Ji-Young, a guitar-playing Korean American character, will bring rock music to the children's show as well as raise awareness about racism and anti-Asian bias.

President Biden and Xi Jinping opened talks on a friendly note, with the Chinese leader expressing his desire to move China-U.S. relations forward in a positive direction.

Six teenagers were wounded in a drive-by shooting in Aurora, Colo., and a nearby high school was placed under lockdown, according to authorities.

The police determined that a blast in a taxi outside of a hospital in Liverpool, England, was caused by an 'improvised explosive device.' The passenger was killed, and four men were arrested.

Stephen K. Bannon, a former aide to Donald Trump, turned himself in at the F.B.I.'s Washington field office, three days after he was indicted on contempt of Congress charges after refusing to provide information to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

The lockdown, expected to last 10 days, requires those age 12 and older who are not vaccinated for Covid-19 or immune from a past infection to stay in their homes except for essential reasons, such as doctor visits or grocery shopping.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain hailed a climate agreement struck by nearly 200 nations at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, but said that his delight was 'tinged with disappointment' that the pact was not more ambitious.

Alok Sharma, chief organizer of the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, called the meeting's final pact between nearly 200 nations to escalate efforts to combat climate change 'a fragile win.'

Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said that she experienced mild symptoms and quarantined for 10 days.

Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed the United States' relationship with France after her meeting with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.