American President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, 2023, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.

Despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support, the United States (US) has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as it the country battles the Russian invasion that is almost a year now.

A Manhattan grand jury reportedly began hearing evidence Monday in a criminal probe of a 2016 hush money payment that former President Donald Trump authorised to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Following the Russian Government's vow that its forces would wipe out any Western tanks shipped to Ukraine, a Russian company has said it will offer five million roubles ($72,000 at the going rate of $1 - 69.57 roubles) in cash to the first soldiers who destroy or capture Western-made tanks in Ukraine.

Official Cuban media has reported that five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States (US) from Cuba sank.