegedly fell apart after security footage showed the shop assistant laughing as a man wearing a Michael Myers mask carried out the raid, authorities said. Renee Lynn Bedford, 46, and Richard Benson Lassiter, 47, were arrested after investigators concluded that the robbery at Citrus Liquor had been staged, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the store on US Highway 41 South on Sunday, 20 September, after Bedford reported that a masked man had entered, demanded money and escaped on foot. She initially described the…

Two Royal Air Force pilots have been injured after ejecting from a training jet before it crashed near homes on Anglesey in Wales. The T2 Hawk aircraft appeared to stall during an exercise on Wednesday, local time, before the pilots left the aircraft. Footage recorded by a local resident showed the jet hitting the ground and erupting into a fireball within sight of nearby properties. North Wales Police said the pilots were being treated for injuries thought to be minor. There were no reports of wider injuries or damage. The RAF said the aircraft had been flying from RAF Valley,…

Privacy concerns over Flock’s network of AI-powered surveillance cameras came under bipartisan scrutiny in Washington, DC, on Wednesday as senators questioned how vehicle data is collected, shared and accessed by law-enforcement agencies. The hearing was held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, chaired by Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, who has launched an investigation into Flock Safety’s nationwide network of more than 120,000 cameras. “If you haven’t heard of Flock, Flock has probably heard of you,” Mr Hawley told the hearing. “You’ve probably been scanned and surveilled and tagged multiple times this week alone.” The cameras…

Australian shares are set to fall sharply after renewed pressure in the US bond market sent Wall Street lower, while oil prices jumped on fears that the war with Iran will continue to disrupt supplies from the Middle East. ASX futures pointed to a decline of about 100 points, or 1.1 per cent, at the open on Thursday after the Australian market finished flat the previous day. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 0.8 per cent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 352 points, or 0.7 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.1 per cent. The sell-off followed…

A man who killed his 91-year-old stepfather with a hammer and tried to murder his mother at their home in Gilbert, Arizona, has been sentenced to natural life in prison, with a further 21 years added to his term. Gary Crawford pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder following the attack on 22 November. The sentence was announced on 23 September by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Police were called to the property near McQueen and Elliot roads for a welfare check after a relative became concerned when Oscar Casdorph and his 81-year-old wife failed to answer the…

Heads of major artificial intelligence firms have urged the United Nations to establish controls over the rapidly developing technology, warning that AI could pose a risk to humanity. The company leaders are calling for international oversight as the use and capabilities of artificial intelligence continue to expand.

Body-worn camera footage of the fatal Milwaukee police shooting near 37th and Wright has been released, prompting sharply contrasting accounts from police and the family of 23-year-old Printis Smith. The Milwaukee Police Department published the video on Wednesday, 23 September, showing the pursuit and confrontation that ended with Smith being shot dead on 8 September. Police said officers had attempted to stop a vehicle near 39th Street and Meinecke Avenue because it matched the description of one linked to a shots-fired investigation in nearby Glendale. The vehicle continued before two people got out and ran near 37th and Wright. One…