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Square — the financial payments company known for its popular Cash App — said it plans to merge Afterpay with...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Monday establishing a Permanent Forum of People of African...

Police say at least three killed in the country’s capital following violence between Afar and Isse ethnic groups.At least three...

Lynn C. Franklin, a literary scout and agent whose clients included Archbishop Desmond Tutu and who made a mark with...

WASHINGTON: The plan by Myanmar’s ruling generals to hold elections in two years shows they are stalling for time and...

The cryptocurrency industry is lobbying hard this week against language in the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill proposal that could choke...

All nations stand to lose cultural monuments to climate change, but Britain is especially vulnerable. Disclaimer: This post has...

Good morning. We’ll have plenty of news from Canberra today as federal parliament resumes. The latest Guardian Essential poll shows...

An investigation has been opened into the "very serious" attack on the IT system of the health department of Lazio,...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Monday called the Myanmar military’s election delay and extension of the state...

Afghan forces battled to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban as the United States and the...

The number of people who died in recent floods in central China has increased dramatically to 302, officials said on...

US "In light of increased levels of Taliban violence, the U.S. government is working to provide certain Afghans, including those...

CLEVELAND: Documents released Monday show that FirstEnergy Corp. paid Sam Randazzo tens of millions for years, including $4.3 million he...

A specialist trader works inside his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).Brendan McDermid | ReutersDiminishing...

Staff at the French zoo celebrated the event, describing the two babies as “very lively, pink and plump.” Disclaimer:...

Stunned and ecstatic after claiming two gold medals in the space of 11 minutes, as Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the...

The Helmand TV station, located in the city of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, is operated by state-run...

Washington — The U.S. joined the U.K. and Israel in blaming Iran for the drone attack that killed two crew...

Housing advocates expect a wave of evictions to build over the coming weeks, hurting Black and Hispanic Americans more.House of...

U.S. health officials have expressed concern over a simultaneous rise in Delta infections and cases of respiratory syncytial virus, a...

New Delhi: As COVID-19 numbers increase in Pakistan, India is considering putting health restrictions on travellers coming from the country....

Pakistan on Monday reimposed restrictions in major cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the fourth wave of...

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On the night of Nov. 24, 2020, their town -- La Reina -- was wiped from the face of the...

Critics note Trump has built an arsenal of political committees and nonprofit groups, staffed with dozens of ex-administration officials and...

There's a real estate boom happening in this small African nation, as local visionaries are making their mark on city...

Simone Biles will compete in Tuesday's balance beam final, her first since pulling out of multiple competitions for mental health...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They examined the bodies of Haiti’s slain president and of the mercenaries who are accused of conspiring...

Kabul: At least 254 Taliban were killed and 97 others wounded in operations conducted by the Afghanistan National Defence and...

FILE PHOTO: A nurse holds a syringe containing a coronavirus vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a...

U.S. stock futures rose on Monday as investors geared up for the first trading day of August.Dow Jones Industrial average...

European Union officials have pledged millions of euros to Lithuania to help it tackle a migrant crisis that it blames...

One of Scotland’s most senior Muslim politicians has lodged a complaint against a nursery over suspicions it discriminated against his...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Once a protégé of Iran's supreme leader is sworn in as president this week,...

Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s plan to launch an ultra-low-cost airline could give planemaker Boeing a chance to regain lost ground...

The State Department is offering potential refugee status to new categories of Afghans who assisted the United States during the...

A state of emergency was on Monday imposed in Japan`s Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures, joining Tokyo and Okinawa,...

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules...

The Li One electric car from Li Auto is displayed at the Moonstar Global Harbor shopping mall in Shanghai, China,...

Amid the surge of the highly transmissible delta variant — and the refusal of significant numbers of people to get...

When Max Richter sat down to compose a new ballet score in 2015 he knew what he wanted to say....

Initially, police had no reason to view the 24-year-old student's death on June 21 as suspicious, until her family made...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Salimullah, a Rohingya refugee, has been living in the Indian capital of New Delhi since 2013...

The former World Bank economist, sworn in late Friday, offers a counterbalance to Peru’s newly appointed left-wing gov’t.Peru’s finance minister...

Dr. Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi, the nonprofit at Covax’s heart, said insufficient early financing made supply shortages...

Washington: US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday said that "things are going to get worse" in the...

A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a...

Square plans to buy Australian fintech company Afterpay as it looks to expand further into the booming installment loan market.Jack...

