text

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 400 million: Johns Hopkins University

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The university's global case count was 400,244,031, with 5,761,

text

Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals in fintech push

Apple Inc is introducing a new feature that will allow businesses to accept credit card and digital payments with just a tap on their iPhones, bypassing hardware system

text

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff escorted out of DC high school because of 'security threat'

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, attending an event at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, was escorted out of the room by a U.S. Secret Service agent beca

text

China's Gu Ailing wins women's freeski big air gold at Beijing 2022

China's Gu Ailing kicked off her Olympic debut campaign with a gold medal in the freestyle skiing women's freeski big air event at Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday.Gu

text

Putin: Fundamental Russian concerns ignored by U.S. and NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that "fundamental Russian concerns were ignored" by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

text

WHO cautions against declaring early victory or giving up in COVID-19 fight

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday warned countries against premature declarations of victory over COVID-

text

Ukraine's NATO membership would hurt bloc's ties with Russia: Lavrov

Ukraine's admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would seriously undermine relations between Russia and the alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Serge

text

Astronomers spot ‘spooky’ object in ‘our galactic backyard’

Researchers in Australia said they located a "spooky" item about 4,000 light-years away that mysteriously becomes one of the brightest objects in the sky for about one

text

Apple posted record holiday quarter sales despite supply constraints

Apple posted record revenue during the all-important holiday quarter even as it continued to grapple with supply chain shortages.The company on Thursday reported $123.9

text

Federal judge cites climate crisis in decision to cancel oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico

A federal judge on Thursday invalidated a massive oil and gas lease sale for 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico after a coalition of environmental groups sued the B

text

Canada police fear violence at trucker vaccine protest

A convoy of truckers set to descend on Ottawa to protest a vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers is prompting Canadian police to prepare for violence and politicians

text

Ukraine 'will not accept' concessions to Russia, Foreign Minister says

Ukraine "will not allow anyone to impose any concessions on us" as part of efforts to de-escalate the threat of conflict with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro

text

Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman gives 1st interview since Jan. 6 attack

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the man who led rioters up the stairs and away from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, broke his yearlong silence Monday wh

text

Sanders says Biden can't count on him to support 'almost any' spending package compromise

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said President Biden cannot count on him to support "almost any" compromise social spending and climate package the Senate cobbles

text

Marianne Williamson says difference between two political parties is 'performative'

Former 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson said that the two political parties in the United States are not so different from each other, saying the only di

text

US extradites second suspect in assassination of Haiti's President

The United States has extradited a second suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his bedroom last July.Rodolphe Jaar is in f

text

Tonga volcano: New Zealand sends aircraft to assess damages

A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft left Base Auckland on Monday morning for tsunami-hit Tonga to assist in an initial impact assessment of the area and low-ly