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Illicit drugs are increasingly available in the European Union, where there is now an abundant supply, the blocs drug monitoring agency said in a report published Tuesday.

British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer accused the government on Tuesday of having lost control of the coronavirus crisis, saying "there should be nothing inevitable about a second lockdown".

Inside a fastfilling coronavirus ward in a Tel Aviv hospital, doctors rush to treat criticalcare patients amid a surge in new cases that has forced Israel into a second nationwide lockdown.

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Prosecutors allege that since 2018, Angwang has maintained a relationship with at least two Chinese officials stationed at the consulate in New York.

New Zealand's ruling Labour Party has lost some support since July as the coronavirus resurged in Auckland, but its still set to win the upcoming general election on Oct 17 comfortably, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.

The weekly number of new COVID19 cases in the United States rose last week for the first time after falling for eight straight weeks, an increase that health experts attributed to schools reopening and parties over the Labor Day holiday.

Taiwans President Tsai Ingwen visited a military base on one of Taiwans outlying islands Tuesday in a display of resolve following a recent show of force by rival China.

Louisville, Kentucky, police have canceled vacations in preparation for an announcement by state Attorney General Daniel Cameron about whether he will charge officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic, the court said Monday.

A woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin, which was addressed to the White House, has been arrested at the New YorkCanada border and is also suspected of sending similar poisoned envelopes to law enforcement agencies in Texas,...

A total of 156 countries have joined the global COVAX scheme intended to ensure fair distribution of supplies of future vaccines against COVID19, an alliance led by the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

European Union foreign ministers failed to overcome a diplomatic standoff over Belarus on Monday despite an appeal by the country's main opposition leader to approve sanctions on officials accused of rigging the election last month.

A panel set up by Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd said on Monday it had submitted a report to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detailing health and safety protocols, hoping to set sail again after a lo...

The COVID epidemic in Britain is doubling roughly every seven days and if it continues to do so there would be about 50,000 new cases per day by the middle of October, the government's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance said on Monday.

China's air force has released a video showing nuclearcapable H6 bombers carrying out a simulated attack on what appears to be Andersen Air Force Base on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam, as regional tensions rise.