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China on Monday called on Malaysia to fairly investigate the cases of Chinese fishermen held for allegedly operating illegally in Malaysian waters.

The city of Liverpool will go into the strictest "third tier" of new anticoronavirus restrictions to be announced imminently by Britain, its leaders said late on Sunday after talks with the British government.

Stormweary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the past six weeks.

Studies have shown men are less likely than women to wear seatbelts and helmets or seek out medical care: some initial research indicates a similar pattern is playing out with wearing masks and taking other precautions against contracting the coronavirus.

The designation dates back to 1993, when the country under longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir become an outcast for having hosted Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

A train derailment in metro Atlanta early Sunday sparked a small fire, created runoff concerns and briefly forced some residents from their homes, a fire official said.

China announced Sunday that it was providing a $90 million grant to Sri Lanka, two days after the island nation's president sought help from a visiting Chinese delegation in disproving a perception that Chinafunded megaprojects are debt traps.

President Donald Trump and Joe Biden are entering the final stretch of the campaign in a fierce battle for Latino voters who could sway the results in Florida and determine who wins the White House.

Turkey's army in Qatar is an element of instability in the Gulf region, a senior official of the United Arab Emirates has said, adding that it contributed to negative polarisation.

President Donald Trump on Saturday made his first public appearance after being hospitalized for the coronavirus, defying public health guidelines to speak to a crowd of hundreds even as the White House refused to declare that he was not contagious.

More than half a million Louisiana residents woke up on Saturday without electricity after Hurricane Delta tore across the state, some only having just had their power restored after Hurricane Laura wiped it out weeks ago.

The number of New Yorkers hospitalized with the coronavirus continues to rise, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday, as authorities heightened their focus on banning mass gatherings in COVID19 hot spots.

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Authorities in Indonesias capital on Saturday were cleaning up burnedout cars, government offices and bus shelters that were set ablaze by protesters enraged over a new law they say will cripple labor rights and harm the environment.

A Los Angeles firefighter who vanished in Mexico in August may have been shot during a botched kidnapping and two people have been arrested, authorities said Friday.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spent a year prepping his Republican colleagues for this moment, telling them the confirmation a Supreme Court justice is the most important vote they will take as senators, the chance to make what he called seismic...