July 24 (UPI) -- A report released Wednesday by a New Zealand commission said that many who received care in its state-run and faith-based institutions suffered "widespread" abuse at the hands of staff from the 1950s to 2019.

July 24 (UPI) -- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi promised Chinese would to work to get a ceasefire in Ukraine and restore peace negotiations in his first meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday.

July 24 (UPI) -- Did Joe Biden take the correct course of action when, last Sunday, he made the decision to stand down from the presidency and not seek a second term?

July 24 (UPI) -- A pilot was the lone survivor after a Nepalese commercial aircraft crashed and burst in to flames Wednesday killing at least 18 people as it was taking off from the capital, Kathmandu, authorities said.

July 23 (UPI) -- A prominent Baptist pastor and religious freedom advocate, jailed since late 2022 in his native Myanmar by the military junta for his religious activity, has been released, a peace advocacy group said.

July 23 (UPI) -- A New Jersey man who admitted to injuring five people during a violent crime spree targeting Orthodox Jews in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison.

July 23 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice recovered nearly $85 million in cash and artwork allegedly paid for with money embezzled from 1MalaysiaDevelopment Berhad.

July 23 (UPI) -- Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon will stand trial in December for allegedly defrauding donors in the 2018 online crowdfunding campaign called "We Build the Wall."

July 23 (UPI) -- A military investigation team determined communication failures enabled Robert Card to commit the worst mass shooting in Maine's history on Oct. 25.

July 23 (UPI) -- Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin will preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress on Wednesday as he faces calls to boycott the speech.