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U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday directed the committee that reviews foreign investment for national security risks to sharpen its focus on threats to sensitive data, cyber security and areas such as microelectronics and artificial intelligence.

A large majority of European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to condemn damage to democracy in Hungary under veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban, stepping up pressure on the bloc to cut funding for the ex-communist country.

Jennifer Morlu has taken a noble initiative by donating her milk to feed premature babies in the country.

Here's what to know about the latest COVID booster shot targeted at Omicron subvariants BA.5 and BA.4.

"I heard it hit her head. It was a water bottle or soda bottle," father of the toddler said.

The officials identified the remains from the dental records as that of a missing Ohio woman, Amy Hambric, who disappeared in 2017.

The ex-president dismissed her concerns when she talked to him, the book -- titled "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021" -- claimed.

A senior economic adviser to Giorgia Meloni, the front runner to become Italy's next prime minister, called for the Treasury to be split into two in order to create a separate ministry managing tax policies and fiscal reform.

Long simmering tensions between Giorgia Meloni, tipped to become Italy's next prime minister after this month's election, and her ally Matteo Salvini, head of the rightist League, have bubbled to the surface 10 days before the vote.

During the sentencing, the court observed that it was "presented with no other option" but to order her to pay restitution as it was mandatory under Iowa state law.

An aggressive regulator is critical to maintaining the United States as the "gold standard" for capital markets, U.S.

U.S. hedge funds that focus broadly on technology investments are bracing for heavy losses this year as gloomier economic data sparked a fresh selloff this week, shrinking hopes of clawing back any significant ground in coming months.

Four girls overdosed on pills in Hollywood, possibly from the same distributor.

The two men suffered minor scrapes and scratches from the wreckage.

The World Bank is willing to provide up to $30 billion to combat global food shortages aggravated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has so far disbursed almost $10 billion in financial aid pledged to Kyiv, a senior bank official said on Thursday.

A group of immigrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday, part of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the immigration burden to Democratic areas.

Mourners from all walks of life filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth through the night as she lay in state in London's ancient Westminster Hall, paying their final respects to Britain's longest-reigning monarch before her funeral on Monday.

Harish Pullanoor spent his weekends in the late 1980s tramping around the marshes and ponds of Yemalur, an area then on the eastern edge of the Indian metropolis of Bengaluru, where his cousins would join him catching small freshwater fish.

A lawyer who works for Alex Jones' Infowars testified from the witness stand on Wednesday that the conspiracy theorist who claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting was a hoax knew that his words could drive followers to his empire.

Yeshiva University cannot bar a LGBT student club after the U.S.

The U.S. Supreme Court's legitimacy could be imperiled if Americans come to view its members as trying to impose personal preferences on society, liberal Justice Elena Kagan said on Wednesday in the wake of rulings powered by her conservative colleagues curtailing abortion access and widening gun rights.

The United States distanced itself on Wednesday from a visit by former U.S.

A package exploded Tuesday night at Northeastern University, injuring a staff member, according to the school and police.

The defense's decision to rest in the trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz caused an intense argument with the judge.

Three Iranians have been charged with trying to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from organizations in the United States, Europe, Iran and Israel, including a domestic violence shelter, by hacking in to their computer systems, U.S.

Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls' school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls' education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March.

Public relations firms go beyond their traditional task of marketing to help their oil and gas clients fight off climate policies and mislead the public about climate change, U.S.

The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.

The United States has warned China that the sanctions it coordinated against Russia over Ukraine should serve as a warning as to what to expect should Beijing move against self-ruled Taiwan.