U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
Washington [US], April 22: Access to an abortion pill will remain unchanged for now in the United States after a Supreme Court order on...
Sri Lankan police beefs up security near Muslim mosques for Eid al-Fitr...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 22: Steps have been taken to enhance security at all Muslim mosques in Sri Lanka that will have ceremonies for the...
Cambodia to start construction of 2nd expressway in June: minister
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], April 22: Cambodia will start the construction of the second expressway connecting its capital Phnom Penh with SvayRieng province's Bavet City on...
Australian citizenship made easier for New Zealanders
Canberra [Australia], April 22: Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia will be able to claim citizenship under a policy shift.
Khartoum sees lull in fighting on first day of Eid
Khartoum [Sudan], April 22: Street fighting between the forces of two rival generals eased in parts of Sudan's capital by Friday evening, witnesses reported, after...
NY Times: Secret US documents leaked earlier and more widely
An account matching a suspect in a US leak of classified documents leaked intelligence to a larger chat group just days after Russia began its...
The director of the Korean kindergarten received the death sentence of the...
The director of a kindergarten in Gyeonggi Province (South Korea) was sentenced to 19 years in prison for causing the death of a 9-month-old Vietnamese...
Many new developments on aid to Ukraine
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 22: U.S. lawmakers and officials have mixed opinions about aid to Ukraine, while Kyiv and Moscow compete for support from Latin America.
To further strengthen Vietnam - Cuba relations
Havana [Cuba], April 22: On the morning of April 20 local time, at the National Assembly Headquarters of Cuba, right after the official welcome ceremony,...
Ukraine trains 40,000 storm brigade troops for counter-offensive
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 22: More than a year into Russia's full-scale invasion, Aleks, a translator with no prior military experience, was advancing through forest with...
More African countries set to approve malaria shot; 20 mln doses ready...
Cape Town [South Africa], April 22: African countries are lining up to approve a new vaccine for malaria, with 20 million doses available for them...
Irish government staff advised to remove TikTok
Dublin [Ireland], April 22: The state body responsible for advising the Irish government on cyber security recommended on Friday that staff at government departments and...
Pope Francis, Ronaldo lose Twitter verified blue status
Washington [US], April 22: Twitter began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including Pope Francis, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) co-founder Bill Gates...
Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10
Cape Town [South Africa], April 22: Gunmen stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing...
Germany expands energy grid for offshore wind farms in North Sea
Berlin [Germany], April 21: A 7 billion euro (7.7 billion U.S. dollars) deal to connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the German...
2 foreign experts receive Chinese Government Friendship Award in France
Paris [France], April 21: GetachewEngida, former UNESCO deputy director general and co-president of the China-Africa Leadership Development Institute of Tsinghua University, and Jean-Marc Dublanc, CEO...
Florida apologizes for emergency alert test sent out early morning
Washington [US], April 21: The emergency management agency of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida apologized for sending out an alert test early Thursday morning.
EU eases tensions over Ukrainian agricultural products
Kyiv [Ukraine], April 21: Under pressure from five Eastern European countries, the European Commission (EC) proposed urgent "precautionary measures" for the import of agricultural products...
North Korea claims nuclear power status is realistic, 'irreversible'
Pyongyang [North Korea], April 21: North Korea's foreign minister criticized the G7 countries for meddling in internal affairs and stressed that the West has no...
President Biden is about to launch a re-election campaign at the age...
Washington [US], April 21: US media reported that President Joe Biden may release a video and announce his re-election campaign on April 25.
Russian Su-34 bombers dropped bombs on residential areas, causing a big explosion
Moscow [Russia], April 21: The bomb caused a large explosion near a Russian residential area in the Belgorod province bordering Ukraine, but no one was...
Key factors for further development of Vietnam - Cuba relations
Havana [Cuba], April 21: On the morning of April 19 (local time), within the framework of an official visit to the Republic of Cuba, in...
National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue speaks at the Cuban National Assembly
Havana [Cuba], April 21: On the afternoon of April 19 (local time), or the morning of April 20 (Vietnam time), at the Conference Palace of...
Almost 80 die in Ramadan crush at Sanaa school
Sanaa [Yemen], April 21: At least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in Yemen's rebel-held capital, Sanaa, during a charity...
Russia expands war recruitment drive
Moscow [Russia], April 21: The Russian military has launched a video campaign to lure more professional soldiers to fight in Ukraine.
Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21: A U.N.-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a U.N....
Uganda's president sends anti-LGBTQ bill back to parliament for 'strengthening'
Kampala [Uganda], April 21: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni supports a bill containing some of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation but will send it back to...