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Judges hearing the case against four defendants in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on Wednesday rejected a defence request for more time to investigate alternative scenarios into the crash in eastern Ukraine.

French Industry Minister Agnes PannierRunacher said on Wednesday that Swedenbased pharmaceutical company Recipharm has signed a letter of intent with U.S. firm Moderna to produce some of its COVID19 vaccine candidate in France.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday he was in favor of the opening of shops every Sunday until Christmas.

President-elect Biden and I have long known that when we were elected, we would inherit a series of unprecedented challenges upon walking into the White House, Harris, 56, told reporters on Tuesday at the transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware wh...

The World Health Organization estimates that about one in every three women in the world has suffered physical or sexual violence. These are very often committed by an intimate partner.

Dozens of nations began pledging billions of dollars in aid for Afghanistan at a conference in Geneva on Tuesday, hoping that peace negotiations recently begun between the government and the Taliban will end nearly two decades of war.

At least 14 people were killed in central Afghanistan when two blasts ripped through the city of Bamiyan, home to many members of the mainly Shiite Hazara ethnic minority, officials said.

The Spanish government is to propose a "different" Christmas and New Year under coronavirus restrictions with just six people at parties, although it hopes the "soul and spirit" of the festive season will still shine, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesda...

Paolo Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2012 for stealing documents which revealed fraud scandals and intrigue at the heart of the Catholic church.

Thai police have summoned seven leaders of antigovernment protests to face charges of lesemajeste over comments made at demonstrations that demanded reforms to the monarchy, a police source said on Wednesday.

Germany's 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people over Christmas and New Year, offering some relaxation of coronavirus restrictions to let families and friends celebrate together, a draft proposal showed on Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign on Monday told a federal appeals court it would seek to halt the "effect" of Pennsylvania's likely certification of the Nov. 3 election results, after a lower court paved the way to certify Presidentelect Joe Biden a...

Britain is on track to make COVID19 vaccines widely available by next spring after the shot developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca was up to 90% effective in trials, the head of the university's Jenner Institute told Reuters on Monday.

Wisconsin's partial presidential recount entered its fourth day Monday, with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump's attorneys appeared to be focused on a legal challenge seeking to toss tens of thousands of ballots, including the one...

Dozens of oil and gas companies on Monday committed to report more accurately on and, ultimately, reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane which is liable to leak from oilfields and pipelines.

Coronavirus is changing the face of endofyear children's festivities in the Netherlands, with driveins being used to give kids a socially distanced meeting with St. Nicholas (Sinterklaas) and his helpers.