The European Union, the United States, France and eight other nations called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire along the Israel-Lebanon border, saying the conflict there “is intolerable and presents an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation.” A joint statement said the cease-fire would allow for negotiations toward a diplomatic settlement consistent with existing
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A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later.
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When Deep Vellum, a small, independent publishing house based in Dallas, Texas, agreed three years ago to publish a novel by Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov, it planned a typical run of 2,000 copies.
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U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has completed his assignment as envoy to Moscow and has departed the Russian capital, the embassy said on September 4.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban have declared Monday a “national holiday” to mark one year since they retook power from the then international-backed government amid the precipitous withdrawal of the United States and NATO troops.
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The United States is at a crossroad. Political polarization has become the name of the game as people are divided. The American people have been through many crises and now are faced with an impending recession that threatens the hard-won recovery that has been achieved since COVID Pandemic began.
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In this frame grab from Iran state TV video footage from June 26, an Iranian satellite-carrier rocket blasts off from an undisclosed location in Iran -- an event which drew a rebuke from Washington.
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The sanctions targeted Kateryna Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova, the daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, about whom he never spoke publicly.
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It turns out Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu and I have something in common. We were both athletes at University High School in San Francisco
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The Treasury Department this week reported that the total national debt of the United States surpassed $30 trillion for the first time in history, an amount equal to nearly 130% of America's yearly economic output, known as gross domestic product
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