Millions of refugees living in crowded camps are waiting for their COVID-19 vaccines Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published...

My sons attend a school subject to the current Queensland Health directive and as a household member I am subject...

In a speech on Sunday, Min Aung Hlaing repeated a pledge to hold elections by 2023 and said his administration...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After much delay, senators unveiled a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, wrapping up days of painstaking...

Europe is keen to shore up protection and curb the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant.Pfizer and Moderna, the...

Covid pass protests grow in FranceFor the third week in a row, thousands took to the streets across France to...

Cuba on Sunday set a new daily record of 9,747 cases and 87 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number...

The United States is unlikely to be sent back into lockdown despite a surge in Covid-19 cases stemming from the...

China's national flagRussell Monk | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesChina's crackdown on private education signals that Beijing is willing...

Wildfires are raging near Turkey’s holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla and in the surrounding countryside for a fifth...

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the fastest man on the planet, the face of the 2020 Games, your new Olympic champion,...

"The animals are on fire," 56-year-old resident, Muzeyyan Kacar, told CNN. "Everything is going to burn. Our land, our animals...

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about the disturbing reality...

Athlete known as the ‘Hulk’ crosses arms in an ‘X’ to show support for ‘oppressed people’.US shot putter Raven Saunders...

We’re covering a mass exodus from Afghanistan, and the latest from the Tokyo Olympics.Afghans are fleeingA mass exodus is unfolding...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will take part in five online ministerial meetings within the framework of the...

LOS ANGELES: Charles Connor, known for being Little Richards drummer who performed with other music greats including James Brown and...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific rose in Monday morning trade as investors look ahead to the release of a private...

Lithuania normally sees about 70 migrants cross its border with Belarus in a year. More than 2,600 crossed in July....

The 300 ADF troops will reinforce the efforts of police, patrolling and door-knocking to ensure people are complying with coronavirus...

Contributors Oscar Holland, CNNA teenager leaps into the air on his skateboard before thudding to the ground. Nearby, his friend...

Authorities announced they had thwarted a plan to kill President Andry Rajoelina last monthHigh-ranking army and police officials have been...

Humanitarian rescue ships have pulled 396 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat.Two humanitarian rescue ships have pulled 394 migrants...

A silver medal in shooting from the 1900 Olympics in Paris recently sold for a mere $1,283.Then there was a...

Washington DC: Former President Donald Trump on Saturday (July 31) defended his comments to top Department of Justice (DOJ) officials...

TUNIS, Tunisia: Tunisia’s leader claimed Sunday that some desperate youths are being paid to try to leave Tunisia illegally for...

People sit on the terrace of a restaurant in Rome, Italy, on June 24, 2021.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News...

Around the world, governments and businesses are increasingly turning to vaccine mandates. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from...

A 39-year-old man, a 30-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death...

With her victory, she became the first Japanese woman ever to clinch two gold medals in a single Games, after...

Nigeria has suspended one of its most highly respected police officers after he was indicted in the US on money...

Attacks by armed groups have increased in the Central African Republic as the state of emergency is due to expire....

Kristina Timanovskaya, a Belarusian sprinter, said she sought protection in Japan after the Belarus Olympic Committee tried and failed to...

New Delhi: To run the management and religious affairs of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Corridor, the Pakistan government has initiated a ...

At least six persons, including three children, have gone missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized on Sunday...

The CDC warned House lawmakers that the delta variant sweeping across the country is as contagious as chickenpox, has a longer...

At stake is Europe's valuable pig farms and exports. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency/news feed...

6.35pm BST 18:35 The US will not lock down again to curb Covid-19 but “things are going to get worse”...

Athlete Kristina Timanovskaya said in the short video released on social media: "I was put under pressure and they are...

Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that more “pain and suffering” is on the horizon as COVID-19 cases climb again and...

Mexicans have begun voting in a referendum promoted by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on whether to investigate former presidents...

Protesters converged in Paris to oppose France’s new health pass policy, which bars people without proof of vaccination or a...

Islamabad: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday (July 31) met prominent Afghan politicians and jihadists to discuss the ongoing volatile...

Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday as wildfires that have claimed six lives...

Bitcoin miner Zack Pettit skating on his work break at the SCATE Ventures mining facility in Dallesport, Washington.SCATE Ventures Inc.Nick...

Hurricane Hilda is advancing slowly across the open Pacific, posing no threat to land Disclaimer: This post has been...

Israel’s supreme court is due to make a decision on whether to evict Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood...

