Chicago is a little quiet during this year's Independence Day holiday as the local government has cancelled the fireworks displays at Navy Pier and most of the

There is no public activity and access to the annual Houston Fourth of July celebration Saturday night as COVID-19 continues its rapid spread in the U.S. state

Asian and black Americans have been more likely than other groups to report negative experiences due to their race or ethnicity since the COVID-19 outbreak in

Britain on Sunday saw a nationwide round of clapping to pay tribute to the National Health Service (NHS) staff on the 72nd anniversary of its founding.

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A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may rein

A fleet of brand new Chinese buses will be used starting on July 5 for bus routes in two Cypriot cities, the capital Nicosia and its sister city Larnaca, a bus

Greece has drafted a bill banning the use of a range of single-use plastics, from takeaway coffee cups to cotton buds, ahead of an EU deadline in 2021, the gove

In white coats and face masks, dozens of chemists have been confined in their labs while working at Eva Pharma drugmaker in Egypt's Giza Province near the capi

Namibia is rolling out an affordable housing project, aiming to construct 600 houses in informal settlements in the capital Windhoek, Minister of Urban and Rur

Two days of protests have left at least 81 people dead in Ethiopia, a police chief said Wednesday, after the murder of a popular singer from the country's large

Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has plunged to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed on Wednesday, as the coronav

Russians overwhelmingly approved a package of constitutional changes in a nationwide vote, partial results showed Wednesday, allowing President Vladimir Putin t

Belgium entered Phase 4 of de-confinement measures on July 1, as announced by Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes on June 24.

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Malaysia reported no new COVID-19 local transmissions on Wednesday. More sectors are reopened, including spas and massage centers, cinemas, theatres, indoor liv

Bua used to earn up to 40,000 baht ($1,300) a month as a sex worker in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Mai when the coronavirus forced entertainment venu

US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to slash US military presence in Germany by 9,500 troops, the Defense Department said Tuesday.

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The USMCA trade agreement has been hailed as the start of a new era in North American commerce. Unfortunately, it officially launches in the middle of a pandemi

US Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday he will not hold presidential campaign rallies during the coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented declaration that stands in

The European Union (EU) has excluded the US from its initial "safe list" of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday.

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The Indian government's sudden decision to ban 59 apps from China, including the widely used TikTok and WeChat, has caught millions of users across India by sur

The governor of the southern US state of Mississippi signed a bill Tuesday removing the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protes

U.S. Federal Reserve officials last month discussed the risks of additional waves of COVID-19 outbreaks on the U.S. economy as states continued reopening effor

Official tallies of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States underestimated the full increase in deaths associated with the pandemic in many states, accordi

When Livia Pinheiro got out of prison, she had been held for more than a decade - first by the state of California, then by the federal government and finally b

Peru reported on Wednesday 288,477 COVID-19 infections after testing detected 3,264 new cases in the previous 24 hours, and the death toll rose to 9,860, said