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Explained: The 1870s Comstock Act, which is threatening access to abortion pills in the US

Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of US abortions

Darkened plane and silent overnight train: How Joe Biden reached Kyiv in secret

Joe Biden's 10-hour trip into Ukraine was unlike any other taken by a modern US president. He boarded an Air Force Boeing 757, known as a C-32, at 4.00 am Sunday, unbeknownst to the world's media, the Washington political establishment, or American voters

'India is a friend. Pakistan is not': What George W Bush told Barack Obama in secret memos

Newly declassified memos reveal how the world appeared to a departing George W Bush administration. Each memo focuses on a different country or area of foreign policy, reviewing what the Bush administration had done and how it saw the road ahead for Barack Obama and his team

How life will change for Americans as Joe Biden announces the lifting of COVID-19 emergency

The end of the emergency may limit access to COVID-19 drugs, tests, and vaccines. When the emergency status is lifted on 11 May, federal funding for free treatment or vaccination will end, further slowing the already low uptake of boosters

Explained: How the US is trying to cut wait time for Indian visa applicants

The United States has launched new initiatives to reduce the visa backlog, including scheduling special interviews for first-time applicants and increasing the strength of consular staff

Investigation, division, gridlock: What's in store for US Congress in 2023?

Over the last two years, the Republicans stood by helplessly as its leader and former President Donald Trump faced multiple criminal, civil and congressional probes. But now they are plotting their own revenge with an intense program of their own investigations

What the US has to say about Pakistan minister Bilawal Bhutto's remarks about Narendra Modi

The United States, as stated by the State Department spokesperson Ned Price, has multifaceted relationships with both India and Pakistan and does not want a ‘war of words’ but rather a constructive dialogue between the two countries

Europe wants privacy regulators to act against Google's location tracking

Netherlands, Poland and five other EU countries have asked regulators to take action against Google.

Two middle school girls in central Florida planned to kill classmates, drink blood; administrators foil plan

Investigators say the girls planned to stake out a bathroom and wait for smaller students to enter. The affidavit says the students planned to cut their victims' throats, cut up their bodies, eat the flesh and drink their victims' blood.

'How can they commit such a crime?': Ayatollah Khamenei slams Donald Trump's immigration policy on Twitter

While Khamenei's tweet was one among 24,000 replies on Trump's tweet, it was also a reminder how countries now interact with each other online in full public glare, perhaps seeking to please their most vocal political bases domestically.