In a statement released on Saturday, Ajax said Gesser and his brother had been killed in the accident."This afternoon, at...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Sunday that next month’s...

Lamont Marcell Jacobs wins gold, Fred Kerley of the US takes silver, and Canada’s Andre de Grasse takes bronze.Lamont Marcell...

In southern Paris, Ms. Collino, maskless and carrying a French flag, said she was angry that health workers were forced...

Kandahar: Several rockets struck Afghanistan`s Kandahar airport overnight, RT reported. No casualties have been reported so far. Violence has escalated...

Six people have died and seven others were injured as a speeding truck fell into a ditch in Bangladesh’s Madaripur...

Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz wins the gold medal in the women's 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on...

Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a police officer returning home after security duty with polio...

US senators were expected to move forward on Sunday on a $1tn package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure,...

(CNN) — There's one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's outgoing president on Sunday acknowledged his nation at times “did not tell part...

The 24-year-old beat Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 to become the first German man to win singles Olympic gold.Germany’s tennis...

The blast that ripped through Beirut was a year ago.But for many, the disaster continues. “I am not the same...

Bangkok: Myanmar`s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday (August 1) again promised new multi-party elections and said his government...

DUBAI:The U.S. Navy is assisting an Israeli-managed petroleum products tanker attacked off Oman with two crew members killed, the U.S....

Infrastructure stocks took off late this week as a bill backed by President Joe Biden cleared another key hurdle.Late Wednesday,...

Six months after seizing power from the elected government, Myanmar’s military leader has repeated his pledge to hold fresh elections...

The idea of a “lost Atlantis” under the North Sea connecting Britain by land to continental Europe had been imagined...

(Reuters) — Jerome Powell, this story's for you.The Federal Reserve chair, always on the lookout for signs of inflation, might...

A Canadian-based Iranian national was charged on Friday in connection to an illegal scheme to purchase and export controlled laboratory...

We follow the investigations into the 2020 Beirut port blast. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency/news...

Allowing Americans to bring advanced underwater robots into Vietnamese-controlled areas of the South China Sea — equipment that could have...

New Delhi: Biffa, a famous name on the United Kingdom's bin collections' list, has been fined over Rs 15 crore...

Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan with at least three rockets overnight, the insurgent group’s spokesman said on...

The CEO of Italian infrastructure giant Snam on Friday outlined a vision for the future of hydrogen, saying the "beauty"...

A referendum in Mexico on Sunday is going to cost Mexico about $25 million, few like the poorly written question...

Myanmar’s junta chief has said elections will be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023 – extending...

(CNN) — The 2021 summer travel season started out full of hope and promise, but by the day, two words...

Myanmar's military ruler promises to hold multi-party elections Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency/news feed without...

Protesters decry new president’s decision to appoint hardliner Guido Bellido as prime minister.Hundreds of Peruvians have rallied against leftist President...

What a difference a week makes. In just a few days, the state and local authorities have imposed mask mandates,...

Washington: Former President Donald Trump helped raise more than Rs 416 crore online from online donors during the first six...

BUDAPEST: More than 1,000 nurses gathered in Budapest on Saturday to demand better pay, after a survey showed many of...

People exit the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021.Andrew Kelly |...

Beijing police say the Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been detained on suspicion of rape Disclaimer: This post...

4.12am BST 04:12 Gold! BMX freestyle men's park - Logan Martin (AUS) Logan Martin came in with high hopes and...

Sun was arrested in March this year. His company, Hebei Dawu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Group, owns farming operations in...

An Iranian national who lives in Montreal allegedly exported lab equipment that is controlled for nuclear nonproliferation reasons from the...

Yangon/ Taipei – In Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, people have been scrambling for hospital beds and looking for oxygen for...

Vaccinations are rising in U.S. states where lagging demand left entire regions vulnerable to a Delta-driven surge of coronavirus cases....

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic is on the surge once again as several Asian countries saw a record number of...

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean: German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight,...

Commuters, most most of whom wear face masks, travel on the L train system in the Loop on July 27,...

If just a fraction of the detainees escape, Afghan security officials warn, it would hand the Taliban a significant advantage...

I have the whole genome sequence. It shows that that a 17-year-old who attends Indooroopilly State High School has the...

Kenyan painter Paul Oditi's work was displayed at the first East African Art AuctionIn our series of letters from African...

Call comes after over 1,000 unmarked graves found at institutions Indigenous children were forced to attend for decades.Warning: The story...

