The coronavirus lockdown in Northern Ireland is to be prolonged by four weeks, First Minister Arlene Foster announced on Thursday. The restrictions had been scheduled to be lifted next month but the arrival of the...
Argentina's President Alberto Fernández received his first dose of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, after regulators approved its use for people over the age of 60. Fernández was...
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed President Joe Biden's move to reinstate the US to the Paris climate agreement just hours after being sworn in as president. Biden's executive action, signed in the...
Dr. Jill Biden, a community college educator, held her first public event following Wednesday's inauguration by pitching President Biden's COVID-19 response plan, and his executive order regarding safely...
A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in a very Gaga way — with flamboyance, fashion and passion. The Grammy winner wore a...
Storms and heavy rains have affected thousands of displaced Syrians living in camps throughout the country's northwest. Children's advocacy group Save The Children says that more than 40,000 people have...
Chilean health authorities approved the emergency use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, although with certain restrictions. The local Institute of Public Health has recommended the use of the...
An elderly woman who survived the devastating 1918 flu pandemic received a COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday, giving her a good chance of making it through the current pandemic as well. 106-year-old woman lives in...
Kamala Harris was sworn in on Wednesday as the 46th Vice President of the United States, becoming the first woman to ever hold that position. The former U.S. senator from California is also the first Black person...
Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday. He swore the oath of office to take the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced...