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Several workers jumped off the building to escape the devastating fire, it said. Eighteen firefighting units were struggling to douse the fire at the factory building of Hashem Foods Limited.

Seven African penguins have died at The Florida Aquarium , officials announced Thursday.

American rapper Lil Baby was detained in Paris on Thursday for allegedly transporting drugs, according to the city prosecutors office.

Some 78% of people aged 12 years or older in Canada have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. About 44% of people 12 years or older are fully vaccinated.

HAITI-PRESIDENT KILLED-TIMELINE: The following digital embed is an interactive timeline which highlights major events in Haitis recent history. This timeline is current as of July 7, 2021 and will be updated as needed. Source: Associated Press reports

A Pennsylvania man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he assaulted an Associated Press photographer and police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

South Carolina's governor wants a new abortion law to take effect, arguing Wednesday that a judge's decision to put the whole measure and not just the parts being challenged in court on hold during a lawsuit oversteps the bounds of federal judicial powe...

In a statement, the State Department said the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not issued a travel health notice for Bhutan, indicating an unknown level of COVID-19 in the country.

Russia skipped U.N. Security Council negotiations on Tuesday on whether to extend approval for crossborder aid access into Syria, diplomats said, as China pushed for "solutions" to its concerns about unilateral sanctions and aid transparency.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys for George Floyd's family on Tuesday mourned a white Arkansas teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy, as they urged support across racial lines for efforts to reform police practices.

Pakistan on Tuesday vehemently rejected an international media watchdog's report that lists Prime Minister Imran Khan on a list of the world's 37 worst rulers when it comes to press freedom.

New York City elections officials plan to release a potentially decisive update Tuesday on the Democratic mayoral primary, two weeks after polls closed and a week after a tallying flub marred the debut of ranked choice voting in the race for the nation's...

Tropical storm Elsa made landfall near Cuba's Bay of Pigs on its southcentral coast on Monday and started plowing through the island nation, on track to Florida after causing at least three deaths elsewhere in the Caribbean.

Mohammad Suhail Shaheen said that India should not back a foreign-installed government in Kabul that is killing its own people to stay in power.

The United States first home World Cup qualifier, against Canada on Sept. 5, will be at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russialinked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit.