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COVID19 can't hurt me because I'm young and healthy. I'm so over it. Nobody tells me what to do.

Iraq's foreign minister on Wednesday said his country hopes the U.S. will reconsider its decision to close its diplomatic mission in Baghdad, as a group of ambassadors expressed their willingness to help Iraq tackle security challenges.

Winds close to hurricane strength swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Wednesday morning, toppling trees, downing power lines and leaving tens of thousands of residents without power.

The workings of a Kentucky grand jury that brought no charges against police in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor are set to be opened, upending a long tradition of keeping those proceedings secret.

Britain's parliamentary Speaker reprimanded Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Wednesday for disregarding the House of Commons with its COVID19 measures, calling on ministers to better include lawmakers in their decisions.

A Kansas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for decapitating her exboyfriend's mother with a pair of kitchen knives.

Spanish authorities said Wednesday that they have confiscated 35 that was being smuggled aboard luxury yachts in what they call the countrys largest bust at sea involving the drug.

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled over Trump's record on the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and the economy in a chaotic and badtempered first debate.

Routine blackouts and shaky internet service have made remote learning in the Gaza Strip a challenge for students during the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.N. nuclear watchdog has inspected the second of two suspected former secret atomic sites in Iran, as agreed with Tehran last month in a deal that ended a standoff over access, the agency said on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decadesold conflict since the mid1990s, and France and Turkey traded recriminations as international tensions mounted.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended her government's record during the coronavirus pandemic, telling lawmakers that the country had fared well compared to many of its peers.

One new discovery was confirmed in the Maerkisch-Oderland district in Brandenburg outside of the area close to the Polish border where the first cases were found.

European antimoney laundering evaluators began a periodic visit to the Vatican on Wednesday amid a mounting financial scandal in the tiny city state that has cost a halfdozen people their jobs, including one of the Holy Sees post powerful cardinals.

Drownings in Lake Michigan have reached record levels with at least 53 people dead so far this year, according to a water safety advocacy group.

President Donald Trump reportedly must pay back more than $300 million in loans over the next four years, raising the possibility his lenders could face an unprecedented situation should he win a second term and not be able to raise the money: foreclosing...