Australia to buy as many as five nuclear subs from United States
Submarines are part of the AUKUS pact with the UK, which may also jointly develop a vessel with Australia. Australia is expected to announce it...
Biden wishes Elon Musk ‘luck’ on moon trip after job cut plans
U.S. President Joe Biden compared Tesla (TSLA.O) unfavorably to Ford (F.N) on Friday, while sarcastically wishing Chief Executive Elon Musk "lots of luck" on his "trip to the moon"...
Russia won’t close Tsar Peter’s ‘window to Europe’, Kremlin says
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia did not plan to close "the window" to Europe which Tsar Peter the Great sought to open 300...
French diplomats strike over reforms, cost cuts
French diplomats went on strike on Thursday for the first time in 20 years in protest at staff cuts and reforms by President Emmanuel Macron...
U.S., Taiwan to launch trade talks after Biden excludes island from Indo-Pacific group
The United States will launch new trade talks with Taiwan, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, just days after President Joe Biden launched an economic plan...
Biden to push new regional economic agenda, migration plan at Americas summit -officials
President Joe Biden will seek regional consensus on a new economic agenda to build on existing trade agreements with Latin America and present a plan...
U.S., Canada investigate Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic strawberries
Food safety regulators in the United States and Canada are investigating a Hepatitis A outbreak potentially linked to tainted organic strawberries that has sickened 17...
U.S. confirms nine monkeypox cases in seven states
The U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday said it had identified nine monkeypox cases in seven U.S. states as of Wednesday....
FBI counts 61 ‘active shooter’ incidents last year, up 52% from 2020
The United States experienced 61 "active shooter" incidents last year, up sharply in the sheer number of attacks, casualties and geographic distribution from 2021 and...
U.S. births rise for the first time in seven years in 2021
The number of births in the United States grew 1% in 2021 from a pandemic-related low in 2020, marking the first increase since 2014, according...