The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had approved the voluntary departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees from India because of a surge in COVID-19
More than 56 percent of adult Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19vaccineand 107.3 million are fullyvaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More peo
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is offering up one seat on the inaugural flight of its sub-orbital rocket New Shepard, set to take place July 20 – but instead of a fixed price ticket sale, the seat will go to
Peloton today announced that it will be cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), agreeing to two voluntary treadmill recalls for the Tread+ and Tread versions of its home t
After a nearly six-month pause, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday resumed indirect talks with U.S. mediation over their disputed maritime border.The resumption comes after
U.S. President Joe Biden is setting a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70 percent of adult Americans by July 4, the White House said Tuesday, as the administration pushes to m
Instagram is making its video Stories and Reels more accessible with the launch of a new “captions sticker” that will allow users to watch without having the sound on. The addition will no
The creators behind CryptoPunks, one of the most popular NFT projects on the web, just revealed their latest project called Meebits. The project boasts 20,000 procedurally generated 3D characters that
Twitter Spaces, the company’s new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it’s making Twitter Spaces available to any account with 600 followers o
The world's second-most populous country, India, is now struggling to contain a second wave of infections much more severe than its first last year. India reported more than 300,000 new coronaviru
The Saudi government imposed travel restrictions in March 2020 in efforts to curb further spread of the virus. /Getty Images Saudi Arabia will reopen its land, sea and air borders on Monday Ma
Parties to the Iran nuclear agreement on Saturday adjourned the third round of negotiations in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the accord, with the Russian side expressing "cauti
FILE PHOTO: A student washes his hands at a school in Nairobi, Kenya on January 04, 2021. /Getty Images Schools, restaurants and sporting activities will be allowed to resume in Kenya under he
FILE PHOTO: Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks on during the taping of the television talk show "Porta a Porta" (Door to Door) in Rome, Italy, February 14, 2018. /VCG Former
Archive image of late football legend Diego Maradona of Argentina in action during the 1982 World Cup. /CFP A medical board appointed to investigate the death of Diego Maradona has concluded t
From left: Expedition 64 Flight Engineers and SpaceX Crew-1 members Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi. /AP SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splas
The government in the Republic of Ireland has agreed a phased relaxation of its highest level of COVID-19 lockdown rules over the coming weeks and months. The country has been at Level Five restr