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Eminent group adds pens of Andrea Levy and Jean Rhys to its collection as it sets out to champion writers of colour The late Andrea Levy, author of the award-winning Windrush novel Small Island, is to become the first wr...

RNLI highlights dangers of jumping into river after apparent online video stunt Police and rescue workers have warned against jumping from Tower Bridge into the River Thames after a man understood to be making a film had...

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars," mourned the death of David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the trailblazing sci-fi saga.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could be the second vaccine to receive the Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorization.

Americans are heading back from Thanksgiving celebrations despite warnings from health experts urging Americans to stay home. Lilia Luciano reports.

Draft EU plan calls for US cooperation on tech, COVID-19, deforestation and challenges posed by China, report says.

The body of a 28-year-old woman was found in the trunk of a car after it crashed during a police chase in Texas, authorities said. Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety discovered the remains of Briana Teir...

Ten parties charged under health and safety laws and three charged as directors or individuals over Whakaari explosion which killed 22 New Zealand's workplace safety watchdog has charged 13 parties as part of its investi...

Kim Jong Un appears to have kicked North Korea's pandemic prevention plan into overdrive, further tightening the country's nearly impassible borders, cutting off nearly all trade with China and even allegedly executing a...

World Health Organization says disruptions to treatment could lead to tens of thousands additional deaths.

Cubans are waiting to see if the incoming Biden administration will mark a new thaw in relations following an icy four years. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

In the beginning of the pandemic, nurses from Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, flew to New Orleans, where they helped nurses at Tulane Medical Center on the frontlines of COVID-19. Months later, nurses f...

In a Sunday interview on "Face the Nation," the White House coronavirus task force coordinator urged anyone who gathered for the holiday to get tested within the next few days.

Renaming of part of Havelock Road, believed to be named after a military figure, welcomed as a move towards diversity.

The number of Americans hospitalized from coronavirus infections hit yet another all-time high Sunday — with 93,238 patients currently admitted, data shows. It was the second time COVID-19 hospitalizations broke a reco...

Somali gov't accuses Kenya of interfering in electoral process in one of Somalia's five semi-autonomous states.

A couple in Australia have been charged with manslaughter after a 3-year-old girl died in a scorching car while they were watching the Netflix show "Shameless," according to a report. Laura Black, 37, and her new beau Aa...

A man has pleaded guilty over the killing of a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run outside a school in Essex.

Michigan Rep. Paul Mitchell called on the president to give it up for the "sake of our Nation."

Abiy Ahmed also told Parliament army would not destroy Tigrayan capital Mekelle after capturing it recently.

''Name one example of an American innovation." Umm ... "Real Housewives"? Skyscrapers? This test?

The move would hinder access that chipmaker SMIC and oil firm CNOOC have to US investors, worsening tensions with China.