News Briefs

CHENNAI, India — In a bid to strengthen its diplomatic ties with Sri Lanka and maintain its presence in the Indian Ocean Region, India has abstained from voting on a resolution during the United Nations Human Rights […]

BRISBANE, Australia — Former Auburn mayor Salim Mehajer has spent most of the past five months in segregation, held in his prison cell for 23 hours a day, and could face years more in prison for […]

Local media negotiations with Facebook are “quite rugged,” but Australia’s competition watchdog is giving the social network more time before enacting the news media bargaining code. The code would force Google and Facebook to pay […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Attorney-General Letitia A. James says that her office’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will forge ahead despite the announcement of a separate probe by […]

LANSING, Mich. — A police officer is facing felony charges after he allowed a K9, a dog trained to assist the police, to attack a suspect for nearly four minutes, while the man screamed in pain, begging […]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two gun control measures on Thursday, adding requirements to the background check process in an effort to prevent approvals for those who do not actually qualify, due to posing […]

Congressional Democrats slipped a last-minute tax provision into the pandemic relief bill that may complicate how millions of gig economy workers report their incomes. The measure, the final version of which passed Wednesday, would not […]

House Democrats want to make sweeping changes to campaign finance and election law, and that begins with H.R. 1, the “For The People Act.” It passed in the House but languished in the GOP-controlled Senate […]

DAGESTAN, Russia — A Russian drunk-driver was arrested as he tried to flee from the cops after committing an accident in Russia on Feb. 8. The suspect made the police officials follow him throughout the […]

ESKISEHIR, Turkey — Two people were arrested on Feb. 10 for allegedly trying to sell an ancient Roman statue of a naked woman in Eskisehir, Turkey. The police officials instantly launched an investigation with the […]