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South Koreas ambassador to France said his country managed to enforce a quick response to the coronavirus based on its previous experiences of major epidemics, at a French parliament hearing on Wednesday.

AstraZeneca Plc's suspension of its COVID19 vaccine trials after a participant's unexplained illness did not mean the vaccine had been scrapped and showed safety standards were being adhered to, Australia's deputy chief medical officer said on Wednesday.

Outside her home in the Lagos slum of Makoko, Esther Ikechukwu stacks two upturned buckets, places a handbag on top and rests a tablet against it. Her balancing act finished, the desk and the 17yearold are ready for school.

South Korean President Moon Jaein will hold an emergency economic policy meeting on Thursday to discuss new stimulus packages, including a fourth supplementary budget, to lessen the coronavirus outbreak's impact, his office said on Wednesday.

The breakaway territory of Somaliland opened a representative office in Taipei on Wednesday in a rare diplomatic coup for Taiwan that has already drawn Beijings ire.

A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted First Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman after the attack which killed and wounded at least 20 people, including some of his bodyguards.

Fire broke out at Greece's overcrowded migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesbos early on Wednesday, fire brigade officials said.

The remains of dozens of the extinct giants and other prehistoric creatures have been found in Zumpango on the northern edge of the capital, which sits on an ancient lake bed.

The Republican U.S. Senate primary in New Hampshire could hinge on bank accounts, backgrounds and the backing of President Donald Trump.

Helicopters rescued more people from wildfires Tuesday as flames chewed through bonedry California after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people and ended with the state's largest utility turning off power to 172,...

Congress will launch an investigation into sexual assault, disappearances, deaths and the leadership's response at Fort Hood after 28 soldiers stationed at the U.S. Army base in Texas died this year, two subcommittee leaders announced Tuesday.

The video testimony from the two soldiers, which was shared with international prosecutors, is the first time that members of the Myanmarese military have openly confessed to taking part in what UN officials say was a genocidal campaign against the Rohing...

A Bolivian court has blockied ousted former Prsident Evo Morales from seeking a senate seat in the country's October elections, arguing that the exleader, living in Argentina, doesn't meet residency requirements.

When the Iraqi city of Mosul went into lockdown in March, Mohammed Sattar, who lost both his legs when his house was shelled in 2017, found himself unable to see the old friends whose support he and his family relied on.

House Democrats said Tuesday they will investigate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraged employees at his business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed them in the guise of bonuses, a violation of campaign finance laws.

Italy's prime minister said Tuesday his country will support Lebanons economic and social growth, expressing hopes that a new government is formed quickly one that would start the reconstruction process in the wake of last month's Beirut explosion and im...