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A judge on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction of a man who was blamed for a fire that killed five children in 2000 after a new prosecutor said the investigation and trial in suburban Detroit were marred by misconduct.

The top U.S. diplomat in El Salvador said Tuesday she sees a decline in democracy the country, where President Nayib Bukele changed his Twitter profile to read the coolest dictator in the world.

In his address Tuesday, Biden plans to put a heavy emphasis on the need for the world leaders to work together on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday said any trade talks with the European Union will be worked through in "the weeks and months ahead" as he deals with fallout of the decision to cancel a $40 billion submarine deal with France.

A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has all but dared supporters of the state's neartotal ban on the procedure to try making an early example of him by filing a lawsuit the only way the restrictions can b...

The three candidates bidding to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor clashed over taxes and pocketbook issues in a third televised debate Sunday a week before the election.

Only women who could not be replaced by men have been permitted to report to work.

Most schools in the capital Kabul have stayed shut since the Taliban captured the city just over a month ago.

A federal judge who sentenced a California architect on Friday to probation for her role in the Capitol riot stressed that the Jan. 6 insurrection represented a threat to democracy" and continues to resonate in sad and unfortunate ways.

The grandfather of a sixyearold boy who is the only survivor of an Italian cable car disaster said he was looking out for his grandson's wellbeing by bringing him to Israel against the will of the boy's family in Italy.

The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republicanbacked state laws made it much easier to kill the predators.

Leftist former student leader Gabriel Boric is leading Chile's race for president with just over two months until Election Day, but half of all Chileans are still trying to make up their minds, according to a poll from pollster CEP on Wednesday.

A Republican attorney who worked in former President Donald Trumps administration and falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen in Wisconsin appears to have been hired to help with the taxpayerfunded investigation into how the election was run.

The Canadian House of Commons currently has 22 Indian-origin members of the parliament of the total strength of 338.

Xiamen imposed targeted lockdowns on residential neighborhoods affected by the outbreak, with residents forbidden from leaving their apartments or compounds.

Idaho's public health officials say crisis standards of care are imminent for the state's most populated region as hospitals continue to be overrun with unvaccinated coronavirus patients.