In southern Paris, Ms. Collino, maskless and carrying a French flag, said she was angry that health workers were forced...

CORONA, Calif.: A young man who had been on life support after being shot inside a Southern California movie theater...

Elon Musk speaks at Hornsdale wind farms in Australia for an event for TeslaGetty ImagesA fire occurred within a Tesla...

The U.K. Obstetric Surveillance System found that the proportion of pregnant people hospitalized with moderate to severe illnesses has increased...

A major increase in attacks on police has been recorded during the pandemic, according to official figures revealing that there...

Two crewmembers, a Briton and a Romanian, died on Thursday when the Mercer Street tanker was attacked by an armed...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s center-right candidate to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor in the country's September election said he...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken to attend annual meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers, among others, US official says.The United States’...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Universal Orlando Resort and SeaWorld are the latest theme park resorts in Florida to again ask visitors...

Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google Inc.JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGoogle founders and controlling Alphabet...

Already under pressure to win, many faced online abuse from people who didn’t want the Games to happen. Disclaimer:...

The bodies of 19 people exhumed from an Oklahoma cemetery during a search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race...

A month-and-a-half ago, Elaine Thompson-Herah thought she wouldn't be able to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as she struggled to...

Dog owner Nick Petre has paid 100 euros for a Belgian pet passport for his pug, Pippa, effectively giving it...

Millions of people across the United States could be forced out of their homes as a nationwide moratorium on evictions...

Boaters in Alaska came upon a peculiar sight on Thursday: A 20-foot-long killer whale was on the shore, stuck in...

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is likely to spread to more regions in China as the strain...

Amazon delivery companies around the U.S. are instructing workers to bypass daily inspections intended to make sure vans are safe...

Egyptian officials say Islamic Sate group militants have ambushed a checkpoint in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula,...

South Africa: Willie le Roux; Cheslin Kolbe, Lukhanyo Am, Damian de Allende, Makazole Mapimpi; Handré Pollard, Faf de Klerk; Steven...

Carrie revealed she was pregnant and that she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year in an Instagram post on Saturday."Hoping...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San...

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah wins gold in Tokyo 2020 women’s 100m final with the second-fastest time in history.Defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah...

Meanwhile, what has happened on the ground in Natanz, and in small research labs around the country, has the United...

New Delhi: In a historic settlement, hundreds of victims of Canadian fertility doctor Norman Barwin, will share a proposed C$13.375m...

Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to...

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 25, 2021.Source: NYSEFriday's jobs report could be a catalyst...

Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats after being told to evacuate some hotels...

The actor on an exhibition that’s like a rave, the best crispy chicken and why he’s having to take a...

The chatter around the canteen is all about the death of a popular health official from Covid-19 in a nearby...

(Changes sourcing, adds background)July 31 (Reuters) - Britain is nearing an agreement in principle on a free trade deal with...

Colombo avoids a debt default, but it's fast running out of money to pay for imports. Will the IMF provide...

TORONTO — When the coronavirus sent the world into lockdown in the spring of 2020, the area surrounding Rogers Centre...

As the world battles the rising cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus, new reports suggest that the variant may...

Scarlett Johansson attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 09,...

They were more than the translators of words, they also interpreted the culture and the daily lives of the civilians...

A nationwide US eviction moratorium was set to expire on Saturday night after Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress failed...

The Swiss bank published a report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which uncovered persistent failures by...

BERLIN (AP) — China and India have missed a United Nations deadline to submit fresh targets for cutting their greenhouse...

Demonstraters demand embattled PM Muhyiddin Yassin resign over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Hundreds of Malaysians staged an anti-government protest...

Making things even more complex is the fact that the rules frequently change. In Spain, nighttime curfews banning people from...

New Delhi: BRICS Counter-Terrorism Action Plan has been finalized at the groups' working group meet that took place last week under...

Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers rushed back to major cities Saturday, besieging train and bus stations, after the...

Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeLucas Jackson | ReutersE-commerce stocks sank Friday after Amazon, the...

Hundreds of black-clad Malaysian youth have rallied in central Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of the prime minister over...

Because the government told us they weren’t going to do this. We’ve all agreed that for international travel you’ll need...

The fast-growing trading company finished Thursday at $34.82, down 8% from its initial public offering price. Robinhood failed to score...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Navy explosive experts believe a “drone strike” targeted an oil tanker that came...

President Saied rejects accusations he staged a coup, as two members of parliament arrested on Friday.Tunisia’s president has said he...

