Two people were killed and 14 others wounded in a shooting in Rochester, New York, police said on Saturday.

The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat.

The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure denying entry to students and researchers deemed security risks, the State Department said on Wednesday, a move China called a violation of human rights.

Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, news wires reported. Fight-wing Norwegian politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde put the US president forward for a nomination.

Argentina defused fears of a messy default after it gained backing from creditors, allowing it to exchange 99% of the bonds involved in a $65bn restructuring, news wires reported. The deal could set a precedent for future sovereign crises.

California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights and unrest following the latest shooting of a Black man by police, AP reports.

One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said. It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by protesters in the city’s downtown.

Anti-racism protesters were planning to flood the streets of the US capital on Friday, after a white officer's shooting of African American Jacob Blake rekindled outrage over police violence and sparked a boycott movement in the sports world.

US President Donald Trump, who is seeking another four years in the White House, attacked his Democratic rival Joe Biden, calling him a "destroyer of American greatness" on Thursday, AFP reports.

The United States has a responsibility to lead in the Pacific and “won’t cede an inch” to other countries that think their political system is better, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday in a thinly-veiled swipe at China.