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The National Health Service said everyone aged 18 and over is being urged to arrange a jab if they have not had one as it begins sending around 1.5 million texts to people aged 18-20.

Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly will likely get to keep a new lawyer in his federal sextrafficking case despite questions about the attorneys texts and other communications with one of Kellys exgirlfriends.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' financial tracking service showed that North Korea paid the contribution on May 24 to the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund.

Protests that erupted more a week against police abuse in Sejoumi neighbourhood of Tunisia's capital spread other poor neighborhoods late on Wednesday.

A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a former University of Tennessee researcher charged with hiding his relationship with a Chinese university while receiving research grants from the federal government.

German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday that interim data from latestage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID19.

California is giving away more goodies to people who get coronavirus vaccinations and plans to make it easier to show who has been inoculated as health officials and businesses encourage people to get their shots so they can fully partake in the state's n...

U.S. President Joe Biden did not secure a commitment from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday to renew a U.N. crossborder aid operation into Syria, a senior administration official said ahead of an expected showdown over the issue at the...

Rudolph Giuliani and his lawyers will get to designate which materials seized from him will be reviewed by a courtappointed expert reviewer to determine what should never be seen by federal prosecutors.

His remarks came at a news conference after he and Biden met in Geneva for a high-stakes summit

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his first major batch of foreign ambassador nominations to signal a desire to strengthen U.S. relationships to deal with challenges in the Middle East, Central America and with Russia.

Peruvian socialist candidate Pedro Castillo held a narrow lead with 50.125% of the vote ahead of conservative rival Keiko Fujimori on 49.875% with all ballots finally counted on Tuesday after the knifeedge June 6 runoff election.

A New York judge on Tuesday approved disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's extradition to California, where he faces additional sexual assault charges, ending a legal fight prolonged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the defense's concerns about Weinstein's fa...

A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.

French power group EDF has begun examination of a potential issue linked to a buildup of inert gases at its nuclear power station in China, though the company and its Chinese partner said the plant was operating safely.