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The US Embassy in Beijing has apologized after a social media post meant to herald the removal of some pandemic barriers between the two...

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Tuesday against what they claim are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the...

Revital Healthcare EPZ Ltd, based in Kilifi, has been awarded a contract to supply medical equipment to Tanzania. Tanzania has placed an order for...

Instead of relying on in-demand standard chips, some of the world's largest technology companies are developing their own semiconductors. According to company announcements and media...

South Dakota became the first state this legislative session to impose such a restriction, passing a bill that further restricts access to abortions through...

Every year smart glasses threaten to become the next big thing in tech Could Facebook or a smaller player like Vuzix make this happen? The promise of...

As the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks approaches, relatives of victims are pressing courts to answer what they see as...

US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the...

Boris Johnson ruled himself out of running for the Conservative leadership on Sunday, despite claiming to have the necessary support. "I believe I am well...

Truckers protesting a state labor law effectively shut down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, it was announced. "The shutdown will exacerbate...

On Thursday, the Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions beginning with fertilization, making it the nation's...

The Senate may soon put the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending to the test, as Democratic leaders prepare to introduce a small-business aid package...

On Tuesday, The White House will announce President Joe Biden's first sanctions against Russia over the Russian government's poisoning and detention of opposition leader Alexei...

Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since President Jovenel Mossé's assassination, said in an exclusive interview on Monday that...

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Boston violated the Constitution by refusing to allow a local organization to fly...

"Be really afraid right now," says Alston Green, 71, to LGBTQ people, especially the young. Don Bell is concerned that "all of our work over...

Climbers were ecstatic when Nepal decided to reopen its side of Mount Everest this year, but reports indicate that even the world's highest peak...

President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas pollution in half by 2030 at a virtual climate summit Thursday, outlining an aggressive target that...

Some Republican states are expanding unemployment benefits for employees who were fired or quit due to vaccine mandates, a move that critics say effectively...

A recent federal government study found that, while the student population in American public schools has grown significantly more diverse, segregation remains a persistent...

The Biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics this week, according to a senior administration official...

The Tesla driver who died with a passenger in a fiery September crash near Miami accelerated to 90 mph (145 kph) in the seconds...

The looming Supreme Court abortion decision, an increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border, and the midterm elections are all potential triggers for extremist...

Senate Republicans opened Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing by focusing on something else: old grievances, knowing they won't be able to stop her from...

A "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax" is included in President Joe Biden's budget proposal for the fiscal year 2023. According to the budget, all households worth...

Joe Biden is set to announce new actions to combat the coronavirus, including a nationwide campaign encouraging vaccine boosters, an expansion of at-home tests,...

Nearly seven years after the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage to be the law of the land, New Jersey enacted legislation on Monday to...

Crews battling the largest wildfire in California this year braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that could lead to additional fire growth on...

At least 88 people have been confirmed dead across five U.S. states after a swarm of tornadoes ripped through communities in the South and...

South Carolina lawmakers are the latest to pass legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women's sports in public schools and universities. Despite over 1,000...

Andy Stone is one of the fortunate. The New Yorker saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist stating that monkeypox vaccines would be...

The future wars are already being won by China. According to a new report from Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Beijing...

The Biden administration will enact new rules in December governing applications for U.S. residency, departing from stringent Trump-era requirements that made it harder for...

According to a senior US official, the Biden administration will stop using a humanitarian process known as parole to admit at-risk Afghans next month...

A flight attendant for American Airlines was hospitalized after a passenger allegedly attacked her on Wednesday, in what the company's chief executive called "one...

A rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere is fueling fears of a pandemic resurgence, sending shockwaves through the stock...

According to research released Monday, in nearly two dozen U.S. metropolitan areas, younger women have closed the pay gap or are outpacing their male...

Due to the nature of the Democrat-led Senate, many Student Loan experts believe there will be quick and direct action from Biden in order...

Freddy Fernandez was almost not here, sitting on his couch in his Missouri home with his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse...

According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Mandiant and Google experts, a pro-Chinese government online influence operation is targeting Americans in an effort...

