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London will move into England's highest tier of COVID19 restrictions, the government said on Monday, citing an exponential rise in infection rates as one of the world's richest cities struggles to contain the disease.

Saudi Arabia said on Monday that a fuel transport ship anchored at a Jeddah terminal was attacked by an explosiveladen boat, after shipping firm Hafnia said that one of its oil tankers, the BW Rhine, had been hit by an unidentified "external source".

Drugmaker AstraZeneca has removed children from a midtolate stage trial of its COVID19 vaccine in Britain, clinical trial registers in the United States showed on Monday.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Kansas that sought to revive a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. A federal appeals court had declared the law unconstitutional.

Dutchman Bert van Marwijk is to return as head coach of the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf state's football association said on Monday, a year after he was sacked from the job.

According to scientists, including those from the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain, these aerosols act like a "launch vehicle" for bacteria, and may pose risk of disease transmission across continents.

Some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will be offered coronavirus vaccines as soon as this week, while its public distribution is limited to frontline health workers and people in nu...

A gunman opened fire during an outdoor choir performance on the steps of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City's Upper West Side on Sunday, and was himself shot and wounded by police, according to police and a Reuters photographer a...

Two Greek men on the island of Rhodes have been arrested on suspicion of spying against Greece, police said late on Saturday.

Tractor trailers loaded with suitcasesized containers of COVID19 vaccine will leave Pfizer Inc's manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday morning launching the largest and most complex vaccine distribution project in the United States, wh...

The first push will vaccinate about three million people. Federal health authorities have recommended that health care workers and nursing home residents be at the front of the line, but the decisions will be left to states.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday brought an abrupt end to a longshot lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a crushing setback in his quest to undo his election loss to P...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday brought an abrupt end to a longshot lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a crushing setback in his quest to undo his election loss to P...

Leading Lebanese parties lambasted charges brought against the prime minister and three former ministers over the Beirut port explosion on Friday, highlighting the political minefield facing the investigation.

Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control, ministers said on Friday, as Europe's largest economy reported a record number of daily infections and deaths.

The theme for International Mountain Day 2020 is mountain biodiversity. This theme highlights the need to address the threats mountain biodiversity face.