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France reported 35,879 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total to 1.86 million, overtaking Russia and making France the worst affected country in the European region.

A former Louisville police officer who faces criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor raid is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her.

Developers of Sputnik V, Russia's experimental COVID19 vaccine, announced Wednesday that early, interim data from a large trial suggests the shot appears to be 92% effective.

Belize voted on Wednesday for a new prime minister to replace Dean Barrow, who is stepping down after more than a dozen years in charge as the Central American country grapples with an economic slump deepened by the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 10,170,846 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 134,383 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,859 to 239,590.

Five people died after a Europebound rubber boat carrying 116 migrants and asylumseekers fell apart in the central Mediterranean Sea, a Spanish humanitarian group said Wednesday.

Farright sympathisers clashed with police on Wednesday near Poland's National Stadium, recently converted into a COVID19 field hospital, at the end of an Independence Day march that took place in defiance of pandemic restrictions.

Antony Blinken, a veteran diplomat and longtime confidant of Presidentelect Joe Biden, is expected to play a senior role as the incoming administration looks to jettison President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda and restore relations with U.S. allie...

The mother of an Irish teenager whose body was found in a Malaysian jungle said on Wednesday she believed her daughter could have been abducted and questioned official findings that no foul play was involved in her death.

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Thousands of Ethiopian refugees were fleeing into neighbouring Sudan on Wednesday as federal troops continued to battle local forces in the closedoff northern Tigray region.

All Blacks prop Ofa Tuungafasi has been suspended for three matches after being red carded for a high tackle in New Zealand's 2422 loss to Australia last Saturday night.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is brushing aside results of last weeks presidential election showing that President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term. Pompeo told reporters with a grin on Tuesday that the transition to a second Trump term would...

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson invited Presidentelect Joe Biden to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, in Scotland next year, Johnson's office said on Tuesday.

A visibly unhappy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday urged premiers of the country's 10 provinces to take stricter measures against a second wave of the coronavirus sweeping the country.