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Oregon State Police on Thursday said they were withdrawing protection from Portland's federal courthouse over frustration at the county district attorney's decision not to prosecute most of the people arrested in protests there.

The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have moved into a new family home in Southern California, their spokesman said Thursday without providing details.

Sporting a Black Lives Matter face mask, Cuba Gooding Jr. showed up at a New York City court on Thursday to hear lawyers argue over what restrictions to place on testimony at his sexual misconduct trial.

Lack of access to clean water is leading to alarmingly high levels of child mortality and malnutrition among Colombias largest Indigenous group problems that could grow worse as a result of the pandemic, a human rights group warned Thursday.

Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, making it the earliest Jnamed storm in a recordsetting hurricane season.

When Claudia Guzman suspected she had caught the coronavirus, her friends and family were full of advice: Dont quarantine. Dont get tested. A homemade tea will help cure you.

Light winds and scattered thundershowers early Thursday were helping to calm the flames of a huge wildfire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles, and firefighters hoped to reign in the blaze before temperatures spike later in the day.

Nobody's going to do business with Hong Kong, said US President Donald Trump.

Indonesia's move to reopen schools in some areas risks creating new clusters of coronavirus cases, with at least 180 students and teachers infected since a new academic year started in July, a teachers' federation said on Thursday.

In Argentina's capital, authorities closed a bar after customers were seen drinking beer on the sidewalk in violation of pandemic lockdown measures. Some Buenos Aires stores flouted a ban to stay shut, saying online sales are inadequate.

Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Prada and Versace are all returning to the runway in September, according to the Milan Fashion Week calendar published Wednesday.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday that sweeping new U.S. sanctions amounted to a new stage of economic warfare against his government and were part of Washington's long standing efforts to "choke" Syrians' living standards.

The 13th round of diplomatic consultations between China's Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui and Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi was held on Wednesday via video conferencing.

Germanys government urged citizens Wednesday to keep their guard up and stick to public health guidelines, as new COVID19 infections hit a threemonth high and schools reopened in the country's most populous state.

A man was shot and wounded at a Louisiana hospital Wednesday morning in what police called an active shooter situation.