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Pelosi and the other senior Democratic leaders, accompanied by members of the Black Congressional Caucus, said their bill aimed to create "meaningful, structura...

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A British statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide scouting movement, will be given 24-hour security until it is removed or until the threat subs...

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It shows an officer pinned down and kicked as a man towers over him with a baseball bat. The suspects, aged 20 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of assaultin...

Syria's al-Assad sacks PM as economic hardship grows

The Syrian regime swiftly announced Khamis was being replaced by Hussein Arnous , who previously served as housing and water resources minister. Mr Arnous,...

Chinese mainland reports 11 new inbound COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

At the presser, Beijing officials described the case as being "alarming", reinforcing the need for continued vigilance. The newly diagnosed patients are one C...

Seven wounded in trio of Brooklyn shootings

The three shootings, which began Monday at 10:40 p.m., were within a 10-minute window, according to police. About a minute later and a little more than two mi...

Donald Trump to restart election rallies on key slavery date

Trump said he'll start in Oklahoma on Friday next week, before heading to Florida, Arizona and North Carolina. Trump has been eager to get back on the road to...

Zoom suspends China activists after Tiananmen Square event

Humanitarian China said the event they held on May 31 was hosted by a paid account and was joined by over 250 people worldwide via video-conferencing platfo...

Confirmed US coronavirus cases surpass 2 million mark

Without drastic action, that death toll could double in a matter of months, Ashish Jha, the head of Harvard's Global Health Institute, told CNN . The numbe...

Arizona hospitals mobilize emergency plans as coronavirus spikes

According to the report, the government misjudged the number of hospital beds now in use and available in Arizona, because the confusion and increase capacity o...

ICC: Sudanese Fugitive in Custody

Ali Kushayb, who had been on the run for 13 years, surrendered to authorities in a remote corner of northern auto near the country's border with Sudan , said a...

Worldwide coronavirus situation continues to worsen, World Health Organization warns

The pandemic has infected more than seven million people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, with more than 400,000 deaths. We encoura...

Mother of missing autistic teen 'desperately' hopes he will be found soon

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The continent's confirmed COVID-19 cases almost 190,000 — Africa CDC

The 54-nation continent has 202,782 cases and 5,516 deaths, AP reports. Over 5,000 deaths have been recorded and 82,000 recoveries. In terms of number of in...

United Kingdom starts 2-week quarantine for intl. arrivals

The government says the new rules, which came into effect on Monday, are necessary to prevent imported cases, now that the peak of the country's outbreak is ove...

Pierre Nkurunziza: Burundi rebel leader turned controversial president

According to a statement of the Burundian government on Twitter, Nkurunziza died of a heart attack at a hospital in Karuzi, eastern Burundi . A statement ...

Coronavirus pandemic: What is community transmission, has it started in India?

The capital, Delhi, which has 31,309 cases, is among the worst affected cities in the country. "They should have been allowed to leave for their home states", J...

Australian PM Morrison: Country won't trade values in response to China’s coercion

Australia's largest universities say China's warning issued to students is disappointing and unjustified. "We are an open-trading nation, mate, but I'm never ...

Fletcher Melvin: Cook Islands ask for travel bubble priority with NZ

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WHO urges world not to drop guard as pandemic still growing

The pandemic has infected more than seven million people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, with more than 400,000 deaths. Tedros Ad...

China warns students against studying in Australia in latest coronavirus escalation

Relations between Australia and China have become strained in the wake of the pandemic as the Australian has proposed an worldwide inquiry into how the COVID-...

Air Force Gen. Charles Brown becomes first African American service chief

Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., has made history. The Senate on Tuesday approved General Charles Brown Jr.as the Air Force's chief of staff, making Brown the fi...

Trump picks Tulsa for return of signature campaign rallies

The president said he would first hold a rally in Oklahoma before moving on to other states like Florida, Arizona and North Carolina, where the Republican nat...

White House Warns John Bolton His Manuscript Contains Classified Information

In response, Bolton's lawyer, Charles Cooper, said he has scrupulously complied with national security requirements and expects his book will be available to th...

Second Libyan oil field restarts, potentially complicating OPEC

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These are the Army bases named for Confederates

The importance given by Trump to keeping bases like Fort Bragg in North Carolina as they are was underlined by the decision of press secretary Kayleigh McEna...

Prince Andrew's attorneys say DOJ seeking publicity with Epstein link

The prince's lawyers said yesterday that Andrew was offering to provide a "witness statement" while U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman made it clear he was seeking...

Pompeo Declined Interview on Saudi Arms Sale, Fired Inspector General Says

In response, Undersecretary for Management Brian Bulatao said in a letter last week to Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.) that Linick's dismis...

Italian woman, 60, prepares stuffed olives while undergoing brain surgery

As the left temporal lobe controls speech, memory and movement of the right part of the body, neurosurgeon Roberto Trignani told Ansa news agency the method "...