Turkey struggled to contain the dozens of wildfires burning for a third day on Friday, as local residents and tourists...

US Navy explosive experts believe a drone strike targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of...

SHANGHAI — Nreal, a Chinese company making glasses for so-called augmented reality experiences, is looking to go public within five...

Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem Disclaimer: This post has been...

Anti-lockdown protests planned in Sydney on Saturday have so far failed to materialise, with police confident a city-wide crackdown on...

Nauka — a long-delayed laboratory module that Russian space agency Roscosmos' launched to the International Space Station last week —...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is vowing he “won't let grass grow under our feet” as the department...

Best of the week and behind the scenes. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency/news feed without...

HONG KONG — The police arrived at the University of Hong Kong around 3 p.m., wearing black vests marking them...

Malaysia is under emergency rule nationally to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but that is set to expire on Sunday.Malaysia...

If you want to attend a live performance in New York, get ready to show proof you have received your...

U.S. Navy explosive experts believe a “drone strike” targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of...

South-east Queensland will enter its strictest lockdown of the pandemic for three days, starting at 4pm on Saturday, after the...

The e-commerce giant on Thursday posted $113.1 billion in revenue during the three months ended June 30, an increase of...

At least one security guard was killed in Afghanistan Friday after the Taliban attacked the central United Nations compound in...

Millions of residents in the city and several other areas will be placed under stay-at-home orders from Saturday afternoon for...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan announced that the government would expand a state of emergency to other areas besides...

New Delhi: The war against COVID-19 has changed because of the highly contagious Delta variant, the U.S. Centers for Disease...

LAS VEGAS: U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada had three surgeries and an outpatient procedure over the past 10 months...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she boards Air Force Two June 14, 2021 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Alex...

With an enormous sum of European recovery money, Italy is directing much of it to environmental issues — including the...

2.13am BST 02:13 Men’s 800m- Australia’s Peter Bol broke the national record to reach the semi-finals. Compatriot Charlie Hunter is...

"Earlier this month Cubans took to the street in a show of the will of the people of Cuba. The...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hotspots in the next three months with the...

Wellington, New Zealand – It has been 50 years since New Zealand’s “dawn raids” and the 82-year-old father of Pacific...

At this year’s Olympics, Team Canada is 371 athletes-strong, the country’s largest team to compete since the 1984 Games in...

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the country will start offering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday announced the seizure of a 2,734-ton tanker it said was owned and...

A security guard stands outside the United Nations building in Herat, Afghanistan on October 23, 2010.Chris Hondros | Getty ImagesThe...

Italy and other major European countries are requiring health passports in everyday life. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published...

The US Department of Justice on Friday ordered the Internal Revenue Service to hand Donald Trump’s tax returns to a...

The fine was imposed on July 16 and disclosed Friday in a financial filing. It is the largest in the...

BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack on a funeral procession in northern Iraq has claimed a number of victims, Iraq's military...

The mandate covers all campus staff as well as market, regional and divisional employees, the retailer said.Walmart Inc., the largest...

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Confirmed coronavirus infections have jumped in much of the world, and deaths from the disease in Africa have increased by...

United Nations: A senior US diplomat urged the UN Security Council on Thursday (July 29) to press Myanmar's military to...

DUBAI: A Briton and a Romanian were killed when an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker came under attack on Thursday off...

A woman holds a sign reading "America Open Your Eyes" as people wave Cuban and US flags during a Freedom...

The Russian capital had required gloves in public places. Masks will still be required. Disclaimer: This post has been...

An ancient Roman ship carrying a cargo load of wine jars, or amphorae, has been found underwater in the Mediterranean Sea...

A Briton and a Romanian were killed amid what the company described as a "suspected piracy incident" onboard the Mercer...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces on Friday following the funeral of a Palestinian man killed by...

Palestinian Red Crescent says most injuries sustained in Beita village in the north of the occupied West Bank.About 270 Palestinian...

Three fencers on the men's US Olympic team were wearing pink masks when they arrived Friday in Tokyo for their...

In yet another unexpected and unwelcome twist in the nation’s pandemic, fully immunized people with so-called breakthrough infections of the...

Hong Kong police said on Friday they had arrested a 40-year-old man for booing China's national anthem in a shopping...

Early symptoms indicating a Covid-19 infection varies between age groups and also between men and women, new UK research has...

