US Health Dept Spends Millions to Help States Battle Opioid Overdose Epidemic
The US health department has increased funding for programs responding to an epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose deaths.
The US health department has increased funding for programs responding to an epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose deaths.
The US Department of State announced it is confident that its move to close Russian diplomatic properties in the United States is legal.
US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is the first US senator in almost four decades to go on trial for bribery charges.
The Commissioner on Health and Food Safety said that the fipronil scandal affected hundreds of poultry farms in EU.
Since losing the November 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has seemingly been in the news for only one thing: blaming everyone but herself for her defeat. The latest object of her scorn is Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), her chief opponent in the Democratic primaries.
You can now get fried chicken in your face even faster: China has launched a new system that allows you can now pay for a bucket of fried chicken just by flashing a grin.
Though Skype is more well known as a communications service connecting families and business partners, the 12-year-old system is also providing artificial intelligence training in the hopes of creating more human-like robots.
The UK prime minister supported the US call for a tougher response to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test conducted on Sunday.
According to the Pentagon, a proposal to increase the size of the US Navy to 355 ships would be heavily based on expanding its submarine fleet, with the new Virginia-class boats coming with underwater drones, too.
Japan is preparing plans for a possible evacuation of close to 60,000 citizens living or visiting South Korea in response to the rising tensions on the peninsula following North Korea’s most recent nuclear test.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara, is expected to be indicted on charges of fraud, receiving goods under false pretenses and breach of trust for using $111,851 worth of public funds to throw fancy personal dinner parties and hire private chefs.
Chicago has also risen against the DACA program for immigrant children.
The White House commented on US' plans to respond to North Korean Sunday's nuclear test.
UN peacekeepers' vehicle explosion in Mali left victims and injuries. The incident occurred near the village of Aguelhok in the country's northeastern region of Kidal.
UN peacekeepers' possible deployment to Donbass will be possible in case Kiev implements the Minsk agreements, LPR head Igor Plotnitsky said on Tuesday.
You can run but you can’t hide when a Kalibr cruise missile is coming for you! Daesh terrorists were struck by Kalibr missiles fired by a Russian warship from the Mediterranean.
The Russian embassy in the US commented on the state of affairs after Washington demanded that Moscow close down its consulate general in San Francisco and two other diplomatic entities in New York City and Washington.
Despite US officials' statements not ruling out a military solution to the North Korean problem following the latest nuclear test, Seoul disagreed with the idea to apply force.
UN Secretary-General urged the Myanmar authorities to give Rohingya people a legal status.
France announced its intention to start using armed drones on Tuesday, joining several states that use the deadly unmanned aircraft in various military conflicts.
Despite media speculations claiming that flood waters in the US state of Texas could be contaminated by chemicals, Governor Greg Abbott said that there is no danger of this happening.
The lifting of the Deir ez-Zor siege doesn't automatically mean the end of the war against terrorists in Syria, experts told Sputnik, suggesting that having cleared the province of terrorist elements the Syrian Arab Army needs to advance toward the eastern and northern directions.
Turkey sought closer relations with the EU, but turned into a political tool for European countries, political expert Baris Doster said in an interview with Sputnik.
Google deliberately undermines its competitors by using its position as a monopolist in search and advertising, the creator of the Opera web browser, Jon von Tetzchner, wrote in a blog post on Monday.