JUNE 28, 2021
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden sought to assure Israel that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran as he met with outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on...
JUNE 28, 2021
Yasuhide Nakayama. - Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Japan’s No. 2 defense official laid out the increasing threats he sees from a more assertive China, including longer-range missiles and more frequent airspace incursions, as the U.S. ally moves to boost defense spending to help counter Beijing.
“It’s already possible for them to aim at the East Coast and the...
JUNE 28, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the screen, via video conference in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 28, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA — The leaders of Russia and China on Monday hailed increasingly close ties between their countries and announced the extension of a 20-year-old friendship...
JUNE 27, 2021
The drought in the West is reaching new peaks. NOAA
The megadrought in the western United States, including Arizona, Utah and California -- the country's most populous state and a major source of produce -- is getting biblical. Record-toppling, early-season heat waves well into the triple digits -- Portland hit an all-time high of 112 degrees Sunday -- has some...
JUNE 27, 2021
The investigation into what may be the deadliest accidental building collapse in American history has just begun, but experts who have examined video footage of the disaster outside Miami are focusing on a spot in the lowest part of the condominium complex — possibly in or below the underground parking garage — where an initial failure could...
JUNE 27. 2021
Attorney General Bill Barr leaves the US Capitol after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in his office on November 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate is reconvening for the first time after the 2020 Presidential Election and a coronavirus relief package is high on their list of priorities. - Samuel Corum, Getty Images
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JUNE 25, 2021
Authorities in Israel and Australia imposed new Covid-19 restrictions in response to the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, while India warned of a worrying new mutation, emphasizing how the morphing pathogen continues to challenge a return to pre-pandemic life world-wide.
In Israel, the government on Friday reimposed an indoor-mask requirement and other measures,...
JUNE 21, 2021
Indians have been at the receiving end of the worst second phase of Covid-19. Most nations closing their borders to Indians after new variants emerged first from India which was reportedly more aggressive and lethal.
Slowly and steadily, after months of stringent travel restrictions for people from India, there are countries that have started to ease restrictions. There...
JUNE 21, 2021
FILE - In this June 5, 2021, file photo, two men talk as crowds gather on L Street Beach in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the number of Americans fully...
JUNE 21, 2021
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the UK Team Trials for the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 at the University of Bath on April 6, 2018 in Bath, England. The couple made a series of dramatic allegations against the royal family and institution during a tell-all interview in March 2021. - Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Prince Harry and Meghan...
