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Health authorities on Tuesday are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccinederived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries.

But the UN chief said that in the first five months of 2020, because of the pandemic, international tourist arrivals decreased by more than half and earnings plummeted.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley may have fired up speculation about a 2024 presidential bid on Monday, delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention that praised President Donald Trump while touting her own accomplishments and life story.

More drylightning hit Northern California on Monday after sparking over 625 wildfires the past week but firefighters got some relief as temperatures eased off record highs.

President Donald Trump said on Monday his administration would provide an additional $1 billion to a program that provides food to American families dealing with the economic hardship from the coronavirus pandemic.

The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have departed western South Dakota, but public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in bars, tattoo sh...

New Yorks Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements.

Supporters of the former head of Afghanistan's soccer federation, who is accused of sexually assaulting and harassing several players on the women's national team, prevented Afghan special forces from arresting him, officials said Monday.

The shooting by police in Wisconsin of a Black man sparked strong words of condemnation from the state's Democratic governor, who said he stood by those who demand justice. Republicans and the police union countered Monday that the governor went too far,...

A Montreal man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he led an organization that smuggled people into the U.S. from Canada along the Vermont and New York borders, court records show.

When he ran for attorney general of Kentucky, Daniel Cameron never expected to one day hear from Oprah Winfrey, Beyonc and LeBron James. But now that the Republican has their attention, he says he remains committed to doing the responsible thing" in the i...

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, made at least two more arrests and used pepper spray on demonstrators protesting the night before the Republican National Convention was set to begin and President Donald Trump was expected to land in the city.

Austria is expelling a Russian diplomat for breaching the Vienna Convention governing diplomats' privileges and immunities, an Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday in what a tabloid newspaper reported as an economic espionage case.

French authorities will in coming days reciprocate Britain's decision to impose a 14day quarantine on all arrivals from France, the junior minister for European affairs said on Monday.

Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland and Western Australia states reported a combined 121 new cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise since July 5.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday said he wanted to do everything to maintain his health and do his utmost at his job, making brief remarks following his return from a second hospital visit that has stoked concern about his health.