Joe Biden made several attempts to curb Chinese AI advancement, but DeepSeek's launch has put those policies into question.

Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.

Thailand has made history as the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage, with over 200 couples wed on the first day. This comes amid criticism of the US's anti-LGBTQ+ stance under President Trump,

President Donald Trump called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to lower oil prices during the World Economic Forum on Thursday, saying it would immediately end the war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will assess the US' foreign development assistance programme. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Meta activated an urgent status to fix the problem of its AI chatbots saying Joe Biden is still the president this week, according to a report. On Thursday, Meta’s artificial intelligence bots ...

Democratic strategist James Carville hopes that former President Joe Biden can help his party by getting out of the way, since "no one wants to hear from" him anymore. "Well, this is the kind of ...

With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee. President Joe Biden also ...

In February 2023, a vast balloon the height of a 22-storey building entered U.S. airspace, with a payload weighing 2,000 pounds and including solar panels and surveillance equipment.

When former President Joe Biden assumed office in 2021, he did so under the promise that he would “restore the soul of America.” The phrase comes from historian Jon Meacham and is adapted from ...

In a CNN poll released only a few days before Biden’s term ended, 36 percent said they are supportive “of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president,” matching an approval rating the ...

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