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The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Thursday it was unclear whether the corona virus had first originated in China, casting doubt on the views of health experts and foreign governments.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's comments come as Trump prepares to unleash a blistering attack on Biden, who served two terms as vice president under Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Obama Barack.

As it cut a destructive path through Louisiana and surrounding states, Hurricane Laura was also testing an alreadystretched Federal Emergency Management Agency in what is shaping up to be a unprecedentedly disastrous year.

Most of Germany will impose a minimum fine of 50 euros ($59) for breaching maskwearing rules as coronavirus infections rise again, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday after a virtual meeting with the country's state governors.

Peace talks between warring Afghan sides will begin in early September said the country's top peace negotiator on Thursday in Kabul, a crucial diplomatic process needed to end about two decades of war in Afghanistan.

Flood waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum.

French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms Lebanese politicians need to make to unlock foreign aid and rescue the country from multiple crises, including an economic meltdown, according to a document seen by Reuters.

The Russian president on Thursday praised a coronavirus vaccine that Russia approved for use earlier this month as effective and safe, a clear bid to address international skepticism about the shots that have only been studied for two months in a few doz...

Tensions are growing in the northwestern Bosnia after local authorities launched a widespread crackdown on thousands of migrants stranded in the area and set up police roadblocks to prevent more Europebound newcomers from arriving.

The Russian Prosecutor General's office said there was no indication a crime had been committed against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who is in a medicallyinduced coma in a Berlin hospital after what allies say was a poisoning.

The death toll from two days of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 150 on Thursday, with scores more injured as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath the mud and rubble of collapsed houses, officials said.

The World Health Organizations top official in Europe warned Thursday that the coronavirus is a tornado with a long tail and said rising case counts among young people could ultimately spread to more vulnerable older people and cause an uptick in deaths.

Lebanon is in such a deep political and economic crisis that the country risks collapsing altogether, Frances foreign minister said Thursday.

China on Thursday accused Washington of violating international law by imposing sanctions on officials and companies over Beijings military buildup in the disputed South China Sea, but gave no indication of possible retaliation.

The decision by Trump’s campaign to feature the naturalization ceremony angered some senior officials with US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which oversees the naturalization process. Several expressed frustration with what they described as a poli...

Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday as a lifethreatening Category 4 storm.