U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, held a telephone conversation on Thursday (Jan. 27) to discuss the ongoing tensions on the Ukrainian border.
Japan will further cut the quarantine period from the current 10 days to seven days for people who came in close contact with someone infected with COVID-19, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday, Jan. 28.
South Korea's daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a fresh record high amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, the health authorities said on Friday.
More than 20 Russian warships and supporting vessels had left their bases for exercises in the Black Sea, Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, Jan. 26.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday (Jan. 25) that it is searching for 39 people who were missing after a vessel reportedly capsized off Florida during the weekend.
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, announced on Tuesday, Jan. 25, that she would run for reelection in this year's midterm elections.
