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Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a $10 million housing loan program that could benefit hundreds of home buyers in the Florida Panhandle, which was devastated two years ago by Hurricane Michael.

As Belarus experiences spasms of mass protests and a brutal police crackdown, its giant neighbor Russia has been uncharacteristically low key in its response.

A retired Chinese professor who called President Xi Jinping a "mafia boss" and the ruling Communist Party a "political zombie" has been disciplined, according to her former employer, the latest such critic to face punishment in recent months.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made an unannounced visit to Tripoli on Monday, saying that the world must not be deceived by the deceptive calm in Libya at the moment and find a way to end the conflict.

Germany's president on Monday urged the military in Belarus not to use violence as Belarusians protest against what demonstrators say was the fraudulent reelection a week ago of the country's longtime president.

Thailand's economy contracted at a 12.2% annual rate in the AprilJune quarter, its sharpest downturn since the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he had "serious concerns" over the tactics used in the arrest of a 25yearold protester on Saturday, after the detention led a crowd of demonstrators showing up at the mayor's home on Sunday.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city, Auckland.

Shipyard workers who have maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic will have the final say on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works.

Zimbabwe is embroiled in an economic and political crisis marked by human rights abuses, said the country's Roman Catholic bishops, who were then criticized by the government as evil and trying to promote genocide.

Thousands of Thai protesters chanting "down with dictatorship" and "the country belongs to the people" joined an antigovernment demonstration in Bangkok on Sunday that was one of the biggest since a 2014 coup.

South Korea accused a conservative pastor on Sunday of violating selfisolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's worst outbreak in over five months.

Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has begun as the two countries open diplomatic ties.

The prime minister has proactively sought the views of the leaders of every political party represented in parliament this afternoon about the election date.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand Health authorities reported 13 new cases of the coronavirus in New Zealand on Sunday, including 12 linked to an outbreak in the city of Auckland and one returning traveler who was already in quarantine.

Robert Trump, the younger brother of U.S. President Donald Trump and a business executive who avoided the spotlight, died on Saturday night, a day after the president visited him in a New York hospital.