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Stocks rebounded on Wall Street Wednesday, briefly inching the S&P 500 above its all-time closing high set before the coronavirus pandemic led to a historic market plunge.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be "an enormous price to pay" if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan.

German prosecutors appealed on television on Wednesday for help in tracking down Jan Marsalek, a former boss of collapsed payments company Wirecard, and issued a wanted notice for a manager they suspect of embezzling billions of euros.

Scientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring crops vital to human sustenance as they have for millennia.

A former Maryland hospital worker has been charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious patient.

After the baby was administered a polio vaccine at the health centre in Sonamura village on Tuesday, his mother asked the ASHA worker to give drinking water.

The lieutenant governor further urged sarpanchs, panchs and other elected members of the union territory to adopt precautionary measures for their own safety.

Officials in a small city in rural Georgia have voted to remove a rare, 18th century pavilion where slaves were once sold, though the decision must still clear legal hurdles, the city administrator said Wednesday.

According to an order by the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare on Monday, high-end drugs and PPE (personal protection equipment) kits excluded from the package prices have to be charged at MRP only.

Dipika Parmar (25), who was attached to Hansot police station, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room on Tuesday night.

Vaping may be associated with a five to seven times increased risk of COVID19 among U.S. teenagers and young adults, a study published on Tuesday suggests.

Hamari Bahu Silk actress Chahat Pandey has confirmed that she was offered Bigg Boss 14 but she turned it down as she is not ready to participate in the reality show.

One of two Wisconsin girls who repeatedly stabbed a classmate because she believed a fictional horror character named Slender Man would attack her family if she didnt kill the girl lost an appeal Wednesday.

The minister of state for AYUSH and defence said he opted for self-isolation as he is asymptomatic and added his vitals are within normal limits.

The United States and United Kingdom are leading a rush to strike deals with drugmakers to reserve supplies of experimental coronavirus vaccines, as the race to develop a safe and effective vaccine reaches the final stages of testing. There are currently...

Jordan will close its land trade border crossing with Syria for a week after a spike in COVID19 cases coming from its northern neighbour, officials said on Wednesday.