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Stockholm scrambled on Wednesday to curb COVID19 infections at its nursing homes, reimposing a ban on visits and piloting rapidresult coronavirus testing of staff.

London police say a car has crashed into a police station in north London, but no injuries have been reported.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the state of emergency in the country by a month to 15 December amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but has eased restrictions amid attempts to resuscitate the economy. Travel from all countries will now be pe...

Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of infections engulfs the country from coast to coast.

Tech led the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq higher and crude prices extended their rally on Wednesday, as hopes of potential COVID19 were tempered by spiking coronavirus infections and the looming threat of new lockdowns.

FIFA said it was right for Greg Clarke to resign as English Football Association chairman over discriminatory comments and should decide whether he will also resign as a vice president of the world governing body.

The US state of Georgia on Wednesday announced a hand recount of votes as President-elect Joe Biden has a narrow lead of over 14,000 over President Donald Trump. With the margin being so close, there is a need to recount, Georgia's secretary of state Bra...

Italy's biggest payments group Nexi has extended its exclusive merger talks with Nordic rival Nets to Nov. 16, it said on Wednesday as it reported strongerthanexpected thirdquarter earnings.

Iran has finished moving a first cascade of advanced centrifuges from an aboveground plant at its main uranium enrichment site to an underground one in a fresh breach of its nuclear deal with big powers, a U.N. atomic watchdog report showed on Wednesday.

Canary Islands hoteliers called for action to tackle a resurgent migrant crisis by the Spanish government and the European Union, saying on Wednesday that they could not allocate more rooms to house people who arrive on rickety boats.

Global oil benchmark Brent rose on Wednesday, briefly touching a more than twomonth high above $45 a barrel, as hopes of an effective COVID19 vaccine boosted demand expectations and an industry report showed U.S. crude inventories fell more than expected.

The victory margin of as many as seven candidates was below 500 votes, while four seats had nominees who won by less than 1,000 votes. Of the 243 seat, barely four constituencies had winners with a victory margin of over 50,000 votes

Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Wednesday as signs of a working COVID19 vaccine raised hopes of a fasterthanexpected economic rebound, with technology stocks bouncing back from steep losses this week.

Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Wednesday said it would be challenging to distribute vaccines that use messenger RNA based technology in developing countries, owing to their cold storage requir...

European Union lawmakers have backed a small trade deal with the United States to remove EU tariffs on U.S. lobsters following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election.

India's central bank bought a net $8.17 billion in the foreign exchange market in September, well above the $5.30 billion it purchased the previous month, a monthly bulletin showed.