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Biden tells UN assembly that America is ready for 'relentless diplomacy'
U.S. President Joe Biden used his first address before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to declare that the world stands at an "inflection point in history" and must move quickly and co-operatively to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuse.
Taliban expands interim cabinet — but includes no women
The Taliban expanded their interim cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, despite the international outcry that followed their initial presentation of an all-male government earlier this month.
Nerves on edge on Spanish island as quakes, lava threaten
Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa in the early hours of Tuesday, keeping nerves on edge as rivers of lava continued to flow toward the sea and a new vent blew open on the mountainside.
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
The European Commission said on Tuesday it would make sense for the United States to allow travel by people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca shot in Europe.
Russia responsible for killing of Alexander Litvinenko, European rights court rules
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for the 2006 killing of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonizing death after he was poisoned in London with polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope.
