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Most Americans view the nations economic situation as bleak, but a rising percentage also see signs of stability six weeks before Election Day if not reasons for optimism.

The European Union's executive will make new proposals on Wednesday on collectively managing immigration, an issue that has damaged the unity of its 27 member states in recent years.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that an Australian judge on Hong Kongs top court gave no reason for his resignation, a move that has raised questions about the semiautonomous Chinese territorys reputation for judicial independence.

"We want workplaces where people have to be in the factory or in the shop in order to do their job to remain open in a COVID-secure way," the minister said.

Prosecutors allege that since 2018, Angwang has maintained a relationship with at least two Chinese officials stationed at the consulate in New York.

Hong Kong has no legal basis to demand that any particular rights be extended to 12 Hong Kong people detained in China as they tried to flee by boat and they will have to face the law there, the city's chief executive said on Tuesday.

New Zealand's ruling Labour Party has lost some support since July as the coronavirus resurged in Auckland, but its still set to win the upcoming general election on Oct 17 comfortably, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.

Until this year, West Africa looked to have shed its "coupbelt" moniker, winning plaudits as a model of democratic progress on the continent. But last month's putsch in Mali is fuelling fears among activists that gains of the past decade are unravelling.

British opposition leader Keir Starmer will appeal on Tuesday to former supporters of his Labour Party to return to the fold with the message that it is now under "new leadership" and shares their patriotic values.

President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering five women for his nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court seat left open by the recent death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, adding he will announce his pick on Saturday and he prefers the Senate vote...

A boy under the age of 5 died and two adults were injured when someone opened fire on their vehicle Monday afternoon, Kansas City police said.

Praised for her finely honed legal arguments, the university professor nevertheless has limited experience of actually presiding over a courtroom, having only taken to the bench in 2017.

The Czech Republic registered a record high of 3,130 coronavirus cases last Thursday, almost matching the total for the whole of March, although testing capacity was low at the start of the pandemic.

Authorities said a woman who was armed with a knife and a blow torch was fatally shot by deputies in Georgia after she charged at them with the knife.

Florida prosecutors said Monday that they will not appeal a court ruling throwing out video recordings allegedly showing New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for massage parlor sex acts, making it likely that misdemeanor charges against him and...

A federal judge in South Carolina has struck down a rule requiring mailin absentee ballots to be signed by witnesses for the upcoming November election, citing the severity of the coronavirus pandemic.