With just days to go until the Biden administration is set to a release a decision on the first major oil drilling project of its tenure, the White House has indicated it may reduce the scope of the controversial project that has drawn fierce criticism from climate advocates.
Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Beliatski was sentenced by a court in Minsk on Friday to 10 years in a maximum-security penal colony, Russia state news agency TASS reports. He was found guilty on the charge of smuggling, according to TASS.
Spend some time reading about how the presidential veto has fallen into disuse and you can't help but think it coincides with an era where the filibuster and other forms of Capitol Hill obstruction have been put on steroids.
This week, Pedro Pascal arrived at the red carpet premiere for the third season of Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" in Los Angeles in a lemon-hued collared Gucci shirt, gray wide-leg slacks and a mustard knit sweater tied across his shoulders. The look — curated by celebrity stylist Julie Ragolia — was topped off by a pair of oversized, 70s tortoise shell eyeglasses.
In 1998, Tracey Emin rocked the contemporary art world with her brutally honest installation, "My Bed." The unkempt bed, which was shortlisted for the Turner Prize and later sold for more than $4 million, was a window into Emin's private life, strewn with used condoms, soiled underwear and a full ashtray.
The Justice Department is tripling down on its allegations that Texas is "judge-shopping" in the lawsuits the state has brought against the Biden administration.
Alarm bells are ringing regarding North Korea's food situation as Kim Jong Un convened a meeting to transform the country's farming capabilities this week. South Korean officials believe there have been deaths due to starvation and experts point to an ever-worsening situation. Paula Hancocks reports.
A pair of "hot dog hands," a Bluetooth headset for crossing between universes and a rock decorated with googly eyes were among the standout lots at one of the year's most unusual auctions.
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A hidden corridor nine meters (30 feet) long has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza, and this could lead to further findings, Egyptian antiquities officials said on Thursday.
The US Department of Energy's assessment that Covid-19 most likely emerged due to a laboratory accident in China has reignited fierce debate and attention on the question of how the pandemic began.
South Korea doesn't need nuclear arms to deter the threat from North Korea, the country's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said in an exclusive interview with CNN -- even as public opinion swings the other way amid Asia's accelerating arms race.
Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, Maryland, resigned after authorities arrested him on 56 counts of child pornography-related charges, Prince George's County Police Chief Malik Aziz said during a Thursday news conference with Jessica Garth, a representative from the State's Attorney's Office.
