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Fresh lockdowns in Europe are avoidable, including through nearuniversal maskwearing, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Europe office said on Thursday.

When Daniel Alushula began gasping for air after contracting COVID19 last month, all the intensive care beds in his home town hospital were taken and he had to travel around 50 km (30 miles) to secure one.

Turkey will sign a contract within days to buy at least 20 million doses of a COVID19 candidate vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech, the health minister was cited as saying, adding that Ankara was also in talks to buy doses of Pfizer and BioNTech's vacci...

The head of the Church of Greece, Archbishop Ieronymos, has tested positive for COVID19 and is being treated with mild symptoms in a central Athens hospital, Greek media reported on Thursday.

Japanese lawmakers on Thursday declared a climate emergency in a symbolic vote aimed at increasing pressure for action to combat global warming after the government last month committed to a firm timetable for netzero emissions.

Move over, Iowa. Step aside, New Hampshire. Georgia would like a few moments of presidential campaign time.

Storm Iota unleashed devastating floods across Central America on Wednesday in areas already waterlogged, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in a disaster that could spur migration to the United States.

Participating in a panel discussion during a webinar titled 'US and India: Post-Election Perspectives' along with Democratic Senator Mark Warner, Republican Senator John Cornyn said both India and US playing by the rules is the great strength of the relat...

Peru's new President Francisco Sagasti unveiled his cabinet on Wednesday, appointing a constitutional lawyer to be prime minister as the government seeks to tamp down angry protests that have rocked the country's political class.

A glass case in the history museum on the main street through this city celebrates its curious place in American lore. Theres a photo of John F. Kennedy Jr. on the courthouse steps, and Richard Nixon at Terre Haute's little airport. A news reel playing on...

Smoke rising from a coronavirus hospital in Moscow was caused by a loss of pressure in an oxygen tank at a building under construction and no staff or patients had been at risk, the city's health department said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of poor children are missing out on state education in Kenya due to a lack of identification documents, rendering them officially stateless, even though they were born in the country and their communities have been there for generations.

President Donald Trump faces a Wednesday deadline to file for a recount in Wisconsin after Democrat Joe Biden defeated him in the state by more than 20,600 votes based on final canvassed totals.

Oil prices firmed on Wednesday as hopes that producer group OPEC and its allies will delay a planned increase in oil output to offset a bigger than expected build in U.S. crude inventories.

Israel said it launched air strikes against a number of Syrian army and Iranian Quds Force targets in Syria on Wednesday after explosive devices were planted in the Israeliheld Golan Heights.

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as hopes that OPEC and its allies will delay a planned rise in oil output offset demand fears stoked by a biggerthanexpected build in U.S. crude stocks and weaker U.S. retail sales.