WASHINGTON, United States– The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies. The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now...
TOKYO, Japan– North Korea has informed Japan it plans to launch a satellite in the coming days, the Japanese government said Tuesday, less than three months after a failed effort saw a military satellite plunge into the sea. The office of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement...
ATLANTA, United States– Donald Trump said he will turn himself in on Thursday in Georgia to face racketeering and other charges stemming from his bid to overturn the 2020 election. Writing on his platform Truth Social on Monday, Trump said that that day he would be "ARRESTED by a...
] SEOUL, South Korea– The North Korean military said Friday it scrambled warplanes this week in response to what it described as an intrusion by a US spy plane. The US aircraft flew into airspace above North Korea's economic zone in waters east of the country on Thursday morning, a...
WASHINGTON, United States– Several Chinese manufacturers of solar panels have been shipping their products through third countries including Thailand and Vietnam to circumvent US tariffs, the Commerce Department announced Friday. "Commerce found that five companies were attempting to...
LONDON, United Kingdom– A British nurse was found guilty Friday of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill six others at the hospital neonatal unit where she worked, becoming the UK's most prolific child killer. Lucy Letby, 33, had been on trial since October last year,...
YANGON, Myanmar– Myanmar authorities have arrested a Swiss citizen for writing and directing a film that allegedly harmed the "morality and dignity" of the Buddhist religion, the country's military said on Friday. Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on August 8 over the film "which could...
CAMP DAVID, United States– US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea said Friday they saw a "new chapter" of close three-way security cooperation as the Asian allies joined a first-of-a-kind summit that has already rattled China. Going tieless at the bucolic Camp...
HOUSTON, United States–A Texas woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly making racially charged death threats against the Black federal judge presiding over former US president Donald Trump's conspiracy case for trying to overturn the 2020 election, court documents showed. On...
OTTAWA, Canada - Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada's far north were ordered Wednesday to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by the weekend. TOPSHOT - This handout photo shows the town of Fort Smith, Canada during the wildfires, on August 13, 2023. Hundreds of...
LAHAINA, United States- Embattled officials in Hawaii who have been criticized for the lack of warnings as a deadly wildfire ripped through a town insisted Wednesday that sounding emergency sirens would not have saved lives. This handout image courtesy of the US Army shows damaged buildings and...
NEW DEHLI, India- The World Health Organization holds its first summit on traditional medicine on Thursday, with warnings that treatments rooted in natural products can be effective alternative healthcare only if scientifically proven. Traditional medicines are a "first port of call for millions of...
