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United Airlines said Thursday that it will furlough up to 2,850 pilots this fall unless the federal government provides more relief to help airlines cover their labor costs during a pandemicfueled downturn in travel.

Several large U.S. states including Texas 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.

Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state on Thursday were investigating what they called a racist robocall that falsely warns residents in majorityBlack Detroit who vote by mail that they could be subject to arrest and debt collection.

Dead dolphins that washed up in Mauritius near the site of an oil spill have so far been found to have wounds on their bodies but no trace of oil, preliminary autopsy results released on Thursday said.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has hired a new independent consultant to take a fresh look into its executive compensation after President Donald Trump earlier this month blasted the CEO as being ridiculously overpaid," the federal utility's board chairma...

United Airlines said on Thursday it will need to cut 2,850 pilot jobs this year if the government does not extend an aid package to help airlines cover employee payroll for another six months while they weather the coronavirus pandemic.

A Germanflagged charity boat says it has been waiting for several days for port permission so it can disembark 201 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean.

France recorded a daily tally of 6,111 new confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest level since lockdown ended and the secondhighest ever.

Renewed clashes between forces loyal to Yemens internationally recognized government and their rivals, the Iranbacked Houthi rebels, left five fighters dead in the strategic port city of Hodeida, an official said.

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has been briefed on the situation, as have the authorities of the countries that were most affected by the data irregularities.

Major rivers and streams are in spate due to incessant rains over the past three days in the Jammu region.

A businessman suspected of masterminding the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has told police that the exchief of staff of the former prime minister wanted her dead, a court heard on Thursday.

Electric moped sharing company Revel on Thursday said it was returning to the streets of New York City with a new safety protocol, a month after it voluntarily suspended operations in the city following a string of deadly crashes.

South African police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the alleged killing of a 16yearold boy by local policemen in Eldorado Park, an area of Soweto near Johannesburg.

Gold slumped over 2% in volatile trading on Thursday as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields rose after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shifted the central bank's inflation target in a widely expected move.

Walmart Inc is partnering with Microsoft Corp in the software maker's bid for Bytedanceowned TikTok, the world's largest retailer said on Thursday.