Aeroflot was forced to cancel a flight from Colombo to Moscow after the local authorities barred the plane from leaving the country The authorities in Sri Lanka have grounded a civilian aircraft belonging to Russian carrier Aeroflot, and arrested the plane, local newspaper News First reported on Friday.

Lawmakers obstructing “common sense reforms” should be wiped out at the ballot box, the US president said The US government can no longer “do nothing” about gun violence in the country, President Joe Biden said in a speech on Thursday, citing the latest mass shootings. He proposed a number of gun control reforms and said…

Coronavirus shots for the very youngest children could be authorized within a matter of weeks, a senior US official says US regulators will soon approve Covid-19 vaccines for children under five, a top White House health adviser has told reporters, suggesting the green light could come as soon as this month.