The novel coronavirus pandemic has turned the entire hockey world upside down and continues to present an assortment of challenges, the agent of three Russian Stanley Cup champions, Dan Milstein, told Sputnik

The largest financial institutions in the United States are withholding lending from oil and gas companies that are succumbing to pressure by environmental activists, thereby putting millions of jobs in the country at risk, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday

The Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down and emptied of oil by August 5 pending additional environmental review, a US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Monday

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that he will not go into the details of his private family conversations after his father, Stanley Johnson, flew to Greece amid the country's COVID-19 lockdown

Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen has appointed National Security Council official Hsiao Bi-khim as the representative to the United States, media reported on Wednesday, noting that Hsiao is the first woman to hold this position

Senior officials from the United States and Taiwan conducted a virtual dialogue this week to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and coordinate bilateral assistance, the State Department said in a press release on Thursday