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Its as if the world has been turned upside-down, or at least its weather. You can blame the increasingly familiar polar vortex, which has brought a taste of the Arctic to places where winter often requires no more than a jacket.

For more than 100 years, Tampa has held a celebration of pirate lore known as Gasparilla. Avast, mateys, it's not to be this time.

The new U.S. administration said Tuesday a top priority in Iraq is to help the country assert its sovereignty in the face of enemies by preventing a resurgence of the extremist Islamic State group and addressing destabilizing activities of Iran and Irania...

Malaysia will get its first batch of COVID19 vaccines produced by U.S. and German drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech on Feb. 21, and kick off its inoculation drive five days after that, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday.

South Korea's military said on Tuesday it had captured a North Korean individual who crossed the heavily fortified border between the two countries in a rare potential defection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Asian shares advanced to record highs on Monday as successful coronavirus vaccine rollouts globally raise hopes of a rapid economic recovery amid new fiscal aid from Washington, while oil prices rose on heightened tensions in the Middle East.

Thailand reported 143 new coronavirus infections on Monday and in quarantine detected its first case of the highly contagious COVID19 variant first found in South Africa, its coronavirus taskforce said.

Britains INEOS Team UK is hoping for a momentum shift in its Americas Cup challenger series final against Italys Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli as a coronavirus lockdown in host city Auckland has led to a longer than expected break in racing.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday marked the 13th anniversary of an official government apology to the country's indigenous population for their historic mistreatment.

Separatist parties were on track on Sunday to jointly win enough seats to strengthen their majority in Catalonia's regional parliament, according to preliminary results with over 80% of the votes counted.

New Zealand Prime Minsiter Jacinda Ardern on Sunday announced a threeday lockdown in the country's biggest city Auckland, after three new local COVID19 cases were reported.

New Zealand on Sunday reported three new locally acquired COVID19 cases, the country's first since late January, when a returned traveller tested positive after leaving quarantine.

Seven Republicans voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump in his Senate trial, easily the largest number of lawmakers to ever vote to find a president of their own party guilty at impeachment proceedings.

At least 60 people were injured as hundreds of fuel vehicles exploded in a massive blaze that tore through a customs post in Afghanistan close to the Iranian border, disrupting power supplies and causing millions of dollars of damage.

Seventyone percent of American adults, including nearly half of all Republicans, believe former President Donald Trump was at least partially responsible for starting the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Ipsos poll conducted for...

A strong earthquake hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, injuring dozens of people and triggering widespread power outages, but there appeared to be no major damage and no tsunami warning was issued.