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US reopening visa, consular services in Cuba post-2017 health issues

United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since a spate of unexplained health incidents among diplomatic staff in 2017

1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting outside Indianapolis shopping mall in US

The shooting occurred just before 8 pm outside the Castleton Square Mall on the city's far northeast side, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said

Biden to host Japan FM Kishida for talks on North Korea, economy

President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security consultations, the US administration announced Tuesday.

US FDA finalises rule allowing women to get abortion pills via mail-order

Still, the rule change's impact has been blunted by numerous state laws limiting abortion broadly and the pills specifically

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to cheating charges

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform

Kevin McCarthy fails in marathon votes for speaker, US House adjourns

Failing to elect party leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker of the House, Republicans adjourned in disarray Tuesday night, ending a raucous first day of the new Congress

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces arraignment in Manhattan federal court

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be arraigned in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday on charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his crypto-currency trading platform.

EU offers help to counter China's Covid crisis including vaccine donation

EU has offered China help to deal with its Covid crisis, including donation of vaccines, as bloc seeks to coordinate how authorities should check incoming passengers from China for any new variants

Beijing threatens to respond against 'unacceptable' Covid measures

"We are firmly opposed to attempts to manipulate the COVID measures for political purposes and will take countermeasures based on the principle of reciprocity"

First tanker vessel with shipment of LNG from US arrives in Germany

The first regular shipment of LNG from the United States arrived in Germany on Tuesday, part of a wide-reaching effort to help the country replace energy supplies it previously received from Russia

World markets mostly gain ahead of Federal Reserve report, US jobs data

Coming off a year of big declines for major stock markets, traders worry the Fed and other central banks might be willing to push the world into recession to cool inflation

Ukraine says Russia plans tactical shift using more Iranian drones

Zelenskyy said the goal is to break Ukraine's resistance by exhausting our people, (our) air defense, our energy, more than 10 months after Russia invaded its neighbor

Brazil prepares to bury soccer legend Pele in city he made soccer Mecca

Pele will be buried Tuesday in the city where he grew up, became famous, and helped make into a global capital of soccer

Pilot, 2 British visitors among 4 killed in Australia helicopters collision

A pilot, two British visitors and a Sydney woman have been identified as the four people killed in a collision of two helicopters over the waterfront at an Australian tourist hotspot.

EU to try again to mold a coordinated approach on China Covid policies

European Union nations will try again on to mold a coordinated approach on if and how authorities should check incoming airline passengers from China for any new Covid-19 variants

Sold record 1.3 mn vehicles last year, number short of target sales: Tesla

The shortfall came despite a major year-end sales push that included rare USD 7,500 discounts in the US on the Models Y and 3, the company's top-selling models

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat, breast cancer

"This double whammy is serious but still fixable, and I'm hoping for a favourable outcome," the 66-year-old Navratilova said

Moscow says rocket strike by Ukraine kills 63 Russian soldiers

Ukrainian forces fired six rockets from a HIMARS launch system and two of them were shot down, a Russian defence ministry statement said Monday

Thousands line up to view, pay respect to Pope Benedict at Vatican

Thousands of people lined up across St Peter's Square hours before dawn on Monday to view Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's body and pay their respects

Russia deploys multiple drones to attack parts of Ukraine, dozens shot down

Klitschko said 22 drones were destroyed over Kyiv, three in the outlying Kyiv region and 15 over neighbouring provinces