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The Food and Drug Administration has issued an administrative stay on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market.

President Joe Biden is taking a message of shoring up workers' pensions to Ohio, hoping to reinvigorate his political standing with blue-collar voters.

A federal judge has thrown out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is facing a fresh crisis after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers resigned within minutes of each other.

The Justice Department has settled a long-running lawsuit filed by a group of men rounded up in the weeks after the September 11, 2001, attack who say they were abused in a federal lockup in New York City.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand jury.

Media reports say Twitter has challenged the Indian government in court over its recent orders to take down some content on the social media platform.

European Council President Charles Michel has urged North Macedonia to back a French-proposed compromise on ending a dispute with neighboring Bulgaria that’s blocking the country’s long-delayed European Union accession bid.

President Joe Biden has bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four Army soldiers for heroism that he says went above and beyond the call of duty during the Vietnam War.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will see his Chinese counterpart this week at a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting that may well exacerbate divides over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

A Mississippi judge has rejected a request by the state’s only abortion clinic to temporarily block a state law that would ban most abortions.

Greece's prime minister says Russia's war in Ukraine is a “turning point” in the course of Europe.

Spain is increasing military spending as it works toward meeting a NATO commitment by dedicating 2% of gross domestic product to defense.

A new poll shows that many Americans don’t expect to rely on the digital services that became commonplace during the pandemic after COVID-19 subsides.

The governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine's control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russian troops escalated their offensive.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is clinging to power after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers quit, saying they had lost confidence in Johnson’s leadership amid shifting explanations about his handling of a sexual misconduct scandal.

Algeria is celebrating 60 years of independence from France with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in years.

Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday used his first trip abroad since taking office to urge world powers to step up pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities.

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.

Kansas voters have said no to Kris Kobach twice over the past four years, but the immigration hard-liner is pursuing a political comeback.

Brian Dahle is the California Republican Party's longshot hope to defeat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

It is the first time they have spoken since Nicola Sturgeon outlined her route map to a referendum.

Ukrainians displaced in Borodyanka near the capital wonder what will happen to their war-damaged homes.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Congo of supporting rebels opposed to his government in an escalation of tensions with a neighbor who in turn accuses Rwandan authorities of supporting a violent rebel group which recently captured a town in eastern Congo.

More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his Cabinet in an attempt to adjust to the new political reality following a legislative election in which his centrist alliance failed to win a majority in the parliament.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has gathered top employer and labor union representatives at his Berlin office to seek ways of addressing the impact of rising prices while preventing a spiral of inflation in Europe’s biggest economy.

Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after travelling to Canada later this month.

A French TV documentary offers a unique behind-the-scene look before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from the point of view of France’s diplomatic efforts around the war.

Cities burned to the ground and colleagues with severed limbs.

There are 50 known survivors of the banned pregnancy drug in Scotland, most now in their 60s.

Independence Day celebrations in the United States have been rattled by a shooting that left at least six people dead at a parade in Illinois.

A member of the House Jan. 6 committee says more witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Capitol insurrection following former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony last week against former President Donald Trump.

The foreign ministers of Germany and Ireland have reiterated their condemnation of the U.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida.

A member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot says more evidence is emerging that lends support to recent testimony that President Donald Trump wanted to join an angry mob that marched to the Capitol and rioted.

A Russian diplomat says two airplanes are set to depart Bulgaria with scores of Russian diplomatic staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent relations soaring between the two historically close nations.

State legislatures will be in the spotlight as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the power to regulate abortion to the states.

President Joe Biden is set to mark his second Fourth of July since taking office, and he's finding a far different political atmosphere today than a year ago.

“All men are created equal.”.

Pro-Russia separatists occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk for months in 2014.

North Korea has slammed the U.S., South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce its military capability.

Google will automatically purge information about users who visit abortion clinics and other places that could trigger legal problems now that the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban the termination of pregnancies.

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of gallons annually from one supplier, but watchdogs say the expensive strategy is overly fixated on aerial attacks at the expense of hiring more fire-line digging ground crews.

The deadliest smuggling attempt in U.S. history underscores the limitations of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s massive border security operation.

Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.

The Supreme Court's ruling on carbon emission controls on power plants this past week has cast light on the world of federal regulation.

Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Tourism is booming again in France, and so is COVID-19.

Pope Francis is urging the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development.

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions.

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.

Original Ife bronze heads, of which only some 20 survive, are thought to be about 700 years old.

