The addition of 37 companies from China’s mining, solar and textile sectors represents the largest single expansion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act list since the law was passed in 2021, and brings the total number of companies banned to 144.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that Rep. Michael R. Turner, a Republican advocate for Ukraine funding, “performed valiantly” but said the committee needed a “fresh start” in the new Congress.
Campus surveillance video shows a large group of students, including the woman, “all with their cellphones out in what seems to be a recording of the whole episode,” the police statement said. They are seen “laughing and high fiving with each other” in what appeared to be “a deliberately staged event,” and there was no evidence to indicate the man was seeking sexual relations with underage girls, the police report said.
Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
Taiwan’s companies invested a record amount of money in the U.S., according to Bloomberg News calculations. Firms’ expenditures going into Japan, Canada and Singapore also hit records. In contrast, new investments into China rose only slightly.
Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, said in an interview Thursday that the incoming administration “will put measures in place to keep TikTok from going dark.”
The head of the United Nations labor agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host, and aims to send more expert staff to Riyadh.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, part of a European show of support and promises to keep helping Ukraine endure in its nearly three-year war with Russia.
One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago.
Members of the Connecticut National Guard and the Connecticut State Police will join security efforts for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration in Washington Monday.
“Lefty,” as she was known to many, was lauded for breaking down racial barriers and for her lifelong dedication to preserving the legacy of African American military pioneers.
U.S. service members earn more in money and benefits than most civilians in similar demographics, the Defense Department said.
Israel delayed a Cabinet vote Thursday on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory.
Japanese and South Korean fighters escorted U.S. bombers on a display of air power Wednesday in the skies over the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, according to Air Force Global Strike Command.
U.S. military pharmacies overseas are instituting an interactive, voice-response system for prescription refills, the Defense Health Agency said.
A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s coast guard.
Japan and the Philippines plan to remind the new U.S. administration about the need for continued American commitment to Indo-Pacific security, according to the U.S. allies’ foreign ministers.
The commandant of the Marine Corps warned this week that a plan to move thousands of troops from Okinawa to Guam would position forces too far away to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific, according to media reports.
Speaking from the Oval Office as he prepares to hand over power Monday to President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden seized what is likely to be his final opportunity to address the country before he departs the White House to spotlight the accumulation of power and wealth in the U.S. among just a small few.