April 23 (UPI) -- An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Friday to consider what to do next about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which has been suspended in the U.S. for more than a week.

April 23 (UPI) -- Controversy continues to grow in South Korea after the wife of the Belgian ambassador to Seoul was caught on store cameras allegedly assaulting store clerks.

April 23 (UPI) -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ended his three-week hunger strike on Friday, days after he was transferred to a prison hospital because of his deteriorating health.

April 23 (UPI) -- South Korea issued a warning to North Korean defectors and activists after groups said they plan to launch thousands of leaflets.

April 23 (UPI) -- Russia started withdrawing troops Friday along the Ukraine border after Moscow completed military exercises that sparked new tensions between both governments.

April 23 (UPI) -- Police have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting Thursday night in San Diego that left one person dead and three others injured with gunshot wounds, authorities said.

April 23 (UPI) -- Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén's murder at Fort Hood last year exposed a pattern of violence and abuse against soldiers and sparked national outrage over the handling of sexual harassment and noncombat deaths.

April 23 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden and his administration will open up the second and final day of their climate summit on Friday with a focus on investing in global warming mitigation innovations.

April 23 (UPI) -- The Indonesian military said it has detected an object in the search area of a missing submarine with 53 people on board as foreign nations join in the rescue effort.

SEOUL, April 23 (UPI) -- The United States is prepared to handle any military threat from North Korea, the leader of the U.S. Strategic Command said, adding the country remains dedicated to fulfilling its security promises to South Korea.

On April 23, 1940, a fire at the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Miss., claimed the lives of 209 people, all Black patrons.

April 23 (UPI) -- On April 23, 1940, a fire at the Rhythm Club in Natchez, Miss., claimed the lives of 209 people, all Black patrons.

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April 22 (UPI) -- Britain's parliament has become the latest government to declare China's treatment of its Uighur citizens as genocide, attracting the condemnation of Beijing.