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The UN Security Council passes a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas, with the United States abstaining. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels a planned visit to the U.S. in response to the abstention.
2024-03-25

President of the United States Joe Biden announces that the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine.
2023-01-25

The United States surpasses 100,000 daily reported cases for the first time since February 11.
2021-07-30

Russia surpasses six million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil.
2021-07-20

Turkey surpasses 5 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and France.
2021-05-10

Facebook says it has discovered a Russian influence campaign based in Saint Petersburg called Peace Data on the site which targeted left-wing voters in the United States and United Kingdom, by recruiting freelance journalists to write English-language articles concerning domestic politics, racial and political tensions, and criticism of President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. Twitter says it has suspended five accounts related to the Russian campaign.
2020-09-1

The United States Justice Department charges 44-year old Elena Khusyaynova of Saint Petersburg with conspiracy to defraud the United States for managing the financing of the social media troll operation that included the Internet Research Agency.
2018-10-19

The Putin administration closes the United States consulate in Saint Petersburg and expels 60 U.S. diplomats from Russia as a retaliatory measure to the closing of the Russian consulate in Seattle, Washington.
2018-03-29

The United States circulates a draft resolution proposing a sanctions regime for conflict-torn South Sudan.
2014-11-4

President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asks that the United States stop using what he describes as "cowboy logic" if it wants to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme, adding that he would support negotiations.
2010-07-19