Angry Kirby was once an unlikely poster child for the difference between Japanese and American sensibilities. When home in Japan, Kirby’s joyful, round face was rarely seen without a welcoming smile.

This was allegedly so because the travel ban "direct[ly] interfere[d] with the First Amendment rights of citizens to travel abroad so that they might acquaint themselves at first hand with the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon law pushing restaurants to use eco-friendly takeout containers is now in effect. Approved by the Oregon Senate and House in 2023, Senate Bill 543 was officially ...

The move came hours after Beijing announced export bans on 28 American companies, including leading manufacturers of defence systems like Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to an export control ...

Earlier Thursday, police raided three sites connected to the Dec. 29 Jeju Air crash on Thursday, including the airline's headquarters in Seoul at 9 a.m. Police also raided Muan International Airport ...

With 2025 officially underway, it's time to take a moment to look ahead. From the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump to the trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, plenty of newsworthy ...

President Joe Biden is preparing to issue a decree permanently banning new offshore oil and gas development in some U.S. coastal waters, locking in difficult-to-revoke protections for sensitive ...

Searches for "VPN" (virtual private proxy) surged in Florida on January 1 after a number of leading pornographic websites blocked access to the Sunshine State in response to a new law requiring ...

Suspected people smugglers will face travel bans, social media blackouts and phone restrictions under new laws, the government has announced. Ministers plan to introduce "interim" Serious Crime ...

Beijing imposed the ban on 28 US defence contractors, placing 10 of them on an unreliable entities list over weapons sales to Taiwan, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. The decision ...

If implemented, the rule would restrict or even ban drones from China -- the source of most of the commercial drones sold in the U.S. BIS is hoping to get feedback on how information from drones ...

Justin Baldoni claims his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively attempted to ban him and his Wayfarer Studios team from the film ... and his family and friends were confined to a makeshift ...