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Tlaib 'fearful' as social spending plan heads to Senate

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said she is "fearful" as the Build Back Better bill moves to the Senate after being passed by the House last week.In an interview that aire

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UN experts review plans for release of Fukushima plant water

A team from the UN nuclear agency arrived in Japan on Monday to assess preparations for the release into the ocean of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushi

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McCarthy says he called Gosar before anime tweet video taken down: report

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.) said Monday that he called Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) last week after Gosar tweeted an anime video depicting himself car

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U.S. President Joe Biden signs $1-trillion infrastructure bill

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed his $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law on Monday.At a signing ceremony at the White House South Lawn, Biden hailed

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U.S. President Joe Biden signs $1-trillion infrastructure bill

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed his $1-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law on Monday.At a signing ceremony at the White House South Lawn, Biden hailed

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Elon Musk spars with Bernie Sanders, offers to sell more Tesla stock

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk got into a spat with Bernie Sanders on Sunday after the U.S. senator demanded the wealthy pay their "fair share" of taxes. "We m

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Blinken headed to Africa to address various crises

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Africa next week as the Biden administration intensifies diplomatic efforts to resolve crises in Ethiopia and Sudan and

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COP26 draft recommends increase to emissions cutting goals by 2022

Countries have been urged to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022, according to a draft UN climate summit text released on Wednesday.The draft called for nations

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NASA pushes back crewed Moon landing to 2025 or later

The United States will send a crewed mission to the Moon "no earlier than 2025," NASA chief Bill Nelson told reporters on Tuesday, officially pushing back the launch by

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Capitol riot: 6 subpoenas issued to top Trump campaign associates

The House committee investigating the deadly riot on Capitol Hill on January 6 announced Monday it issued six additional subpoenas to top Trump campaign associates, loc

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UN Security Council deeply concerned by expanding clashes in northern Ethiopia

The members of the United Nations Security Council on Friday expressed deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia.In

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French ambassador accuses Australia of deceit over submarine deal

France's ambassador to Australia, Jean-Pierre Thebault, said on Wednesday that Australia acted with deceit when it abruptly cancelled a multi-billion dollar deal with P

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Russia tracks U.S. destroyer in Black Sea amid NATO drills

Russia's Black Sea Fleet is tracking the movement of U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Porter that entered the Black Sea on Saturday, said the Russian Defense Ministry.

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Three police shot dead at Islamist rally in Pakistan

At least three Pakistani policemen were shot dead and 70 more wounded when supporters of a banned Islamist party opened fire at a rally on Wednesday, the country's inte

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Iran agrees to resume nuclear deal talks in November

Iran has agreed to resume talks next month with world powers over its nuclear deal, the country's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday, after talks with EU mediators

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Kenyans shun voter registration exercise ahead of 2022 polls

Only 760 000 Kenyans have registered as new voters against the set target of 4.5 million by this week.According to the independent electoral and boundaries commission c

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Bezos' Blue Origin announces plans for private space station

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Monday announced it wants to launch a space station that will house up to 10 people in the second half of the decade, as the race to commerci