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Kenyan doctors working in government hospitals began a countrywide strike on Monday over inadequate insurance benefits and lack of protective equipment while treating COVID19 patients, their union said.

Medical staffing is stretched increasingly thin as California hospitals scramble to find beds for patients amid an explosion of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the state's emergency care system.

As COVID19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to be vigilant and limit celebrations to your immediate household.

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales recorded 30 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday as an outbreak in Sydney's northern beaches suburbs continues to grow.

U.S. President Donald Trump in his first comments about a widespread data breach across the U.S. government downplayed the seriousness and impact of the cyber espionage campaign, and questioned whether Russia was to blame.

The former governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco was shot dead early on Friday in a restaurant bathroom in the beach town of Puerto Vallarta, one of the most high profile political killings since Mexico embarked on its "War on Drugs" in 2006.

Mexican officials said Friday they expect even more migrants to come back to Mexico from the United States, both as a result of deportations and voluntary returns.

BP said it has completed its sale of assets and ownership interests in Alaska to Hilcorp, in a $5.6 billion deal first announced in 2019.

Foxconn Technology Group is willing to accept a reduction in state tax credits in exchange for a flexible business environment in Wisconsin, the company told state officials as both sides move closer to reaching a new deal.

Heavy snow brought traffic chaos to much of northwest Japan on Friday, with hundreds of vehicles stuck on blocked highways.

United States challenger American Magic had its first loss but stayed atop the leaderboard after the second day of racing Friday in the Americas Cup World Series off Auckland.

Ireland, which has the second lowest COVID19 infection rate in Western Europe, is set for a "serious increase" in cases following the relaxation of restrictions, its health minister said on Thursday, as officials called for new curbs.

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began a decade ago.

After his British team struggled with technical problems in a warmup competition for the America's Cup, fourtime Olympic sailing champion Ben Ainslee blamed a system supplied by defending champion Team New Zealand for the mishaps.

Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador inaugurated a monument Thursday to the memory of nine U.S.Mexican dual citizens ambushed and slain on Nov. 4, 2019 by suspected drug gang assassins.

Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa has tested negative for the coronavirus but will stay in selfisolation, his office said on Thursday, a day after he met French President Emmanuel Macron, who is infected.