Sources: NPR
The United States announces more sanctions on cyber scamming rings operating in Cambodia and Myanmar. 2025-09-9
British prime minister Keir Starmer signs a deal formally handing over sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Archipelago in its entirety to Mauritius. The UK and United States will retain control of the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia for 99 years as part of the deal. 2025-05-22
The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. 2025-02-18
Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a stabbing spree in Rockford, Illinois, United States. 2024-03-27
AstraZeneca announces that the efficacy rating of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been lowered to 76%, following new analyses of the trial run in the United States. Earlier in the week, the company had been criticized for advertising its vaccine with a 79% efficacy rating using what critics claimed was outdated data. 2021-03-25
The Swedish Academy announces that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has agreed to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend at a private location in Stockholm. 2017-03-29
Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is extradited to the United States, where he will face charges for his role as leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. 2017-01-19
Per Wästberg, a member of the Swedish Academy, says that songwriter and artist Bob Dylan has not yet indicated whether he intends to accept the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2016-10-21
Brazil announces the continuation of a "currency war" with the European Union and the United States with the extension of a financial transaction tax on foreign borrowings. 2012-03-1
Two people die during a series of tornadoes in Wadena and Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. 2010-06-18