With half the rail network closed, travellers from Paddington Station were pleasantly surprised.

An earthquake in Afghanistan's Paktika province has killed at least 250 people, an official tells the BBC.

The task force intends to develop steps the federal government can take to combat online hate and abuse.

The task force intends to develop steps the federal government can take to combat online hate and abuse.

The bid to change post-Brexit trade procedures is set to prompt a row, writes our political editor.

He is expected to give a new right-to-buy pledge and suggest benefits should count towards mortgages.

The government said the bill would also allow for the removal of gun licenses from people involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has introduced legislation that would put a national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns

Heating water contributes hugely to cost increases, says an organisation aiming to get the UK more active.

European countries have taken different approaching to higher energy bills.

Two days after his election win, Anthony Albanese will fly to meet leaders of the US, India and Japan.

Sir John Major warns about rising prices, as a minister is criticised for advocating people working more hours.

England's schools regulator says such schools are often "unsafe" and don't provide a full education.

Nowhere is the challenge of abandoning Russian oil clearer than in the refinery town, Schwedt.

Ministers had refused to make it public, arguing that it would breach legal professional privilege.

Labour wants MPs to investigate if the PM misled them - but ministers say a decision should wait.

Only £60m of £220m humanitarian aid pledged by the government was handed out by 1 April, a Labour MP says.

Hassana Adamu speaks to the BBC about feeling neglected on the eighth anniversary of the kidnappings.

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is alarming both Muslims and Jews in France with a pledge to regulate the ritual slaughter of animals if elected. Le Pen frames her measure as an effort to end animal suffering. She wants animals to be stunned first. But Jews and Muslims who for religious reasons eat meat from animals that aren't stunned before slaughter say they feel targeted. The issue is one of the many fault lines between Le Pen and incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the starkly different visions of France they are presenting for next Sunday's election runoff vote.

That's 4%, plus whatever the local government may tack on, which would disappear from store receipts.

That's 4%, plus whatever the local government may tack on, which will disappear from store receipts.

“No nation is doomed for failure or destined to live in captivity,” the journalist and historian Adam Michnik says.

A man whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire says he was left alone to find his missing relative.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.

The House of Lords support plans to widen the documents people could use to get a ballot paper.

Charities react to the government's decision not to ban conversion therapy for trans people.

Dozens of Chinese medical journal articles published between 1980 and 2015, when the Chinese government said it would stop procuring organs from executed prisoners, describe doctors in China performing organ transplants without following standard procedures for establishing brain death, according to new research published in a top U.S. medical journal.Why it matters: "This shows, in the words of the physicians themselves, that they prioritized organ procurement over adhering to the most basic me

Here are the top stories for Saturday, April 2nd: Biden says USS Delaware will enhance US security; Pope meets Maltese leaders in Valletta; Zelenskyy chairs cabinet session on taxation; Ramadan prayers at sunset at Mecca's Grand Mosque.

Frustrations persist among tribal leaders who say their conversations with the federal government have not resulted in action on the ground.

Protestors are angry because of food, fuel and power shortages across the nation.

The council tax rebate scheme is due to come into force in April, but councils warn payments could be delayed.

The civil war has left millions needing food aid, yet none has been delivered to Tigray for months.

The UK's only two shale gas wells are set to be put permanently out of use at the end of June.

Drone footage shows destruction of Mariupol, and protesters target an oligarch's London mansion.

Train operators are talking to unions about how to address job changes in a bid to modernise the railways

"No visa for at least another week," said Misha, simply. "No-one can help us in Calais."

Ukrainians with family in the UK say the government should make more effort to provide refuge.

The UK government was too slow to offer help after it withdrew from Afghanistan, a report finds.

Nearly two million were AstraZeneca shots that advisers said should not be given to younger adults.

Boris Johnson is facing calls to accelerate moves to tackle economic crime amid the crisis in Ukraine.

U.K. students who fail math and English could be barred from taking out college loans under proposals set to be announced by the British government this week.

The proposed measure is likely to be dropped from an animal welfare bill, after ministers raised concerns.

Manufacturers call for a regulator to monitor electric car charging prices and charge point rollout.

Humza Yousaf says Scotland should be free to to set its own virus strategy, regardless of moves in England.

A Nepalese government report leaked to the BBC accuses China of interference in the country's territory.

Unions have warned London's public transport will grind to a halt without a long-term financial plan.