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A leading infectious disease expert in the US has warned that the coming weeks “are going to be the darkest” of the entire coronavirus pandemic. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Resear...

Zara Anne Radcliffe, who has schizophrenia, pleads guilty to May manslaughter of John Rees A woman has admitted killing an elderly man during a series of stabbings at a Co-op store in south Wales. Zara Anne Radcliffe, 30...

Make the most of the season's sweet stuff There are punnets of blackberries and trays of green and purple figs. Late varieties of raspberries and the odd box of damsons. Even now, in the depths of autumn there are still ...

The official results of Bolivia's presidential elections are still to come, but the Socialist candidate Luis Arce is already getting congratulatory messages.

Inside the intricate legal battle to make sure every vote counts in 2020.

A decade-long United Nations embargo that prohibited Iran from purchasing conventional arms like tanks and fighter jets expired on Sunday, as the Trump administration vowed to slap sanctions on any countries that sell we...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, the secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has been placed on a ventilator where he is in critical condition with the coronavirus.

And if he has, what should Biden do with his first term?

Authorities have ordered evacuations in Colorado and Utah as new wildfires blaze across the states. The Range Fire and Fire Canyon Fire have already burned through thousands of acres in less than a day in Utah, with the ...

Checking for apocalyptic updates is compulsive and saddening. Reconnecting with yourself and others may be the cure This year I have learned the secret of time travel. It goes like this: I open my eyes first thing and re...

Exports jumped and local governments engaged in a binge of debt-fueled construction projects. Even consumer spending is finally recovering.

A top Trump administration official met with the Assad regime in Damascus this fall in an effort to secure the release of American prisoners believed to be held by the Syrian dictator, two administration officials confir...

A zoo employee was mauled to death by a group of bears over the weekend in China as visitors watched in horror. The gruesome incident occurred in the “wild beast” exhibit Saturday at Shanghai Wildlife Park, the BBC r...

The nation's top infectious disease expert gives his bluntest interview yet about the rising tensions between him and President Donald Trump's administration.

The Massachusetts coronavirus data, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020.

The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings

A North Carolina man known as a nice, helpful neighbor has been arrested and accused of keeping a girl younger than 12 as a sex slave for five years.

Twitter blocked a post from top White House coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas on Sunday that questioned the use of masks as a means of curbing the spread of the illness.

The U.S. military helped rescue U.A.E. soldiers after a 2017 military helicopter crash, building a reservoir of trust that also helped pave the way to the recent Abraham Accords.

Bolton MP and shadow international development minister, in hospital after condition worsens Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi is being treated for pneumonia in ho...

Five people were injured on the West Side Sunday evening after someone entered a residential building and started firing shots, according to Chicago police.

Labour's historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's Labour prime minister who was returned to power for a second term with a commandi...