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The European Union will send observers to regional elections in Venezuela scheduled for Nov. 21, on the invitation of the country's National Electoral Council, the bloc's foreign policy chief said in a statement on Wednesday.

Italys vaccination campaign is a key factor behind its economic recovery from the pandemic, Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday after signing a document that forecast a higherthanexpected 6% growth this year.

The first meeting of council took place on Wednesday, co-chaired by UK Business Minister Paul Scully and hospitality entrepreneur Karen Jones.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership vote seems set to be a showdown between popular vaccine minister Taro Kono and consensus builder Fumio Kishida

Among the passengers evacuated from Kabul were 59 children under the age of 18 and 16 under age 3, according to the groups.

Chinas U.N. ambassador expressed hope Tuesday that President Joe Biden will translate his statement that the United States has no intention of starting a new Cold War with China into actions, saying he should avoid a confrontational approach and provocati...

A defense attorney for a former nurse accused of killing four patients at an East Texas hospital in 2017 told jurors Tuesday that his client was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, while a prosecutor called him a serial killer who found the perfe...

A riot in a penitentiary in coastal city of Guayaquil killed 24 and injured 48 more Tuesday, Ecuadorian officials said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash that happened just before noon Tuesday in northern Wisconsin.

Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID19 vaccine in children but the shots may not be available until November.

The family of slain traveler Gabby Petito on Tuesday implored the public and news media to put the same energy into helping find other missing people as they did Petito, a 22yearold woman who vanished on a crosscountry trip with her boyfriend.

The owner of four hydroelectric dams on the Kennebec River sued two Maine agencies on Monday alleging they improperly cooperated on fish passage regulations that impact the future of the dams and fish populations.

A judge on Monday struck down Republicanpassed Arizona laws that block schools from requiring masks and restrict the power of local governments to impose COVID19 requirements, the latest turn in a nationwide legal battle over pandemic rules.

North Korea fired an unidentified projectile towards the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, less than two weeks after it tested a new railwayborne missile system, South Korea's military said, without giving any more details.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati will meet with the advisory firm Lazard soon to see how a financial recovery plan it drafted for Lebanon could be developed into a "more realistic" vision for getting the country out of its crisis, he said on Monday.

President Joe Biden said Monday that he intends to nominate Dr. John N. Nkengasong to coordinate the U.S. response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide.