The United States is ramping up its dispute with Canada over the sale of American dairy products north of the border — the first significant new trade squabble between the two countries of the post-NAFTA era.
Iran named the hardline cleric running its judiciary and six others Tuesday as approved candidates in its June 18 presidential election, barring prominent candidates allied to its current president amid tensions with the West over its tattered nuclear deal.
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the United States.
Airlines shunned Belarus's air space on Tuesday and Belarusian planes could soon be banned from Europe, potentially isolating the land-locked country apart from its border with Russia, after it forced down a jetliner and arrested a dissident journalist.
The Japanese government on Tuesday denied that a U.S. warning for Americans to avoid travelling to Japan because of a surge in COVID-19 cases would have an impact on Olympians wanting to compete in the postponed Tokyo Games.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up the Gaza ceasefire.
Artists describe what’s changed since they painted powerful calls for action in their communities after the death of George Floyd a year ago.
