Tag Archives: International

St. Louis' first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Tuesday bested two men in a new primary election format to adva...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina senators Tuesday added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can't execute condemned inmates by way of lethal injection. The Senate then app...

CANBERRA, Australia - Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek r...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Health experts in China say their country is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its populat...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The United States demanded Tuesday that the status of tens of thousands of civilians detained in Syria during the country's 10-year conflict be made public, and that the bodies of...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators f...

Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam's Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. It's the unseen ones though that are harder to get over. C...

Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite pleas from he...

LOS ANGELES - Jhene Aiko will take on hosting duties at the Grammy Awards premiere ceremony this month. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the Grammy-nominated singer will host the pre-show,...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - The Orthodox Church of Cyprus on Tuesday called for the withdrawal of the country's controversial entry into this year's Eurovision song contest titled "El Diablo," charging that the...