United States secretary of state Antony Blinken called Friday for calm over Taiwan as he met his Chinese counterpart, as soaring tensions showed signs of easing a notch. Blinken met
Louise Fletcher, a star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ set a new standard for screen villains and won
The violent death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini has achieved something the entire opposition has failed to do during the 43-year rule of the ayatollahs in Iran: almost the entire Iranian
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expressed concern about financial and commercial challenges alongside food and energy crisis facing the developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday attended a reception hosted by Britain’s King Charles III at Buckingham Palace with other world leaders. King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla hosted
The executive order will increase the resources available to New York officials attempting to combat the spread of the virus. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency
Prominent literary figures including Paul Auster and Gay Talese gathered Friday in Manhattan for a reading of Salman Rushdie’s works, in solidarity with the author seriously injured in a stabbing
The largest fire in California this year is forcing thousands of people to evacuate as it destroys homes and rips through the state’s dry terrain, whipped up on Sunday by
Six people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said. Twenty-one vehicles crashed
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next prime minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers Wednesday, as the race narrowed