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The laidback stretch of coast known as Louisiana's Cajun Riviera is nothing like its French namesake: Beachgoers are more likely to drink Bud Light than fine wine, and mobile homes and stilted houses take the place of luxury villas.

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a serious flight risk in a case involving espionage over many, many years, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Several large U.S. states are not heeding new federal health officials' calls to reduce COVID19 testing of some exposed to the virus, joining a broad rebuke of the Trump administration by public health leaders.

Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America are asking a federal judge in Delaware to take action to protect survivors of child sexual abuse from being misled or confused by advertisements from law firms about their ability to file claims in the organizations...

Poland will ban flights from 46 countries, including France and Spain, as of Sept 2, according to a draft regulation published on Thursday, as the country grapples with a spike in coronavirus infections.

Costa Rica has adopted a less strict method of counting people infected with the new coronavirus, suddenly adding thousands of new cases to the country's COVID19 totals.

The statement came amidst reports of its CEO Kevin Mayer resigning due to "changes in the political environment". Mayer has resigned in just four months of becoming the chief executive officer of the Chinese video-sharing application.

Malawi will allow airlines and schools to resume operations from Sept. 1, as it seeks to limit the economic and social damage from its coronavirus lockdown, authorities said on Thursday.

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's sudden illness has upended his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin's grip on power at upcoming regional elections. But it also exposes a longerterm issue the leadership vacuum within Russia's opposition.

Climate change protestors will target Britain's parliament and other institutions of power next week when it restarts largescale protests for the first time since the COVID19 outbreak, organisers Extinction Rebellion said on Thursday.

West Africa's leaders have demanded that Mali's ruling military junta put in place an interim government, headed by a civilian or retired military officer, that would last no longer than one year before democratic elections are held to restore the country...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's cabinet chief has been quarantined until he tests negative for the coronavirus, after attending a private event last Saturday where a participant tested positive, Orban's office said.

Some 6,115 new people tested positive for COVID19 in England in the week to August 19, down 8% on the week before and showing the first decrease since the start of July, figures from the government's test and trace operation showed on Thursday.

Russia's Interior Ministry said on Thursday it was launching an investigation into the hospitalization of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny over what his allies suspect was a poisoning.

It intensified rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane as it barreled toward the Louisiana and Texas coasts and was on the verge of becoming a Category 5, the most powerful classification, when it hit land. Forecasters said even stronger winds were possible t...

An indigenous tribe that blocked a key grain export route in the Amazon last week claiming compensation for environmental damage said on Wednesday they failed to reach agreement with Brazil's government and would await a court ruling on the dispute.