US adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Thursday authorized the second pill against COVID-19, providing another…

USSR’s death blow was struck 30 years ago in a hunting lodge

MOSCOW (AP) — When the leaders of the Soviet Union’s three Slavic republics met at a…

Kentucky governor: At least 70 people feared dead in storms

MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — At least 70 people were feared dead in Kentucky after tornadoes and…

South African doctors see signs omicron is milder than delta

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing…

UK court permits Assange extradition to US on spying charges

LONDON (AP) — A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be…

New Zealand’s Plan To End Smoking: A Lifetime Ban For Youth

New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking…

53 die in horror crash of truck smuggling migrants in Mexico

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a Dante-esque scene…

US commander: Al-Qaida numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since U.S. forces left…

UK Prime Minister Johnson’s wife gives birth to baby girl

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth…

Reports: Myanmar troops burn alive 11 in retaliation attack

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar government troops raided a small northwestern village, rounding up civilians, binding their…