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The mother of a baby with Down's syndrome is suing the government for allowing disabled children to be aborted after 24 weeks of pregnancy.

The 1,000 miniature obituaries fill six full columns of the broadsheet and then continue inside, yet account for a fraction of the nearly 100,000 U.S. deaths due to the virus.

First of five tankers loaded with gasoline from Iran reaches Venezuelan waters.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been praised for his leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, but his actions before it is coming under scrutiny. A report by investigative news site ProPublica compares the response...

Brazil is experiencing a surge of coronavirus cases, surpassing Russia with the second-highest number behind the United States.

Nearly 200 political figures denounce China's proposed laws as 'comprehensive assault' on the city's autonomy.

Jeff Sessions and his former boss are continuing their bitter Twitter war of words, with President Trump on Saturday night urging his first attorney general to drop out of the race for his old Alabama Senate seat. "Jeff,...

The federal judge who denied a Justice Department request to immediately drop the prosecution of former Trump advisor Michael Flynn has hired a high-powered DC attorney to defend his decision. US District Judge Emmet Sul...

Obama should give up golf while president to "really focus on the job," Trump scolded.

For years the encyclopedic Wikipedia, written and edited by anybody with an internet connection, was viewed as a "Wild West" site rife in misinformation. Today, Wikipedia is regularly the first place many people check fo...

£160m of rough sleeping services budget brought forward to stop return to streets Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government has vowed to make 3,300 homes available within 12 months to ...

Fifteen-year-old Jyoti Kumari rode a bicycle hundreds of miles with her disabled father riding on the back to escape the constraints of India's coronavirus lockdown

The prime minister's trial is expected to last a year or more, with the first witnesses not expected to testify for months. He has long maintained his innocence.

President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall

Rising unemployment is toxic for the property market and low interest rates may not be enough This weekend marks the start of a truncated summer house buying season, the moment the residential property market comes out o...

This year's festival to mark the end of Ramadan will be bereft of squabbles and dodgy photos, the stuff of family life It's been a weird and bleak final week of Ramadan and I wouldn't wish this uneasy melancholy on anyon...

Armoured vehicles and water cannon have been deployed to tackle protests amid China plans to force through security laws Hong Kong authorities have braced for a mass protest on Sunday, as anger grows over Beijing's extra...

In the fall of 1988, a 13-year-old was raped and murdered in her bed.

Police searching for a teenager who has been missing since VE Day have found her body.

Martin Lee's father brought his family from China to the city for safe haven. Despite new security laws planned by Beijing, he won't give up on his ambition When Martin Lee arrived in Hong Kong from China with his parent...

Illinois legislators late Saturday night overwhelmingly approved a measure aimed at helping bars and restaurants who've been forced to close for dine-in service during the pandemic. The bill would allow establishments to...

He has consistently shared videos of himself on social media.