As part of Washington's ongoing work to address the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order allowing some of the frozen assets from the war-torn nation's central bank to be distributed as assistance and to victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, according to a White House statement....
Nine police officers were injured and two people, including a woman and the suspect gunman, died in a shooting in Phoenix, the capital of the US state of Arizona, authorities said. ...
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has designated the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) coordination and leadership of public health emergencies as "high risk" in its report issued late January....
Nearly a year since mostly wealthy nations began rolling out coronavirus vaccines, more than half of the world population has been fully vaccinated, but the global rollout remains uneven, with poor countries reporting much lower vaccination rates than rich countries, reported The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Friday....
US consumer sentiment fell to a fresh decade low in early February amid concerns over rising inflation, according to a survey released by the University of Michigan on Friday. ...
Nearly 3,000 New York City employees could lose their jobs for failing to follow Covid-19 vaccine mandate. ...
A South Korean diplomat beaten and had his nose broken on a street of New York City in a random attack which has drawn wide attention to the deterioration of public safety and persistent hate crime in the city....
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 405.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.78 million and vaccinations to over 10.14 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University....
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley spoke with his Ukrainian and UK counterparts to discuss security concerns in Eastern Europe, Joint Staff spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said on Thursday (local time)....
US President Joe Biden warned Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately amid tensions between Moscow and Kiev, saying that sending US troops for an evacuation would mean "world war"....
