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Hong Kong began a voluntary masstesting program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to break the chain of transmission in the city's third outbreak of the disease.

President Donald Trump has pulled most of his advertising from TV over the past week, ceding the airwaves to Democratic rival Joe Biden, who is currently outspending him by more than 10to1, advertising data shows.

Brazilian police said on Monday they arrested more than 400 people in a major nationwide operation that highlights the complex structure and vast reach of the nation's largest drug gang, the PCC.

A white man who fatally shot his sisters Black boyfriend in a confrontation at home was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter on Monday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday the number of deaths due to the coronavirus had risen by 473 to 182,622 and reported 5,972,356 cases, an increase of 37,532 from its previous count.

Several U.S. Midwestern states are experiencing rising numbers of COVID19 cases and positive test results, some linked to colleges reopening and others stemming from an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.

The House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents on disruptions in mail delivery operations that are now central to questions over the agency's ability to handle the onslaught of mailin ballots expected for th...

The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates in the clearest terms why central banks must take a bigger role in fighting climate change even if the issue at first appears unrelated to monetary policy, European Central Bank board member Isabel Schnabel said.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Monday visited a former Marine who is imprisoned for assaulting police officers in Moscow, calling his conviction a mockery of justice.

A federal appeals court won't order the dismissal of the Michael Flynn prosecution, ruling Monday that a judge is entitled to scrutinize the Justice Department's request to dismiss its case against the former Trump administration national security adviser...

Comedian John Oliver upped the stakes in a tongueincheek spat with a Connecticut city, offering to donate $55,000 to charity if officials follow through on a joke to name its sewage treatment plant after him.

The centrist minority government of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban survived a motion of noconfidence in parliament on Monday, ensuring political stability at a time when Romania struggles to curb the coronavius epidemic which has crippled its economy.

A highlevel U.S. Department of Defense official strongly suspected that Colombia's thenPresident lvaro Uribe now under house arrest had a history of dealings with violent paramilitaries, according to a newly declassified memo from his early years in off...

Japan's plan to more than triple its coronavirus testing is unlikely to improve its fight against the outbreak without an overhaul in the test approval process, which has kept daily coronavirustesting well below capacity, experts say.

An Ethiopian diplomat says his country has asked the United States for clarification on a report that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has approved cutting up to $130 million in aid to Ethiopia because of the countrys dispute with Egypt and Sudan over a mas...

The Italian economy shrank by more than previously thought during the second quarter as a result of lockdown restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Monday.