Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "naked, thieving king" on Thursday in a courtroom video link from prison, his first public appearance since ending a hunger strike last week.
China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing what will become living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported.
Alberta is ratcheting up the fight in two COVID-19 hot spots by expanding age eligibility for vaccines and directing delivery of more doses.
Joe Biden’s first presidential speech to the U.S. Congress was a call to reverse the legacy of a speech given in that same chamber exactly 40 years earlier. On April 28, 1981, another first-year president, Ronald Reagan, proposed slashing government. Whether Biden succeeds depends on finding one key ingredient Reagan had.
As Indians scramble to secure oxygen and public health experts warn infections aren't likely to fall much over the next few weeks, India's devastating second wave is being blamed on several factors, including mass gatherings and a relaxation of public health guidelines.
