Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- including 'reusable" ones - while also restricting the use of single-use plastic ...

Gaza: Hundreds of thousands of Gazans returned to the ruined north of the enclave this week as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as United States President Donald Trump urged Egypt and ...

Myanmar’s military government has announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded a ceasefire in Eastern DRC after M23 rebels reported to have taken over most of ...

The Southern African Development Community intervention force in the mission in the DRC is outgunned and outmanned.

The decision comes as President Donald Trump pushes for all government departments to prioritise ‘America First’.

The other two production sites for the Manhattan Project – Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico – have numerous ...

Law enforcement authorities said the suspected arms trafficker is believed to be part of a criminal group that has smuggled weapons from the U.S. to Russia.

Local agencies that have helped resettle hundreds of refugees in the Dayton region in recent years say an executive order halting U.S. refugee programs could hinder their efforts to reunite families.

The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American ...

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More than half of Americans believe the U.S. benefits from its membership in the WHO. As of April 2024, 25% of U.S. adults say the country benefits a great deal from its membership, while about one ...