A group of Swiss researchers claims that their high-performance computer has added 12.8 trillion new digits to the number Pi, resulting in a total...

The Alaska State Senate has suspended a lawmaker for four months after she was barred from flying to the state capital on the state's...

Ministers from the European Union met on Monday to respond to Russia's cut in gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, as well as to...

As state legislatures convene this month, Republican governors and lawmakers who have fought to limit racial discussions in public schools are rallying behind a...

The family of Daunte Wright gathered around his white coffin draped in red roses Wednesday, taking in one of the last times they would...

The mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, has warned residents that if Russia continues to strike the country's energy infrastructure, they must brace themselves for...

The world leader who has had the most frequent conversations with Vice President Kamala Harris about US immigration policy describes her as a straight-talking,...

Laurel Hubbard, a weightlifter, did not reach the podium, but she did make history. On Monday, the New Zealand athlete made history by becoming the...

On Wednesday, President Biden repealed the suspension of certain visas for immigrants that was initially put in place by Trump. The suspensions significantly limited...

The wine is extraordinary. The cost is appropriately exorbitant. Christie's announced Tuesday that it will be selling a bottle of French wine that spent more...

Ten people were killed Monday, including a police officer, when a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, the second mass shooting in the U.S. in...

On a quiet country road, four thin metal cylinders containing the world's most potent greenhouse gas are lashed to the base of a Duke...

Illinois is set to become the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools, after a bill passed its...

Facebook's oversight panel announced a probe into the company's system for allegedly exempting high-profile users from its own rules on Thursday, accusing the embattled...

President Biden continued his European tour on Monday by visiting the headquarters of the organization his predecessor despised, NATO, where leaders gathered to discuss...

A German court on Tuesday found a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary guilty of aiding in the killing of more than 10,000 people. Irmgard...

Ukraine sent its first grain shipment since Russia's invasion began on Monday, as part of a deal aimed at alleviating global food shortages. According to...

The Biden administration's new $500 million military contract with Saudi Arabia, critics claim, goes against the spirit of the White House's public policy of...

South Carolina school districts now have the authority to require masks and should consult with their lawyers about what kind of accommodations they need...

Authorities said Wednesday that a shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, California, killed ten people, including the gunman, and injured others. Many...

At least seven people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday, after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists,...

During a Sunday morning interview, Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, pushed back against the Republican National Committee's...

Several conservative media figures in the United States have joined the cause of Canadian truckers who have occupied parts of Ottawa and blocked border...

Ireland's government met on Tuesday to discuss contingency planning in the event of a European Union trade war with the United Kingdom, according to...

Authorities said at least 14 people were killed in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday after a convoy of shooters went on...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Sunday directing the federal government to promote voting access in a move meant to commemorate the...

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin traveled to Israel in June to scout potential investments for his new company, then flew to Qatar for a...

This week, Facebook informed advertisers that a "bug" in its measurement system had resulted in an undercounting of ad performance among some iPhone 12...

College football has returned. For many, the return of a fall tradition is a welcome sight, but for others, the scenes of tens of...

Naomi Osaka tells the story. It comes from Florida, where the world's best young tennis players gather and compete. Osaka, about ten years old,...

A tuna fishing boat based in the Pacific island nation of Fiji that has been accused of effectively enslaving its crew was barred from...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after a leaked video recording shows senior Downing Street staff laughing about Johnson allegedly throwing a...

A prosecutor who sent some of those children to prison is now in charge of turning around South Carolina's chronically dangerous juvenile prisons. Eden Hendrick,...

According to a coalition of immigrant groups, a Fairfax County policy aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants from deportation is not being implemented aggressively enough....

The Biden administration has moved up its deadline for all Americans to become eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine, announcing Tuesday that states will...

Climate change isn't the reason that some coal-fired power plants in the United States are closing down. It is the cost of tighter pollution...

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One in three people who were severely ill with coronavirus were subsequently diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition within six months of infection,...

Six cryptocurrency users are suing the US Treasury Department for blacklisting Tornado Cash last month, claiming the department's sanctions watchdog overstepped its authority by...

For months, stores across the country have struggled to keep enough baby formula on hand. Manufacturers claim to be operating at full capacity and...