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Health experts, world leaders, and news anchors have struggled to pronounce Omicron, the latest COVID-19 variant identified by the WHO.

How is the new ‘Omicron’ COVID variant pronounced? No one knows.
Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify before the House panel investigating COVID-19 origins and government response, facing a congressional grilling later this spring.

“It was just a matter of time”: First US case of Omicron COVID-19 variant detected
The CDC is looking to tighten travel requirements as courts blocked vaccine mandates.

CDC tightening COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers, courts block vaccine mandates
While health experts are concerned with the Omicron COVID-19 variant's impact on life, here's how the World Health Organization named it.

WHO skips “Nu” and “Xi” to name new Omicron COVID-19 variant
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has reappeared in public, and social media users question if the Chinese government was involved with her absence.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has reappeared in public
Biden orders the release of 50 million barrels of oil.

Looking to lower gas prices, Biden orders release of 50M barrels of oil
Tension builds as the United States administration decides to stage a diplomatic boycott against the abuse of human rights in China.

US considers diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics, some say that’s not enough
Two Iranians were charged with intimidating U.S. Voters

Iranians charged with threatening US voters, Belarus-Poland border cleared
There is growing outcry after tennis player Peng Shuai vanished from social media. Her #MeToo posts were blocked after she accused a former Communist Party leader of sexual assault.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai vanishes from social media after #MeToo allegations
Biden, Trudeau and López Obrador are expected to meet Thursday.

President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau, President López Obrador meet at North American Leaders Summit
Polish forces used water cannons at the Belarusian border.

Polish forces use water cannons on migrants at Belarusian border
President Biden held a meeting with Xi Jinping

Here’s what Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping covered in first presidential meeting
China continues to claim Taiwan as the island maintains its independent leadership with growing, public support from allies.

China, Taiwan tensions: What’s at stake for the US in the South China Sea
Danny Fenster was freed from Myanmar.

Journalist Danny Fenster returns to US after being freed from Myanmar
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart announced the two countries have made a deal to cooperate on combatting climate change.

US, China strike climate deal to meet some goals of 2015 Paris Agreement
Vice President Harris arrived in France for a trip.

VP Harris in France to repair relationship with America’s oldest ally
Satellite images revealed China's suspicious mockups of US warships as tension grows between the two countries over Taiwan's independence.

Potential war prep: China builds mockups of US Navy warships
Two men are charged in a wave of ransomware attacks. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is flanked by FBI Director Christopher Wray as he announces charges against a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack on an American company, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

China built mock-up of US warships, two charged for ransomware attacks
World COVID-19 cases topped 250 million. People wait for their relatives after the landing of the British Airways flight at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

World tops 250M COVID-19 cases, US travel ban ends, LA mandate begins
Greta Thunberg rallies against "empty words" at COP26 while breeders in the U.S. say they're selling out of a cryptocurrency icon.

Straight To It: Greta’s COP26 frustration, Shiba Inus in demand, states stand against vax mandate
Blinken appointed a new head of the investigation into the former Havana Syndrome.

Blinken vows to stop ‘Havana Syndrome’, names investigation coordinator
Countries pledge to phase out coal use at the COP26 climate change conference. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billows from the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power, next to an area for Java 9 and 10 Coal-Fired Steam Power Plant Project in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo/File Photo

Countries pledge to phase out coal use, pulling world closer to climate goal
A Russian analyst have been arrested in the Trump dossier investigation. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo/File Photo

Russian analyst Danchenko arrested in Trump-Russia investigation origins probe
No misconduct was found and no troops will face discipline in the Afghanistan drone strike. FILE - Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike on Aug. 29, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn't recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

No misconduct found, no troops disciplined in Afghanistan drone strike