Leaked texts allege former British health secretary ignored COVID-19 advice for elderly care homes
1/3 Former British Health Minister Matt Hancock (R) has been accused of rejecting the advice of the country's top medical officer who in April 2020…
Alleged COVID-19 scammer returns to U.S. after year on the run
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland makes his remarks while speaking at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference in St. Louis on Thursday,…
Kim Jong Un says North Korea needs ‘radical change’ to boost food production
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a "radical change" to the country's agricultural production amid severe food shortages, state media reported Tuesday. Photo…
Classified Energy Department report finds lab leak likely cause of COVID-19 pandemic
1/2 A general view of Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, in January 2021. File Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA-EFE Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A…
Palm Beach art dealer pleads guilty to selling counterfeit Andy Warhol prints
A Florida art dealer has pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit prints purported to have been made by famed pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein…
Putin suspends New START participation in state of the nation address
1/3 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state of the nation address before the Federal Assembly at the Gostiny Dvor conference center in Moscow…
Moderna promises free COVID-19 vaccines after U.S. public health emergency ends
Moderna has announced it will continue to offer its COVID-19 vaccines for free, even after the U.S. government officially ends its public health emergency in…
U.S. demand for refined petroleum products drops below pandemic levels
1/3 Data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration show the total amount of refined petroleum products supplied to the market, a proxy for demand,…
Wages of British workers up 6.7% as tight labor market persists
1/2 Britons' wages surged by an annual rate of 3.7% in the fourth quarter but still left them with less buying power due to red-hot…
Toronto mayor John Tory admits affair with staffer, resigns from office
Toronto Mayor John Tory, 68, stepped down suddenly on Friday after admitting having an extramarital affair with a female staffer. File Photo by Bruce Reeve/Wikimedia…
AAA: Gas prices are 6 cents below last week because of low demand
<article itemprop="articleBody"> Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Lackluster consumer demand is dragging U.S. retail gasoline prices lower, countering a massive surge in the price of crude…
HUD says it helped 2 million homeowners avoid foreclosure during pandemic
Nearly two million homeowners were able to avoid foreclosure during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Federal Housing Administration programs, the Department of Housing and Urban…
GOP House takes investigative aim at Biden family, big tech, border security
1/3 Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on August 24, 2020. They are…
New York City unveils its own ‘Bean’ sculpture
1/5 The first unobstructed views of celebrated international artist Anish Kapoor's 48-foot-long, 19-foot-tall reflective permanent public mirror sculpture were revealed in New York City on…
IMF: Inflation and Ukraine war take toll on global growth
1/3 IMF research director Pierre-Oliver Gourinchas said Tuesday that despite headwinds, the global economic outlook is less gloomy than three months ago, and could represent…
Biden administration to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11
The Biden administration says it will end the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, more than three years after they were enacted.…
WHO: COVID pandemic remains an emergency, but not for much longer
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that the coronavirus was probably at a tipping point where it would cause fewer people…
White House: 26 million applied or are eligible for student debt forgiveness under Biden plan
1/3 The Biden administration on Friday shared data showing that more than 26 million people have either applied for or automatically qualified for having their…
U.N. report: Myanmar opium farms booming under military junta
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, a report from the United Nations Office on…
U.S. to pay dairy farmers $100M to offset new challenges
U.S. dairy farmers will get a second round of payments, worth nearly $100 million, to help offset losses from drought, supply chain issues and the…