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Puerto Ricos governor on Tuesday added new demands to conflicting proposals for rescuing the U.S. territory's botched primary election, suing to insist on an election redo at all polling centers that opened late not just those where a lack of ballots kep...

Venezuelans are steadily losing access to cheap basic services from water to cooking gas that have helped them survive economic crisis, forcing many to find creative solutions and adding pressure during the coronavirus quarantine.

New Zealand announced on Tuesday it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of COVID19 were discovered in the city, the first evidence of domestic transmission after being coronavirusfree for 102 days.

Despite hundreds of published studies on Covid-19 symptoms, just how common any given symptom is depends on the patient group studied. Patients in hospitals typically have more severe symptoms. Older patients are more likely to have cognitive problems. Yo...

Singapore on Tuesday reported 61 new COVID19 cases, its lowest daily count in more than four months.

When her regular clinic ran out of her governmentfunded HIV medications amid South Africas COVID19 lockdown, Sibongile Zulu panicked. A local pharmacy had the drugs for $48, but she didnt have the money after being laid off from her office job in the shut...

According to the researchers, including those from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, high quantities of the virus particles, or viral load, can be detected in the oral cavity and throat of some COVID-19 patients.

Israel on Tuesday closed one of its main border crossings with the Gaza Strip after Palestinians launched incendiary balloons that set fire to areas on the Israeli frontier.

More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of Indias holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is weighing delivering his speech accepting the Republican nomination later this month either at the White House or at the site of the Civil War battleground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

The Scripture quite literally came to life for several Catholic churches in North Carolina as a rare earthquake rattled portions of the state over the weekend.

The U.N. Security Council is preparing to vote this week on a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran, a move that some diplomats say is bound to fail and put the fate of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers further at risk.

Student leaders in Thailand delivered an unprecedented challenge to the countrys constitutional monarchy on Monday, strongly criticizing the king and demanding changes to lessen what they believe is its antidemocratic nature.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday insisted in court papers that a grand jury subpoena for his tax returns was overbroad and issued in bad faith.

The partnership between Richard Branson's Virgin Group and the private Florida passenger train service Brightline has ended with a whimper, less than two years after it was celebrated with Branson's typical pizzazz.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday signed a decree to release a final batch of "hardcore" Taliban prisoners demanded by the militants, sources told Reuters, paving the way for longawaited peace talks to begin in Qatar.