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The British government said it would have large stockpiles in place to provide a continuous flow of protective items, such as masks, to health workers tackling the COVID19 pandemic, after criticism earlier in the year that supplies were too low.

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will be honored next month by MacDowell, which is presenting its inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to her media company and arts collective ARRAY.

French President Emmanuel Macron assailed Hezbollah and the entire Lebanese political class Sunday, and warned of a new civil war if they cant set aside personal and religious interests to unlock international aid and save Lebanon from economic collapse.

Hundreds of supporters of the rightwing Proud Boys group rallied in Portland, Oregon on Saturday in a largely peaceful event but police and leftwing protesters later clashed in the city's downtown.

Voters in Switzerland cast ballots Sunday on a nationalist party's proposal to limit the number of European Union citizens allowed to live and work in their country.

Mexican authorities have issued dozens of arrest warrants for police and soldiers whom they believe may have participated in the 2014 disappearance of 43 Mexican college students, head of the investigation said on Saturday.

Four U.S. states in the Midwest reported record oneday increases in COVID19 cases on Saturday as infections rise nationally for a second week in a row, according to a Reuters analysis.

Iran and Iraq on Saturday pledged to improve border cooperation and boost trade between the two neighbours that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Authorities say a singlecar crash on an interstate in Ohio claimed the lives of two university students from Sierra Leone and injured two others.

Thousands gathered Saturday at London's Trafalgar Square to protest lockdowns and social distancing rules imposed to slow the spread of COVID19.

According to the study, published in the journal ACS Nano, facing a shortage of the masks early this year, researchers considered a number of ways to disinfect them for reuse, including ultraviolet light, hydrogen peroxide vapours, autoclaves and chemical...

Seven people were in custody Saturday after a stabbing outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, including the suspected assailant, authorities said.

French women enjoy a reputation for their instinctive knack for spoton chic attire. But now they may well be confused.

The city council unanimously passed a bill this week to promote healthier eating, by prohibiting products with over 5 grams of added sugar or 250mg of sodium from checkout aisles.

After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt woozy following the second dose of a COVID19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China.

Morrison made the strongly worded appeal at the United Nations as the United States, a historic ally of Australia, resists global efforts to collaborate on a vaccine.