Ethiopian staff working for the United Nations or African Union do not live “in space” and will be punished for any lawbreaking, the government said on Thursday, after the arrest of several U.N. employees for unspecified offenses.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday delivered a speech to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in which he urged the region not to revert back to its practices of the 20th Century.
A state judge in Pennsylvania and a federal judge in a Texas ruling overturned their respective governor’s position on masks yesterday. The ruling struck down mandates in the opposite direction, but both cited that the governor’s office does not have the final authority on the issue.
On Wednesday a federal judge gave approval for a settlement worth $626 million which would offer compensation for victims of the tainted water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
A dispute over patent rights to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is headed to court.
U.S. teenager Kyle Rittenhouse testified in his murder trial on Wednesday that he fatally shot two men and wounded a third with an AR-15-style rifle during chaotic racial justice protests to protect himself after being attacked, at one point breaking down sobbing on the witness stand.
The United States and China have pledged to partner to lower greenhouse emissions according to a joint statement.
On Monday, HBO aired a new episode of its show “Were Here,” in which professional drag queens travel to different towns across the United States and teach ordinary people to perform in drag. Monday’s episode featured Craig Duke, pastor of Newburgh United Methodist Church in Evansville, Indiana.
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech on Tuesday requested the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize booster doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in all adults, presenting recent data showing the shot would help prevent disease across ages.
Cruz said in a statement: “Parents should have the right to decide what is best for their children in consultation with their family doctor. My view on the COVID-19 vaccine has remained clear: no mandates of any kind.”
