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TOKYO — Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting a catchphrase used extensively during the coronavirus pandemic that even inspired its...

This article is based on insights from several crusaders who are dedicatedly making efforts to curb all forms of gender-based violence. Alarmingly during pandemic (just like other calamities previously), gender-based vio...

Boris Johnson's former chief adviser Dominic Cummings received a pay rise of at least £40,000 before leaving 10 Downing Street, government documents have revealed.

Federal officials Monday said a suspect turned himself in to authorities after the FBI recently released video images of a gunman who fired a "collapsible rifle" McCormick Place's Metra station earlier this month.

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A man claiming to be a leader of Boko Haram said the terror group was responsible for kidnapping scores of schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, according to a short audio message shared with Nigerian media and r...

A 2-year-old boy was abandoned at a Mississippi Goodwill drop-off location with a bag of clothes and a note on Monday, police said. Officers with the Southaven Police Department found the youngster at about 10 a.m. and t...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday said if the United States returns to the Iran nuclear deal, his country will follow within an hour. The deal was made during the Obama administration in 2015, lifting sanctions ...

Petition calling for New Zealand PM to intervene has hit 120,000 signatures after helicopter pilots were charged over Whakaari disaster New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is facing calls to intervene in the pr...

William Barr, who has served as President Donald Trump's most effective shield and advocate for broad presidential authority, is leaving before Christmas.       

The FDA is poised to authorize Moderna's vaccine. CDC says nursing home residents won't be vaccinated until net week. Latest COVID vaccine news.       

A Japanese man nicknamed the "Twitter Killer" has been sentenced to death for kill and dismembering at least nine, most whom shared suicidal thoughts on social media.

By Thursday morning, snow will end in Washington, D.C. but will continue in Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.

Martin Alder, 96, speaks with the three children - now age 79 to 83 - by video call in 'Christmas miracle' A 96-year-old retired American soldier has been reunited with three children he almost accidentally shot in 1944 ...

The legislation allows Prime Minister Viktor Orban to further consolidate power while eroding civil liberties. It also makes it harder to scrutinize how the government spends public funds.

Experts condemn public health emergency as 'national tragedy and disgrace' Scotland's drug-related death toll has risen to another grim record, as long-delayed figures published on Tuesday revealed a death rate more than...

Mainstream pornography sites are 'changing what is normal', warns child abuse expert Michael Sheath Michael Sheath has been counselling people with what he describes as "deviant sexual interests" for a long time. "I have...

Area expected to be affected stretches from Virginia to Massachusetts, and forecast includes freezing rain and up to 2ft of snow in some places Around 45 million Americans are on standby for deep snow and power outages, ...

Number of journalists imprisoned globally for their work hits new record in 2020 China is the world's leading jailer of journalists for the second year in a row, according to an annual survey by the Committee to Protect ...

A man has been charged with the murder of his baby daughter.

Russian leader, who denies meddling in U.S. election in favor of Mr. Trump and, more recently, hacking U.S. government servers, says he hopes he

Ghislaine Maxwell'a proposal includes armed guards to keep her from fleeing and safe from press and from others she says sent her death threats.