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Joe Biden's Cabinet half-empty after slow start in Senate confirmations

President Joe Biden's Cabinet is taking shape at the slowest pace of any in modern history, with just over a dozen nominees for top posts confirmed more than a month into his tenure

Biden's Budget nominee Neera Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition

President Joe Biden's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from senators for her controversial tweets

US will be able to vaccinate all adults by end of May, says Joe Biden

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the US expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated

Tokyo Olympics add 12 women to executive board to reach 42%

The Tokyo Olympics made a symbolic gesture toward gender equality on Tuesday by appointing 12 women to the body's executive board

Myanmar protesters return to streets as military crackdown continues

Demonstrators took to the streets again to protest last month's seizure of power by the military, as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian countries prepared to meet to discuss the political crisis

UN chief: Appeal for Yemen raises ''disappointing'' $1.7 billion in aid

A United Nations appeal for aid to Yemen to alleviate the world's worst humanitarian disaster raised some USD 1.7 billion Monday a result the UN chief called disappointing

Minimum wage hike all but dead in big $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill

"At this moment, we may not have a path but I hope we can find one" for pushing the federal pay floor to USD 15 an hour, said No. 2 Senate Democratic leader Richard Durbin of Illinois

Myanmar coup: New US envoy to UN urges ramped up pressure military

The new US ambassador to the United Nations urged the international community to "ramp up pressure" on Myanmar's military to restore democracy at a wide-ranging press conference

Twitter cracks down on misinformation over vaccine, begins labelling tweets

Twitter says it has begun labelling tweets that include misleading information about Covid vaccines and using a "strike system" to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules

Biden meets with Mexican president virtually amid migration issues

President Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Obrador a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on security issues.

US Senate confirms Cardona as Joe Biden's pock to lead education dept

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden's effort to reopen the nation's schools amid the coronavirus pandemic

Brazil health secretaries call for lockdown as coronavirus cases soar

Brazil's health secretaries called for lockdowns and curfews in many parts of the country because hospitals are running short of intensive care unit beds as Covid daily kills more than 1,000 people

One student hurt in 'isolated' shooting at junior high school in Arkansas

One student was injured and an Arkansas school district placed on lockdown Monday morning, authorities said, following a reported shooting at a junior high school.

Novak Djokovic ties Federer in weeks at No. 1; Gauff up to No. 38

Novak Djokovic is gaining on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the Grand Slam standings, and he's already caught Federer in another significant statistic

US spending on construction rises 1.7% in Jan as home building continues

Spending on US construction projects rose 1.7 per cent in January as new home building continues to lift the sector

Jennifer Brady loses in 1st match since Australian Open in Doha

Jennifer Brady lost in her first match since the Australian Open final, falling to Anett Kontaveit 6-1, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Qatar Open

In first day on job, new WTO chief pushes for fisheries deal

The new head of the World Trade Organization threw her support behind long-fruitless efforts among member countries to agree on some fisheries subsidies

Countries call on drug companies to share vaccine know-how

At an industry forum last May, Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla described the idea of sharing IP rights widely as nonsense and even dangerous

China said to speed up move to more survivable nuclear force, ready silos

The U.S. points to China's nuclear modernization as a justification for investing hundreds of billions of dollars to build an all-new nuclear arsenal

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship

Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week