Three Republican senators said Tuesday they would oppose moving ahead on a new GOP plan only aiming to repeal Obamacare, leaving Republicans once again short of votes needed to carry on with their seven-year-old drive.
The United States on Tuesday slapped new sanctions on 18 entities and individuals linked to Iran's ballistic missile program and other non-nuclear activities.
Seventy-five years after a Swiss couple disappeared near a ski resort in the Alps their frozen and mummified bodies have been found, Swiss newspaper Le Matin reported Tuesday.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will visit Kuwait on Sunday as part of the intensified mediation efforts to end the Gulf standoff, the official news agency KUNA reported Monday.
India's presidential election began Monday, with parliamentarians and state legislators voting to select between ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's contender Ram Nath Kovind and opposition nominee Meira Kumar.
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced a new poll Sunday that indicates he has a lower approval rating than any of his predecessors at the six-month mark in 70 years.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reiterated his call for political dialogue with the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) on Sunday.
The state health authority Thursday urged the strengthening of maternal safety to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday that a strong labor market and rising imported prices could support the inflation to go up, while the central bank would pay close attention to inflation developments.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted a possible change in his position over the Paris climate accord from which he withdrew weeks ago.
The Commission on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies voted on Thursday to reject the corruption charges against President Michel Temer by 40 votes to 25.
The birthday for one of a pair of giant pandas, leased by China, was celebrated Wednesday at the zoo of Everland, South Korea's largest theme park located in Yongin, 40 km south of capital Seoul.
Moscow has had no contacts with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya who met U.S. President Donald Trump's son last year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
President Xi Jinping received the credentials presented by the newest eight ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday.
Microsoft Corporation put forth a Rural Airband Initiative on Tuesday to help broadband internet access to the 23 million people living in the rural areas in the U.S.
The global investment in energy fell by 12 percent in 2016, while spending on clean energy hit a record high, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its report at 22nd World Petroleum Congress on Tuesday.
In one Chinese province, artificial intelligence (AI) appears to be creating abundant jobs for humans, instead of stealing them, but only for those in the know.
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