The World Health Organization cautioned Friday that some 200 monkeypox cases found in recent weeks outside of countries where the virus usually circulates could be just the beginning. “We don’t know if we are just seeing the peak of the...
A lawyer for actor Johnny Depp urged a jury on Friday to find his ex-wife Amber Heard guilty of defamation over domestic abuse allegations and give him his “life back.” “What is at stake in this trial is a man’s good...
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer Friday that attempts to blame Russia for difficulties shipping grain worldwide were unfounded and pointed to Western sanctions being responsible instead, the Kremlin said...
The United States on Friday imposed fresh sanctions over North Korea’s missile launches, including on two Russian banks, after Russia and China blocked action by the UN Security Council. The Treasury Department said it was freezing any US...
European police agency Europol on Friday warned of a “current and future threat” from 3D-printed weapons, an increasing number of which have been seized across the continent. “The threat posed by 3D-printed weapons is very much on...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk broke his silence on the current global meltdown on Friday, saying the recession the world is currently experiencing due to multiple macroeconomic factors could last up to 18 months. “Based on past experience, about 12 to...
China’s foreign ministry on Friday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “smearing” the country, after America’s top diplomat delivered a landmark policy speech calling for action to counterbalance Beijing’s...
China will hold naval exercises in the South China Sea on Saturday, its maritime authority said, after a week of recrimination from Western powers over its military ambitions across the Pacific region. The exercises, set to take place in the sea...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday accused Western countries of waging a “total war” on Russia and its people and culture as Moscow pushes on with its military operation in Ukraine. “The West has declared war on us, on the whole...
The husband of a heroic fourth grade teacher who was killed protecting her students during a massacre at a Texas elementary school has also died, members of the teacher’s family said Thursday. A GoFundMe page set up by Debra Austin, who said...
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is facing sexual assault charges in the UK, police and prosecutors said on Thursday, after a review of allegations against him. The two-time Oscar winner for “The Usual Suspects” and “American...
Moscow is ready to make a “significant contribution” to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone call with Italy’s Prime Minister Mario...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for vigorous competition with China to preserve the existing global order but said the United States did not seek a “Cold War.” In a long-awaited speech billed as the most...
A Russian court confirmed the dismissal of 115 national guardsmen who challenged their sacking after refusing to take part in Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. The case appears to be the first official confirmation of soldiers refusing...
President Joe Biden will receive the K-pop megastars BTS next week as part of a series of events celebrating Asian-Americans and denouncing racism against them, the White House said Thursday. Anti-Asian sentiment and violence in the US have grown...
