At the South Korea-United States summit, extending deterrence should be the top goal.

Ahn Ho-young, the former South Korean ambassador to the United States, has encouraged the leaders of the United States and South Korea to undertake an in-depth conversation on improving US steps to reinforce extended deterrence, the United States' pledge to protect South Korea with the entire...

South Korea says that if US money is given to companies, chip factories in China won't have to close.

On Wednesday, South Korea's trade ministry said that recipients of the $52 billion in semiconductor funding the United States proposes to restrict from being used by "countries of concern" will not be forced to shut down their China facilities. On Tuesday, the US Department of Comme...

The Fed's aggressive approach has put Korea under duress.

The Korean won has dropped against the dollar after Powell's comments signaled the likelihood of future rate hikes. Signals of future rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve have weighed on the Korean economy, raising concerns about a widening gap between the key rates of the two nations, whic...

After a day of ups and downs on Wall Street, the US stock market ends the day with a gain, and the S&P 500 ends its loss streak.

On a volatile day on Wall Street, the S&P 500 managed to finish the day in the black, ending a four-day losing streak as investors tried to make sense of how interest rate policy might affect the U.S. economy. As investors attempted to predict what the U.S. Federal Reserve would do with inter...

As senators seek more information, the US fires down a fourth high-altitude object.

The US military shot down a fourth unidentified object on Sunday and hopes to recover it. Officials stated there was no evidence of collateral damage and that the object ended up in the lake. "Its path and altitude raised concerns, especially that it could harm civil aircraft." Rep. Jac...

Economic indicators and trade statistics, market dominance, and other trade-related issues are all discussed.

The US-French commercial and economic partnership is one of the country's oldest and closest. The United States and France established diplomatic relations in 1778. That same year, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France was signed. The US-France relationship has...

Why are people interested in psychedelics such as ayahuasca?

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic tea with hundreds of years of ceremonial use by Indigenous people in the Amazon region. It is commonly used in South America, where it is legal in several nations, including Peru and Brazil. However, it is still prohibited in the United States due to the presence of the...

Explaining why many LGBTQ people loved "The Last of Us" because of how accurately it portrayed Bill and Frank

In "The Last of Us," the player first encounters Frank's decomposing corpse hanging from the ceiling of an abandoned house. The Rough Doomsday Prepper The discovery of his body has left Bill in disbelief; he and the deceased man were partners. However, he wastes no time in disposing...

France drops case against Facebook over 'cookies'

On Thursday, French privacy regulators announced they were closing their investigation into Facebook, finding that the US internet giant has altered its data collection practices to be in line with French law. In December of 2016, the French regulator CNIL fined Facebook 60 million euros (about $...

With today's closure, the value of one US dollar was 81.77 rupees

As the US dollar strengthened elsewhere and oil prices rose, the Indian rupee ended Tuesday at a preliminary rate of 81.77 USD/INR (minus 19 paise). Investor sentiment, according to forex traders, has taken a hit due to prolonged withdrawals of foreign funds. The rupee started the day trading at ...

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change.

As a platform, Twitter has long been a hub for spreading false information on climate change. A study of climate-related chats conducted under new owner Elon Musk and released exclusively with USA TODAY found that misinformation about the warming globe was spreading at a rapid pace. Similar findi...

North Korea launches ballistic missiles in response to US-South Korea drills.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday, according to South Korea's military, its latest weapons display following days of joint drills between US and South Korean warplanes that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

South Korea...

Beginning on June 1, Germany will accept COVAXIN from Bharat Biotech for use in travel

The WHO-listed COVID vaccination COVAXIN from Bharat Biotech has been approved by the German government for use beginning on June 1 in travel to India, according to Walter J Lindner, the German ambassador to India. In November of last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) added COVAXIN to its...

Suspended Jail Term for Wife of US Diplomat in Fatal UK Car Crash

Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, was sentenced to an eight-month prison term suspended for a year in a London court on Thursday for causing the death of a teenager in a fatal crash in England in 2019.

Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 after colliding with a car driven by Saco...

Georgia goes to the polls again in a tiebreaker midterm election for a US Senate seat.

Georgians will return to the polls on Tuesday for a run-off vote, just four weeks after voting in this year's US midterm elections. This last vote may give Democrats a little more comfortable Senate majority. Two Black males are on the ballot for the first time as major party nominees: Hersch...

The White House has asked Republicans to condemn Trump's remarks on the US Constitution

The White House blasted Donald Trump's weekend statements calling for the suspension of constitutional standards and asked more Republicans to speak out against the previous president.

"Every President and every member of Congress vows to 'protect' the United States Con...

Chinese and Indian troops were hurt in a new border 'fight' along the boundary.

According to accounts, Indian and Chinese forces engaged in a new "face-off" on their disputed Himalayan frontier last week, injuring numerous people on both sides.

Since a confrontation on their high-altitude border in June 2020, relations between the nuclear-armed Asian powe...

Anti-drone guns are being used at VIP election rallies in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh

During election rallies in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, anti-drone rifles were used to protect VIPs.

A drone was shot down last Thursday after being sighted during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's event in Bavla, Gujarat.

A senior officer with the National Security Guards (...

After North Korea successfully launches an intermediate-range missile, a South Korean ballistic missile malfunctions and explodes in a live-fire rehearsal with the US

On Wednesday, during a live-fire rehearsal with the US in response to North Korea's launch of a weapon that soared over Japan and had the range to reach the US territory of Guam the day before, a South Korean ballistic missile malfunctioned and detonated in midair.

Residents of Gang...

A Mumbai police officer assists wheelchair users in crossing a crowded street. The Internet applauds him

After assisting some individuals with special needs to cross a crowded road, a Mumbai traffic officer garnered the admiration of online users. Joel Franklin Sunderraj took the photos that were posted on Instagram by the Mumbai Police's official account.

The traffic officers can be s...