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The United States said on Monday that China’s top diplomat will make an uncommon trip to Washington this week, opening the door for President Xi Jinping to perhaps visit in an attempt to defuse tensions. With...

On Sunday, a large number of UN Security Council members condemned Hamas for its fierce attack on Israel, but the United States lamented that there was not universal agreement. The Palestinian Islamists who control the blockaded...

The International AIDS Society (IAS) is concerned that proposed changes to the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) could undermine its most valuable asset: its high-level position inside the administration and HIV response operations....

The Chinese embassy announced Thursday that China’s commerce minister will visit the United States next week, in a rare visit to Washington by a top Beijing official as tensions rise. According to Liu Pengyu, a spokeswoman...

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $30 million in direct budgetary support to help the Government of Moldova address spiking energy prices caused by the Kremlin’s unprovoked and unjustified...

A “once-in-a-generation” winter storm with temperatures as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit (Celcius) caused Christmas travel chaos in the United States on Thursday, with thousands of flights cancelled and major highways closed. Heavy snow and howling...

Industrial production in the United States slumped in November with “broad based” decreases, the Federal Reserve said Thursday, as output for bigger-ticket consumer products and manufacturing fell. While tangled supply chains and surging costs which weighed...

The United States said on Thursday that it would not bar the sale of farm equipment to Russia, again denying Moscow’s allegations that Western sanctions — not its invasion of Ukraine — are causing the global...

The United States said on Friday it would resume flights to the International Space Station with Russia, despite its attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. “To ensure continued safe operations of the International...

A tornado struck Madison County in the US state of Iowa on Saturday, killing four adults and two children, according to officials. At least four additional people were hurt in the tornado, which caused “widespread damage...