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The French government is expected to unveil tighter coronavirus restrictions for Paris on Wednesday following a cabinet meeting, BFM TV and Le Parisien newspaper said.

India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier.

I did the best I could, President Donald Trump said.

Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. Bill Clinton savored building a personal connection with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And Ronald Reagan offered a personal touch in making his case for Anthony Kennedy af...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the announcement of his nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will likely be made at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on Saturday.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden led President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among likely voters in Michigan, while the two were even in North Carolina, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls released on Tuesday.

A video released by New Jerseys attorney generals office Tuesday shows a police officer abruptly shooting a Black man in the doorway of an Asbury Park home after trying to convince him over the course of a long standoff to drop a knife.

President Donald Trump was interrupted twice during an Ohio rally this week by signwaving supporters chanting, Fill that seat!

Bob Woodward says he hadn't planned on releasing audio tapes of his interviews with President Donald Trump for his book Rage until CNN reporter Jamie Gangel and the author's wife convinced him.

A Moroccan journalist and human rights activist held by authorities for weeks on charges of undermining state security, receiving foreign funding and rape, appeared before an investigating judge in Casablanca on Tuesday.

Italian lawmakers cheered a crushing referendum victory that will cut their numbers safe in the knowledge that their parliamentary life will probably be extended by the reform.

There were some whispers among the Republican caucus that Bob Cupp should be the person to lead the Ohio House. It was 2018. The federal investigation into the previous House speaker had left the dais empty for months and the chamber at a standstill.

A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus, Lithuania's defence minister said on Tuesday.

Police and gendarmes in Cameroon used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters calling for an end to President Paul Biya's near 40year rule in the commercial hub of Douala on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses said.

Republican Senator Mitt Romney said on Tuesday he would support holding a Senate confirmation vote for President Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, giving Trump a crucial boost in his bid to install a conservative replacement for the late liberal Justice...

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