In this Photo illustration a World Health Organization(WHO) logo seen displayed on an Android phone.Avishek Das | Getty ImagesWorld Health...

The United Nations says its office in western Afghanistan has come under fire and one of its guards was killed...

5.18pm BST 17:18 Democratic congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the chair of the House oversight committee, said the notes painted a damning...

The agency confirmed that no food trucks have been allowed into the region for two weeks.They told CNN in a...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region could face the most extreme and life-threatening...

A mere few days after President Kais Saied’s watershed announcement of “exceptional” measures, talk in Tunisia about whether or not...

Firefighters in Turkey struggled to contain dozens of wildfires raging for a third day on Friday, as fast-spreading blazes forced...

Japan said on Friday it will expand states of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host Tokyo and the western...

Asian countries from Australia to Japan and the Philippines announced tighter COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, as they battle worsening coronavirus...

The death toll from wildfires on Turkey's southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a...

The Amazon logo displayed on a smartphone and a PC screen.Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket via Getty ImagesLONDON — Amazon has...

Japan has expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record...

Nicola Sturgeon calls figures ‘shameful’ and promises action after 1,339 people killed last yearNicola Sturgeon has said her government is...

Before the pandemic, heat stroke was the biggest risk to athletes for the Tokyo Olympics, but during the first week...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months into Democrats’ unified control of Washington, most Democrats are on board with President Joe Biden...

This week, we mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Refugee Convention, put in place in response to the...

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Thursday that it would require all students and employees returning for in-person...

Jerusalem: The Israeli government has launched a probe into the allegations of wrongdoing against the NSO Group in the Pegasus...

The first flight carrying Afghans who worked as interpreters for the US has arrived in America, President Joe Biden said...

Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on...

Though quieter in the United States than a year ago, this month has seen a dramatic spasm of protest in...

UK cultural landmarks such as Stonehenge could be stripped of their coveted World Heritage status unless the government curbs “ill-advised...

The company announced on Wednesday that it was adapting its health and safety guidelines based on "guidance from health and...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days of political turmoil in Tunisia over a crippled economy and surging coronavirus infections have left...

A worrying trend of rising cases forces one state to lock down amid fears of another wave of infections.India has...

OTTAWA — At 15, Kisha Supernant knew exactly what she wanted to do with the rest of her life: become...

Washington DC: US President Joe Biden on Thursday (July 29) called on all states and local governments to use aid...

If you are 18 or older, and in an area where there is a Covid-19 outbreak, the best vaccine for...

Russell Westbrook #4 of the Washington Wizards reacts prior to playing against the Denver Nuggets at Capital One Arena on...

The night the rains came, all Yu Ruiping could do was huddle at her market stall Disclaimer: This post...

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said this week that the spread of fake news had become a major problem causing confusion...

During a meeting with Taliban's co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who heads the group's political committee, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...

MISSION SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS, Honduras (AP) — First came Hurricane Eta. Then, Hurricane Iota, unleashing rains of biblical proportions...

PM Imran Khan denies report that Pakistani fighters crossed border into Afghanistan to aid Taliban in its fight against Afghan...

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Washington: The US will conduct a rare second lottery for the H-1B visa to decide on the successful applicants, the...

The delta variant is much more contagious, more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines and may cause...

Volunteers and foresters of the Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments in the Netherlands take part in clean-up operation to...

As COVID-19 deaths rise in Myanmar, allegations are growing that the military government is using the coronavirus pandemic to consolidate...

Greece has begun deploying police units to holiday island hotspots as the country’s tourism season moves into high gear amid...

Coronavirus cases in the UK are dropping and whether it's due to the vaccine rollout or something else, scientists are...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte reversed his termination of a key defense pact with the United States...

The first group of Afghan interpreters and other workers, who worked with American troops and diplomats during the 20 years...

The chief cabinet secretary to the prime minister of Japan said the country has reported a record number of new...

New Delhi: The delta variant has led to a surge in coronavirus outbreaks triggering a "fourth wave" in the Middle...

President Joe Biden on Thursday stepped up actions to combat the spread of Covid-19’s surging Delta variant, asking every US...

Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesFutures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes fell in the overnight session...

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he was seeking to broaden the state of emergency beyond the capital, even as authorities...

A big day for Australia at the Olympics. Going for gold in the pool are Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell,...

Mohammed Allamy was a passenger in a car being driven by his father when the incident happened at the entrance...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council extended the arms embargo against the Central African Republic for a year...

