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Professor Chris Whitty also said that people should approach the end of most restrictions from Monday with caution.

Australia's Victoria reported a steady increase in locally acquired COVID19 cases on Friday, the first day of a fiveday snap lockdown across the state, while infections are expected to surge in neighbouring New South Wales.

Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski had a big cashonhand advantage over Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka, according to fundraising reports released Thursday.

The Biden administration is expected to issue a blanket warning to U.S. firms about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong as China continues to clamp down on political and economic freedoms in the territory.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American troops to stabilize the country was not on the agenda.

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks was hailed as a friend and hero during a memorial service held Thursday for the player who died on the Fourth of July from an errant fireworks mortar blast.

Those looking for definitive answers about Naomi Osaka and how she copes with the demands of her career and fame shouldnt expect to find them in a new Netflix docuseries about the fourtime Grand Slam champion.

The White House said on Thursday it is reviewing whether the United States would be able to help Cubans regain internet access in the wake of Cuban government actions following the biggest antigovernment protests in decades.

A judge on Wednesday rejected a selective prosecution claim by a onetime associate of Rudy Giuliani who faces an October trial with two others on charges that they made illegal campaign contributions.

A New York federal judge on Wednesday nullified the suspension of horse trainer Bob Baffert, finding that the New York Racing Association acted unconstitutionally by failing to let him adequately respond to claims made against him after Kentucky Derby win...

Venezuelan opposition party Popular Will said on Wednesday that security forces detained family members of a Caracas activist, days after the arrest of opposition leader Freddy Guevara fueled concerns about a possible wave of detentions.

Developer and reality TV personality William Hutchinson pleaded not guilty Tuesday to raping an unconscious 16yearold girl at his Southern California vacation home.

Charlie Robinson, the versatile and prolific actor whose many credits ranged from stage productions of Driving Miss Daisy and Fences to such films as Secret Santa and Miss Lettie and Me to his longrunning role as the court clerk Mac Robinson in the sitcom...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned wouldbe migrants from Cuba and Haiti against trying to make an escape by sea from their troubled homelands, saying the voyage was too dangerous and they will not be allowed to enter the United Sta...

President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named Attorney General Andre Mendonca, who is also an evangelical pastor, to fill a vacated seat on Brazil's supreme court, the conservative president's second appointment to the 11member court.

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday that while the region will move to so-called Level 0 of lockdown restrictions, face masks will remain "mandatory" for "continued caut