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Hawaii to lift Covid-19 travel quarantine requirements this month

Hawaii has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the United States

Biden plans to ban Russia from US airspace for Ukraine invasion

The move follows similar action by Canada and the European Union in recent days.

With men fighting in Ukraine, women refugees and children flee alone

The exodus of refugees from the war in Ukraine is rapidly growing in the eastern countries of the European Union, with more than 675,000 people fleeing to neighbouring countries

Domino's Pizza CEO Ritch Allison announces retirement as Q4 sales weaken

He will be replaced by Russell Weiner, 53, who is currently Domino's president and chief operating officer

Russian radio station taken off air over Ukraine coverage: Report

The move against Echo Moskvy, one of Russia's oldest radio stations, comes amid growing pressure on Russia's independent media to follow the Kremlin's official line while covering Ukraine

Russian forces step up attacks on Ukraine's civilian areas, says report

Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed in the attack on the TV tower, which is a couple of miles from central Kyiv and a short walk from numerous apartment buildings

Joe Biden extends FEMA coronavirus aid for states through July 1

Biden, a Democrat, first signed an order directing FEMA to cover 100 per cent of state emergency costs related to the coronavirus on his second day in office through September 2021

Ukraine crisis: UK bans all ships with Russian links from British ports

Announcing the blanket ban in a tweet, British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps encouraged other countries to prohibit ships tied to Russia from using their ports

Ukraine crisis: US expels Russian 'intelligence operative' working at UN

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed that the UN was informed Monday that the US was taking action to expel a staff member working for the UN Secretariat

Over 1 million Sputnik coronavirus vaccines expire in Guatemala

Only about 43% of the country's 12.6 million inhabitants over age 11 are fully vaccinated, in a country whose total population is 17 million

Ukraine crisis: NATO chief sees no need to change nuclear alert level

We will always do what is needed to protect and defend our allies, but we don't think there is any need now to change the alert levels of NATO's nuclear forces, Stoltenberg said

Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 6th day: What do we know so far

Russia's war on Ukraine is now in its sixth day, with a miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles inching closer to the Ukrainian capital and fighting intensifying on the ground.

Kremlin denies use of cluster munitions in Ukraine by Russian military

The Kremlin has denied that the Russian military has used cluster munitions in Ukraine and insisted that the Russian forces only have struck military targets.

Russia's Syria intervention provided hints for Ukraine invasion

Observers say Russia's brazen military intervention in Syria and the impunity with which it was met emboldened Vladimir Putin

Ukraine's ambassador to US says Kyiv needs weapons to fight Russia

Senators emerged from a Monday evening meeting with Ambassador Oksana Markarova at the Capitol as Congress is preparing supplemental funding to help Ukraine during the crisis.

Russia-Ukraine War: What to know as Russians advance on Kyiv

Explosions and gunfire were heard in embattled cities in eastern Ukraine as Russia's invasion met unexpectedly stiff resistance.

Turkey moves to restrict entrance to Black Sea amid Russia-Ukraine war

The 1936 Montreux Convention gives Turkey the right to bar warships from using the Dardanelles and the Bosporus during wartime.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi pleads not guilty as corruption trial continues

The case is one of 10 in which she is being prosecuted under the anti-corruption law.

At rare UN session, Russia is pressed to stop invasion of Ukraine

If Ukraine does not survive ... international peace will not survive," Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said at the assembly's first emergency meeting since 1997.

Analysis: Ukraine invasion tests growing China-Russia partnership

The nuclear-armed neighbouring giants have grown closer in recent years, raising the spectre of an alliance of authoritarian states that could challenge a US-led democratic West in a new Cold War