Half of Myanmar’s population could get COVID-19 within the next two weeks, the UK tells United Nations Security Council.The United...

Federal regulators have approved the reopening of a troubled Baltimore vaccine-making plant that has been closed for more than three...

TOKYO: Japan’s government on Friday proposed states of emergency in three prefectures near Olympic host city Tokyo and the western...

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi denied a Wall Street Journal report that said it could go private to appease Chinese authorities...

“Marble Arch Mound is the worst thing I’ve ever done in London,” one regretful visitor said before the venue was...

Until the overall vaccination rates are higher than they are now – even vaccinated people moving around – because while...

Caruana Galizia, a leading Maltese anti-corruption journalist, was killed in October 2018 when a bomb in her rented car was...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Thursday again demanded that Turkey and Turkish Cypriots immediately reverse all...

The Seattle-based company’s shares fell 6 percent in after-hours trading.Amazon.com Inc.’s second-quarter sales and forecast for the current period fell...

Over 50 years ago, Tokyo hosted its first modern Olympics. It looked very different from the games today!View Entire Post...

The recommendation that vaccinated people in some parts of the country dust off their masks was based largely on one...

Perryville: A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii on Wednesday evening following a large earthquake off the Alaska peninsula. According...

LIBERTY, Mo.: A group of mostly Black pastors has joined other civil rights organizations in Kansas City who are seeking...

President Joe Biden answers a question from the press as he holds a mask upon arrival on Air Force One...

A "heat dome" and drought conditions have gripped North Korea this summer. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from...

A serial killer who murdered five women in Suffolk in 2006 has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of murdering a...

Coffee is the latest item to become more expensive due to supply shortages, recently caused by bad weather in Brazil....

CAIRO (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has sent six Yemeni detainees who were first held at the U.S. base...

Brian Kim, the founder of South Korean messaging giant Kakao Corp., has seen his fortune jump by more than $6...

JERUSALEM — Israel will begin administering a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine those 60 and older, Prime Minister...

KABUL: Flash flooding killed 150 people in a remote area in Afghanistan's mountainous northeastern Nuristan province controlled by the Taliban,...

Isreal became the first nation to offer a third dose to people over the age of 60 years after vaccinating...

A worker hoists a flight chain at the Calder Brothers' facility in Taylors, South Carolina, U.S., July 19, 2021.Brandon Granger...

A Palestinian man has died of wounds sustained in clashes with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank Disclaimer:...

Supreme court ruled Congress must authorize extension beyond 31 JulyStates brace for ‘avalanche’ of evictions as federal moratorium endsPresident expected...

"We are committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely," Blinken said at a press conference in Kuwait....

Amhara, which neighbours Tigray, has mobilised its militias and special forcesIntense fighting is being reported in Ethiopia's Amhara state -...

Melinda French Gates, MacKenzie Scott and the family foundation of Lynn Schusterman awarded $40m to fund four gender equity projects.An...

LONDON — A powerful storm is expected to lash southwestern Britain starting Thursday night, after a month that has brought...

The Brazil government cancelled the request for emergency use authorisation (EUA) of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, India’s first indigenous vaccine, on...

CEO and founder of U.S. Nikola, Trevor Milton speaks during presentation of its new full-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks...

A Spanish judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the leader of a movement seeking independence of Western Sahara from...

Good morning. Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, has been doing the minister for broadcasting slot this morning, and on the...

After months of reluctance, Corporate America is taking a stand on keeping its returning workers safe. A growing number of...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it...

The China-led project has angered Bosnian officials, who argue it violates the state’s access to open waters.A major European Union-funded...

The Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module from Russia will dock with the orbiting outpost Thursday morning. Disclaimer: This post has...

Islamabad: Afghanistan's Taliban took responsibility this week for the killing of a comic in the country's south, raising the specter...

Roadblocks were set up to check drivers and a disease-control official called on Thursday for increased testing of workers at...

The Shell logo is displayed in front of a Shell gas station on July 30, 2020 in San Rafael, California....

The Taliban say that 150 people have died in flooding in Afghanistan’s mountainous northeastern Nuristan province Disclaimer: This post...

Winds of up to 75mph will lash parts of south-west England as Storm Evert hits the UK on Thursday and...

This virtual reconstruction shows the position of a fossil in a burial pit. The toddler was laid to rest 78,000...

QOBAYAT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese firefighters are struggling for the second day to contain wildfires in the country’s north that...

With its beaches, duty-free shopping and booming real estate, could the island of Hainan become China’s new Hong Kong? ...

