Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well-known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular unrest kindled by the death in police custody of a young woman.
The pre-COVID in-person crowd certainly did not return to American stores, and the people who arrived spent more to take home less; however, there were some positive signs for the nation’s retailers.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country intends to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of a new ballistic missile, state media reported on Sunday.
In the fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the National Science Foundation has given out at least $39 million in grants and contracts for initiatives to combat “false” or “misleading” information, particularly in relation to COVID-19 and elections.
Irene Cara, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning actress and singer-songwriter best known for her work in the 1980s cult movies “Flashdance” and “Fame,” has died, her publicist said on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted a summit in Kyiv with allied nations on Saturday to launch a plan to export $150 million worth of grain to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought.
Russia’s lower house of parliament passed legislation Thursday banning “LGBT propaganda.”
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China’s rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support.
New Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk said that he believed the only way to restore trust in the company was to release the internal discussions on information regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Venezuela’s government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage billions of dollars held in foreign banks, which will be gradually unfrozen to combat a humanitarian crisis in the oil-rich nation, delegates announced in Mexico City on Saturday.
