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North Korea's Kim Jong Un approves new frontline army duties amid tensions

Members of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Military Commission decided to supplement an important military action plan on the duties of frontline troops

Donald Trump told Justice Dept to call election 'corrupt' during hearing

Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power according to testimony

Ukraine granted candidate status for European Union membership amid war

The European Union agreed on Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia's influence

Americans have a right to carry firearms: Supreme Court; expands gun rights

The decision, the high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade, was 6-3 with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent

US court approves $1 bn settlement deal in deadly Florida condo collapse

The bulk of the $1.02 billion total will go to people who lost family members in the collapse of the 12-story building

Trains cancelled in Britain as unions stage second 24-hour walkout

The 24-hour strike by 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff canceled about four-fifths of passenger services across the country

WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an extraordinary event and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders

Xi Jinping hosts BRICS meeting amid rising global economic concerns

Xi Jinping is hosting a virtual summit with the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa collectively known as the BRICS, amid rising concerns over the global economic outlook

4 people wounded by man on stabbing rampage in New Zealand: Official

A man wounded four people in a stabbing rampage Thursday in a New Zealand city before bystanders brought him to the ground, authorities said.

North Korea's talks of new army duties suggest nuclear weapon deployment

N Korea discussed assigning additional duties to its frontline army units at a key military meeting, state media said Thursday, a suggestion the country may want to deploy battlefield nuclear weapons

Biden administration boosts monkeypox testing; 142 cases confirmed

The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has infected at least 142 people

Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved from secret location to prison: Official

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was transferred on Wednesday from a secret detention location to a prison in the country's capital, legal officials familiar with her case said

Russian cyber spying targets 42 Ukraine allies amid war: Microsoft report

Coinciding with unrelenting cyberattacks against Ukraine, state-backed Russian hackers have engaged in strategic espionage against governments, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries

Gun debate missing as hearings on Texas Uvalde shooting commences

The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have focused on a cascade of law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health care

Capitol riot hearing to extend till July as investigation deepens: Chairman

The House's January 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens

Covid-19 cases rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe: WHO report

The number of new Covid cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16 per cent, according to WHO's latest weekly pandemic report

UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1% in May, likely to rise more

The Bank of England says inflation could hit 11% in October when a cap on domestic energy bills is lifted

Fed aims to avoid recession, but it certainly is a possibility: Powell

He said the pace of future rate hikes will depend on whether and how quickly inflation starts to decline, something the Fed will assess on a meeting by meeting basis.

Fed will decide on rate hikes 'meeting by meeting', says Jerome Powell

Its decision-making will be based on the incoming data and the evolving outlook for the economy, Powell said in prepared testimony to the Senate Banking Committee

Germany's Scholz to discuss 'Marshall plan' for Ukraine with G7 leaders

Like Europe then, Ukraine today needs a Marshall plan for its rebuilding, Scholz said referring to the US-sponsored plan that helped revive European economies after WWII.