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Kathmandu District Court and Lalitpur High Court sentenced Armed Police Force deputy chief Ranjan Koirala to life imprisonment for killing his wife Gita Dhakal more than eight years ago.

The decision stirred outrage among the Thai public over the culture of impunity enjoyed by the kingdom's rich, with the hashtags #BossRedBull and #BoycottRedbull trending on Twitter in both English and Thai over the weekend.

Britain's decision late on Saturday to take Spain off a safe-travel list over a rise in coronavirus cases took effect from midnight, leaving travellers with no time to dodge it, and with major concerns about their returns.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen said all three victims were pronounced dead at the scene..

A group visiting the Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta was apparently attacked by suspected members of an organized crime gang, and one was killed and the others have disappeared and may have been kidnapped, Jalisco state authorities reported Saturday.

Bottom of the first, two out.

Late NBA Commissioner David Stern has been added to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction class.

Matt Crafton won his first race in three years Saturday when the threetime and reigning Trucks Series champion held off Christian Eckes over the final 20 laps to win the second race of a doubleheader at Kansas Speedway.

After what has been called a hasty and erratic reopening of the economy in May, infections shot up with the average number of new cases daily at 2,000. The countrys economy has been battered by virus restrictions and the unemployment rate has skyrocketed...

Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha feast, due to start at the end of the month. This year, Saudi Arabia is to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending haj to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The Federal Protective Service had declared the gathering as "an unlawful assembly" and said that officers had been injured..

The swearing-in ceremony for the Cabinet and other officeholders will take place on Monday at the Istana -- the official residence and office of the President.

China's largest carrier rocket, the Long March 5 Y-4, blasted off with the probe at 12:41 p.m. from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan.

The chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will help design a new Mississippi state flag that does not include the Confederate battle emblem.

For their delayed home opener, the Indians elected to wear their blue road jerseys with Cleveland on the front as a unified statement of solidarity for minorities as the team contemplates a name change.

Some businesses in two western Kansas counties that have yet to report a single positive coronavirus case arent requiring customers to wear face masks but they are asking whether they have traveled outside the county.