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US security experts expressed shock over the incident that left 4 dead, and wondered why the Capitol Police were not prepared for this.

Oil prices rose on Thursday as Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter, unilaterally agreed to cut output over the next two months and as U.S. crude stockpiles fell.

An advisory panel approved on Thursday the Japanese government's plan for a onemonth state of emergency, beginning Friday, for Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures in a bid to contain a surge in new coronavirus cases, now running at record levels.

Portugal approved on Wednesday an extension of a state of emergency as the daily number of COVID19 cases in the nation of around 10 million people reached a record high of 10,027, putting increasing pressure on the health system.

Stephen J. Adler, editorinchief of Reuters for the past decade, said he would retire from the world's largest international news provider on April 1.

The University of California's San Diego campus has launched the winter academic term with a unique twist to its coronavirus safety regimen: newly installed vending machines stocked with doityourself COVID19 tests for students.

Ballots are still being counted in the Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and the scope of Presidentelect Joe Biden's agenda. Tuesdays vote offers the first clues about the direction of American politics after the turbulent pre...

Prosecutors on Tuesday cleared a white police officer in the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, an incident that touched off deadly street protests and inflamed racial tensions in the United States.

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two men and wounding a third at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August, pleaded not guilty to all counts in an appearance by video in Kenosha County Circuit Court on Tuesday.

BioNTech, which developed the vaccine with US giant Pfizer, said its clinical data showing 95 percent efficacy was based on a two-dose schedule separated by 21 days.

Norwegian rescue workers gave up hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors from a Dec. 30 landslide that swept away a dozen buildings but vowed to continue the search for three people who are still missing.

The U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, along with dozens of Native American tribes and cultural groups, sued the federal government on Monday to stop the sale of the National Archives building in the city of Seattle.

Oil prices edged down on Tuesday before deadlocked talks between major producers about potential changes in February output are set to continue later in the day while fuel demand concerns lingered amid new COVID19 lockdowns.

The future of Democrat Presidentelect Joe Biden's agenda hinges on two Senate runoff races in Georgia whose outcome might not be known for days after polls close on Tuesday.

OPEC+ oil producers were split on Monday over increasing output from February as some feared a hit from new coronavirus lockdowns while Russia and Kazakhstan said demand recovery justified higher production, five OPEC+ sources said.

Scientists are not fully confident that COVID19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific adviser to the British government.