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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government needs to impose further COVID19 restrictions and the risk of spreading the virus is higher in pubs, restaurants and nightclubs, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said on Monday.

The city of Liverpool may go into the strictest "third tier" of new anticoronavirus restrictions to be announced imminently by the British government, Sky News said on Sunday, adding that the measures could last six months.

President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was ready to return to the campaign trail despite unanswered questions about his health on the eve of a Florida rally meant to kick off the stretch run before Election Day.

A fire broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro on Sunday afternoon and authorities were trying to contain it, Tanzania's National Parks service (TANAPA) said.

Police in Sao Paulo mounted a hunt Sunday for the purported leader of one of Brazils biggest criminal organizations who went on the run after being freed from prison the previous day on a judges order that was revoked a few hours later.

Terry McBrayer, a political power broker in Kentucky as a lawmaker and a Democratic Party leader whose influence reached beyond the state, has died. He was 83.

Lithuania held the first round of a parliamentary election on Sunday, seen as a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank said Sunday it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial Group in a deal valued at $14.8 billion, creating what would become the kingdom's largest bank.

In a Facebook post, the minister requested all those who came in his contact to be on alert. Last Monday, while testing for corona, the report came negative. At that time, I also participated in some programmes outside Kathmandu. I felt a little fever aft...

ABBAs Bjrn Ulvaeus grew up in at a time when his education was valued more than his sisters, and he wants it to be different for girls around the world.

Lithuanians will be encouraged to bring their own pens to minimize infection risk at Sunday's parliamentary election seen as a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis' handling of the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus cases in Colombia topped 900,000 on Saturday, as deaths from COVID19 closed in on 27,700, the Ministry of Health said.

The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year's 500year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Weary residents of coastal Louisiana began cleaning up on Saturday from wind and water damage inflicted by Hurricane Delta to their already stormbattered region, even as it weakened and moved northeast.

Australian navy divers have removed an unexploded 45kilogram (100pound) bomb on a reef off the southeastern coast and a ship towed it to deeper waters because it posed a significant risk to the public.

Pope Francis on Saturday issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk.