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Former adult star Mia Khalifa on Friday said she is "still standing with the farmers" after her comments, criticising the treatment being meted to the protesting farmers, drew sharp reactions. A tweet by international pop star Rihanna on Tuesday, trigge...

Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was likely to be stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority Thursday over racist remarks, her embrace of conspiracy theories and her past endorsement of violence again...

The cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million, U.S. military officials said Thursday.

The long forgotten sea shanty has been enjoying a renaissance on social media and is now moving into popular music with two U.K. artists landing record deals, following their online performances.

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots.

Here is a timeline of events since late last month following calls by Myanmar's military against what they termed election fraud.

Hong Kong has denied access to foreign consulates seeking to provide assistance to detained dual nationals in the global financial hub, the Canadian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his government would not allow monthlong demonstrations at a Turkish university to grow into antigovernment protests similar to those in 2013, calling the protesters "terrorists".

Four ministers from Japan and Britain voiced serious concern on Wednesday about the situation in the East and South China seas and opposed any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, in a apparent reference to China's maritime expansion.

Denmark saw a rise in the share of coronavirus cases containing a more contagious variant, despite seeing general infection numbers drop, Danish disease authorities said on Wednesday.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his government would not allow monthlong demonstrations at a Turkish university to grow into antigovernment protests similar to those in 2013, calling the protesters "terrorists".

The German military on Wednesday sent more than 20 doctors and nurses together with ventilators and hospital beds to coronavirusstricken Portugal, where a severe rise in cases has prompted several European nations to offer help.

China's foreign ministry on Wednesday rejected the suggestion that it supported or gave tacit consent to Monday's military coup in neighbouring Myanmar.

Top two seeds Ash Barty and Sofia Kenin overcame steep challenges on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Yarra Valley Classic in Melbourne and keep their Australian Open preparations on course.

U.S. firefighters battled crumbling ice in Long Island Sound to rescue two people trapped after a truck broke through and sank in the frigid waters beneath, authorities said on Tuesday.

In the year since California saw its first coronavirus case, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone from a governor in command to one lurching from one political crisis to the next.