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He's directing the Doctor Strange sequel - but will the Raimi we get be the indie-horror enfant terrible we want or the Spider-Man 3 dud we deserve? Thirteen years ago, as Sam Raimi wrapped production on Spider-Man 3, fe...

As the virus hits Latin America, countries are trying different approaches to keep people off the street. In Bogotá, men and women are only allowed out on alternate days.

Trump threatened to invoke his authority to adjourn Congress to confirm nominations he said are needed to deal with the coronavirus crisis.       

Expand Activist Anand Teltumbde (center), before he surrendered to the National Investigative Agency in Mumbai, on April 14, 2020. © 2020 Parth MN (New York) - Indian authorities on April 14, 2020 detained two rights ac...

Thae Yong Ho made history becoming the first North Korean defector elected lawmaker in South Korea.

The Polish parliament debated a controversial bill on Wednesday aimed at heavily limiting access to abortion.

The drug has been used to treat a number of diseases in the past half-century but after a French study claimed it was effective against coronavirus it has been hailed by the US president as a cure. But there is scant evi...

A U.S. P-8A reconnaissance plane was soaring above the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday when a Russian SU-35 fighter jet appeared on its tail. For 42 minutes, U.S. Navy officials say, the Russian pilot flew in an “unsafe...

Researchers found that patients at China's Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital tested for high levels of the virus at the onset of symptoms, indicating that they had been contagious for days.

The already tattered US-China relationship appears to be taking a hit as a growing chorus of GOP senators begins calling for and taking action against the communist nation over its involvement in the coronavirus pandemic...

Casino executives in Las Vegas are mulling how to reopen the gambling mecca to the public - with dealers donning masks at blackjack tables among new safety measures being considered, according to a report.

Letter to councils criticises 'ongoing failure' to provide help regardless of immigration status Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Destitute migrants in the UK are continuing to sleep on the s...

On April 8, just before noon, Ivanka Trump tweeted an inspirational message to fellow Jews preparing to celebrate a first night of Passover like no other -- amid the social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines put in p...

A staggering number of people are now out of work in the United States as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Trust is the foundation of any successful relationship -- including the relationship between the government and the governed. And during a pandemic like this one, it's no abstract matter. When people trust their governme...

Discoveries exposed by retreating ice include snowshoe for horses and bronze age ski The retreat of a Norwegian mountain ice patch, which is melting because of climate change, has revealed a lost Viking-era mountain pass...

"This power has never been used."

At least two dozen ethnic Rohingya died aboard a ship that was rescued on Wednesday with nearly 400 starving people aboard after failing to reach Malaysia and drifting for weeks, Bangladesh coast guard officials said on ...

Over 450 federal inmates and 280 Bureau of Prisons staff members have tested positive for the virus

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31,000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a post-virus life that would likely include public face coverings as ...

An anonymous person called the police department in Andover, New Jersey, on Monday to report that a corpse was being stored in a shed outside the largest licensed nursing home in the state. When officers arrived, they di...

President Moon Jae-in's party won a decisive victory in an election held under tight virus controls.