Momentum for vaccine mandates seems to be building — which could ultimately matter much more than any mask-wearing guidelines.Facebook, Google...

Geneva: Sounding an alarm, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that a "sharp" jump was reported in the number...

Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics...

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya.Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLONDON — On June 3, one of London's hottest days of the year...

he death toll has risen to 99 from floods that hit a province in central China last week Disclaimer:...

After comfortably weathering the first two waves of the virus, health services were now stretched dangerously thin, said Dr Khardiata...

That's according to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund. The organization on Tuesday confirmed its prediction that the...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The top diplomat of the United States on Thursday began a visit to Kuwait,...

Abuja, Nigeria – Joseph was about to turn two when his mother noticed that he liked to keep to himself....

TOKYO — Six days a week since she was 12 years old, with only a few days of time away...

Washington: The Taliban are not some military outfits but normal civilians, said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, asking how the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid tribute to China’s war dead at a Pyongyang memorial and vowed to maintain...

Technicians work in the assembly line of German carmaker Volkswagen's electric ID. 3 car in Dresden, Germany, June 8, 2021.Matthias...

A lawyer for the first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law has asked for no more than 10...

Health authorities in China have set up checkpoints and reportedly suspended flights in the eastern city of Nanjing in the...

Identified via satellite imagery, the new missile base in China's Xinjiang region may eventually include 110 silos, said the report...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took quick action after his inauguration to start shifting federal inmates out of privately...

Afghanistan would become a “pariah state” if the Taliban takes control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says,...

We’re covering looser border restrictions in the U.K. and falling records at the Tokyo Olympics.England and Scotland will ease border...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Kuwait on...

A vehicle from electric car maker NIO sits outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), September 12, 2018 in...

Australia and Japan, which had generally preferred using messenger RNA vaccines, could soon be set to make larger use of...

Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler have won New Zealand’s first gold of the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s coxless pairs.The...

Google's (GOOGL) parent company Alphabet reported revenue of $61.9 billion for the quarter ended June 30, a staggering 62% jump...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As he rallied conservatives on Wednesday, one of the Republican Party's most prominent rising stars...

A 2,300-year-old solar observatory in Peru, a national park in Thailand near the border with Myanmar and an ancient Chinese...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday agreed to allow Johnson & Johnson to extend the shelf life of its...

HOLBROOK, Ariz.: An Arizona man already facing assault charges for allegedly plowing his pickup truck into people participating in a...

SINGAPORE — Shares in Hong Kong continued to see a rebound in Thursday morning trade from a two-day slump earlier...

The doctor had been practicing medicine in Germany since arriving in 2015. Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from...

It’s morning in Japan and morning in Australia too. Which means our Aussie readers have a full day of action...

The court's decision nullified Assange's status as a naturalized citizen of Ecuador, which was granted to him in December 2017...

Burning factory in Sea Cow Lake area on July 12, 2021 in Durban, South AfricaTwo weeks after South Africa was...

Rights groups accuse President Daniel Ortega of cracking down on potential opponents ahead of November vote.Nicaragua’s main opposition alliance has...

The coronavirus pandemic is opening the way for other preventable diseases to surge across Latin America and the Caribbean, interfering...

The court sought the law ministry’s response after going through a statement by the World Health Organisation, which has declared...

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLow-carbon hydrogen isn't "cost competitive with other energy supplies in most applications and locations"...

The opposition leader had been campaigning for changes to Tanzania’s constitution that would lessen the central government’s power. Disclaimer:...

Well, as the circumstances have changed, so has the response. And what we’ve seen yesterday was an announcement by the...

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman led a delegation of US officials in a meeting with Russian Deputy Minister of...

BEIRUT (AP) — A wildfire raged in a forested area of mountainous northern Lebanon on Wednesday, reaching just outside some...

The social media giant did, however, beat Wall Street estimates for the second quarter due to increased ad spending.Facebook Inc...

Good morning. We’re covering South Korea’s slow vaccine rollout, China’s overtures to the Taliban and the latest Olympics news.Long lines...

London: A scenic area in north-west Wales known for its landscape of slate mines on Wednesday joined the likes of...

CLARKSVILLE, Ind.: A southern Indiana man has been charged with murder after firefighters found a woman’s decapitated, mutilated body inside...

CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks to lunch following a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on...

The WHO had advised all people, vaccinated or not, to continue wearing masks when around others. Disclaimer: This post...