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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. State Department on Monday advised against travel to neighboring Canada because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases as…

A programme of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth on the throne has been announced. Inventing puddings and planting trees are just some of the things Britons are…

A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke Sunday morning, killing 19 people including nine children in New York City’s…

More than 150,000 people have died in the United Kingdom within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test since the pandemic began. A further 313 deaths were reported in the government’s…

The only criminal charge filed over the sexual harassment allegations that drove former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo from office was dismissed Friday at prosecutors’ request, clearing what had…

The United States (US) unemployment rate fell in December to a healthy 3.9% — a pandemic low — even as employers added a modest 199,000 jobs, evidence that they are struggling to fill…

The United States’ oldest living veteran, Lawrence Brooks, died Wednesday at the age of 112, the World War II Museum in New Orleans announced. The National WWII Museum “will forever cherish the…

An eight-year-old girl has died from her injuries after strong winds blew a bouncy castle off the ground at a Christmas fair in eastern Spain, local authorities said Wednesday. Another eight…

Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, has warned that those who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will face a terrible life in France. Macron says he wants to limit unvaccinated…

Clothing shops in Afghanistan’s western Herat province have begun removing the heads of display mannequins, in line with new directives given by the local office of the Taliban’s ministry for…

New York state’s attorney general is demanding that two of Donald Trump’s adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, testify in her civil probe into the former U.S. president’s…

In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter. Aziz Gul’s husband sold the…

Robert Ford, former United States of America Ambassador to Iraq on Wednesday said the trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants had many violations and was “not perfect.” Ford…

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as people…

Syria says Israel’s plans to double the number of settlers living in Israeli-annexed Golan Heights are “dangerous and unprecedented” and only perpetuate its occupation of the territory. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett…

The United Arab Emirates issued its first civil marriage license for a non-Muslim couple, state media reported Monday, as the Gulf country seeks to keep its edge over regional competitors. The UAE — where foreigners make up 90…

Hong Kong officials seized a huge record-breaking haul of ketamine worth more than £100million on Friday. Officials found 1.3 tonnes of the drug, 48 bags, the amount of which exceeded the total…

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth spoke of the loss of her husband Prince Philip on Saturday, remembering the “mischievous twinkle” in his eyes in an unusually personal Christmas message to the nation. The 95-year-old monarch said that…

The United Kingdom has announced plans to expand the health and care visa scheme for the recruitment of persons interested in offering services as care workers. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by…

The United States will lift restrictions on travellers from Southern African nations, imposed last month amid concerns over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, a Biden administration…

The United Kingdom’s foreign secretary has warned Moscow that any Russian incursion into neighbouring Ukraine would be a costly mistake as tensions continue to rise following a recent troop build-up near the border. “Any…

The United Arab Emirates on Friday  said a new criminal code would come into force in January as part of what it called the most sweeping legal reform in the Gulf state's history.…

United States health regulators have authorised a second antiviral pill against COVID-19, providing another easy-to-use medication to battle the rising tide of Omicron infections. The US Food and Drug Administration…

American author Joan Didion, who was known for her moving essays, memoirs, novels and screenplays, as well as for sharing her grief over the deaths of her husband and daughter, has died at the age of 87. The cause of death…