Outspoken Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge amid a growing crackdown on dissent... Read More
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U.S. President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat... Read More
Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state’s shift... Read More
New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics... Read More
The world’s governments plan to produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than would be consistent with curbing global warming,... Read More
Health-care workers, nursing home residents should get vaccine first, U.S. government panel advises
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Health-care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available in the U.S.,... Read More
With support from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main coalition partner, Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday passed a preliminary proposal to dissolve the parliament in a major... Read More
British officials authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Wednesday, green-lighting the world’s first shot against the virus that’s backed by rigorous science and... Read More
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail on Wednesday on charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest... Read More
Pfizer and BioNTech say they’ve won permission Wednesday for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world’s first coronavirus shot that’s backed by... Read More
