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Cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada were selected as hosts for the 2026 World Cup. Here’s a look at how many times each country has previously hosted.

Russia President Vladimir Putin and other top officials, institutions face financial penalties over the invasion of Ukraine.

Revival of the “Remain in Mexico” policy comes even as the Biden administration maneuvers to end it in a way that survives legal scrutiny. President Joe Biden scrapped the policy, but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri has forced him to put it back into effect, subject to Mexico’s acceptance.

Officials and lawyers say Egypt has released three activists and three journalists after months in pre-trial detention

Pressure is mounting on the man who claims to be Haiti’s leader in the aftermath of the president’s assassination

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will meet with Russian officials in Moscow next week, making him the highest-ranking Biden administration official known to visit Russia so far

President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state

The two leaders signed a document “building on the commitments and aspirations set out 80 years go” by predecessors Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in the Atlantic Charter

The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers last year

The Biden administration has informed Russia that it will not rejoin a key arms control pact even as the two sides prepare for a summit next month between their leaders.

President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet next month in Geneva

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has agreed to a one-month extension to the deal on surveillance cameras at its nuclear sites

Protesters yell and wave signs outside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic on the three or four days it is open each week

North Korea has warned the United States will face a “very grave situation” and alleged that President Joe Biden made a “big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat

U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it

Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, another step in the Biden’s administration rush to set up temporary space

China has accused the U.S. of causing humanitarian disasters through foreign military interventions in Beijing’s latest broadside in increasingly contentious relations with the Biden administration

With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the U.S. U.S. Health and Human Services on Wednesday authorized operators of long-term facilities to pay for some of the children’s flights and transportation to the homes of their sponsors

The top American and Chinese diplomats have held phone talks in the first major exchange between the countries since President Joe Biden took office and touched on several critical issues straining their ties

As the United States rolls out the Pfizer vaccine for health care workers and nursing home residents, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed Tuesday the effectiveness and safety of the Moderna and the National Institutes of Health vaccine, bringing the shot to the cusp of U.S. authorization.