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The president of the Czech Republic's senate on Monday told an economic forum in Taiwan that freedom and democracy are the basis of prosperity, while the two sides signed agreements on hightech manufacturing and environmental management despite strong cri...

Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is set to be designated prime minister on Monday ahead of a visit to Beirut by the French president who will press for longdelayed reforms to steer the Middle East nation out of its deep crisis.

NEW DELHI India has registered 78,512 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, maintaining an upward surge.

The company will also stop paying employees who have not been called to work a "sustenance allowance" - believed to be SGD300 per month - and it urged this group of staff to take on a second job to earn an income.

U.S. President Donald Trump's intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security, while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned t...

Mexicos Navy said Sunday it has named the first woman to command a coast guard cutter, the largest command yet for a female in the Mexican service.

Suspected militants attacked Pakistani troops amid a search operation in a former Taliban and alQaida stronghold in the northwest near the Afghan border, triggering a shootout that killed three soldiers, the army said Sunday.

A statue of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John Macdonald was toppled in downtown Montreal by protesters marching in support of defunding police, government officials said.

After voters expanded Medicaid in conservative states like Missouri and Oklahoma, health care advocates are renewing a push for expansion in Mississippi and other Southern states where Republican leaders have long been opposed.

During its search for a new postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors was presented with 53 candidates screened by an outside company. Not on the list: Louis DeJoy, who ultimately got the job.

Senior German officials on Sunday condemned attempts by farright protesters and others to storm the parliament building following a protest against the countrys pandemic restrictions.

Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there's a push to make telemedicine widely available in the future.

Afghanistan's president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which will have final say on whether the government will sign a peace deal with the Taliban after what are expected to be protracted and uncertain negotiations with the insurgent...

Several thousand women marched in the capital of Belarus on Saturday waving flags, flowers and balloons in the latest in a series of antigovernment protests that have gripped the country since a disputed presidential election this month.

Belarus has revoked the accreditations of some journalists working for foreign media and covering antigovernment protests that erupted after a disputed presidential election, news organisations and a journalist association said on Saturday.

Tears streamed down Brooke Morelands face as she watched tens of thousands gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to decry systemic racism and demand racial justice in the wake of several police killings of Black Americans.