The United States has issued its first passport with an "X" gender designation — a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who don't identify as male or female — and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the State Department said Wednesday.
Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous people following the discovery of hundreds of potential burial sites at former church-run residential schools, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
A Wisconsin judge has laid out the final ground rules on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha.
The African Union has suspended Sudan's participation in all activities until the restoration of the civilian-led authority, the AU said in a communique dated Tuesday.
Russia has hit another record for daily COVID-19 deaths as authorities across the country moved to keep most people off work in line with a Kremlin order aimed at stemming the spread.
