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Florida declares emergency evacuation after leak at wastewater pond

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters.

Ukraine coronavirus cases: Daily high of 20,000 virus cases reported

Ukraine recorded a new daily high of more than 20,000 coronavirus cases

Vaccine passport efforts draw opposition from US Republican lawmakers

Republicans are portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices

Aiming big, US President Biden is looking to restore faith in government

As Biden preaches patience but acts with urgency, his vision of the powers of the Oval Office is quickly taking shape

Myanmar death toll mounts to 550 amid protests, military crackdown

The civilian death toll in the crackdown by the Myanmar junta has reached 550 since the Feb. 1 coup, a human rights group said Saturday.

Police officer killed in attack outside Capitol an 18-year veteran

A US Capitol Police officer who died Friday after a man rammed his car into him and another officer at a barricade was identified as an 18-year veteran of the force

John Krafcik, CEO of Google's self-driving car spinoff steps down

The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job.

Myanmar military cuts wireless internet services amidst coup protests

Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down on Friday by order of the military

Traffic congestion eases further in Suez Canal after ship unblocked

The traffic congestion caused by a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week continued to ease on Friday

Tokyo Games organizers: No decision yet on Osaka rerouting torch relay

A decision has not yet been reached on rerouting the Olympic torch relay later this month around the city of Osaka

Iran, world powers ready to welcome back US to nuclear deal

Iran and the major powers in the agreement to keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons said Friday they are ready to welcome the return of the United States

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga to hold talks with Biden in US visit on April 16

Suga will visit Washington for talks with President Joe Biden on April 16, the government announced Friday.

USFDA authorises two changes to Moderna's vaccine against coronavirus

The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised two changes to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine that can provide extra doses from each vial

Myanmar military cuts wireless internet service amid coup protests

Myanmar's wireless broadband internet services were shut down by order of the military, a local provider said, as protesters continued to defy the threat of violence to oppose the junta's takeover

China aims to vaccinate entire city of 300,000 in 5 days after outbreak

A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 began a five-day drive on Friday to vaccinate its entire population of 300,000 people

Train partly derails in eastern Taiwan, killing 34, injuring dozens

Reports said a truck fell from a cliff above and landed on the tracks, where a train emerging from a tunnel smashed into it

OPEC and allies agree to gradually boost crude oil output from May to July

The OPEC oil cartel and allied countries said that they have decided to add gradually add back some 2 million barrels per barrel per day of oil production from May to July

At first Cabinet meeting, US President Biden says team 'looks like America'

President Joe Biden's first Cabinet meeting looked and felt different from those of his predecessor

Europe's coronavirus vaccination program is ''unacceptably slow'', says WHO

European nations' immunisation campaigns against Covid-19 are unacceptably slow and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Thursday

UN condemns violence against Myanmar peaceful protesters and deaths

The UN Security Council late Thursday strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and the deaths of hundreds of civilians