A U.S. judge has allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. to demand that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship, dealing a major blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's effort to ban "vaccine passports."
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has mobilized the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns over an economic crisis and food shortage.
Pillars of billowing smoke and ash turned the sky orange and blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island Sunday as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and encroached on villages, triggering more evacuation alerts.
In the year and a half since the pandemic began, deadly gunfire in the U.S. has spiked. National data shows homicides increased by 30 per cent in 2020 — and it’s a trend that’s continued this year.
Taliban fighters overran two provincial capitals in Afghanistan, including the strategic northeastern city of Kunduz and northern Sar-e Pul on Sunday, local officials said, as the insurgents intensified pressure on the north and threatened further cities.
Inside Tokyo's Olympic "bubble" where athletes and others involved in the Games have spent the past two weeks, a total of 430 COVID-19 cases had been reported as of Sunday.
A report alleging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women marked another milestone in his fall from grace. Some political strategists suggest his continued presence on the national stage in the U.S. will provide an unwanted distraction for the Democratic party.
