North Korea: UN warns COVID outbreak may lead to 'devastating' consequences for human rights
May 18, 2022 09:27 am UTC| Politics
The isolated nation of North Korea is tackling an outbreak of COVID-19 infections in the country, resulting in a nationwide lockdown. With the measures in place, the United Nations warned that the consequences of the...
May 18, 2022 09:18 am UTC| Politics
The congressional committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has moved towards issuing subpoenas to several sitting Republican members of Congress in recent weeks. According to a former federal prosecutor, House...
US House plans to move domestic terrorism bill for a vote this week
May 18, 2022 08:34 am UTC| Politics
The recent mass shootings have renewed calls for action to curb any racially-motivated acts of violence around the US. House Democrats are planning to bring the domestic terrorism bill for a vote this week. In a report...
Joe Biden eases some policies on Cuba
May 18, 2022 07:30 am UTC| Politics
US President Joe Biden and his administration made another reversal of some policies that were implemented under the Trump administration. This week, the Biden administration eased some of the policies regarding Cuba,...
North Korea: Kim Jong-un orders military to stabilize distribution of COVID-19 medicine
May 17, 2022 10:12 am UTC| Politics
North Korea has been dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 since it was first reported last week. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to stabilize the distribution of medicine for COVID-19 in the...
Melania Trump says Anna Wintour is 'biased' as Jill Biden made Vogue cover
May 17, 2022 10:02 am UTC| Politics
Former first lady Melania Trump did not have nice things to say about Vogues editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in her latest interview. Mrs. Trump called Wintour biased as her successor, Dr. Jill Biden, made the cover of the...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine says it repelled Russian incursion in Sumy region
May 17, 2022 09:54 am UTC| Politics
The war in Ukraine moves into another week, with Ukrainian soldiers launching their counteroffensive on Russian forces. Ukraine said that its border guards managed to drive out a Russian incursion in the northeastern...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects