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A fresh outbreak of infections in Australia's coronavirus hot zone of Victoria appeared to have eased on Wednesday, while the country signed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it intended to roll out free of cost to its citizens.

NEW DELHI India reported 1,092 new fatalities from COVID-19 on Wednesday, its highest single-day total.

Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll says India with its abrupt, monthslong lockdown has been hit especially hard.

CureVac recently received approval from the governments of Germany and Belgium to start clinical trials for one of its vaccines for Covid-19.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, with strong tremors felt in the area though seismology agencies said there was no risk of a tsunami and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

A Black member of the Harlem Globetrotters said two white news anchors threw fruits, including a banana, at him while he was performing basketball tricks on an Alabama news show earlier this year.

A man eyed for years as a possible suspect in the 2002 fatal shooting of hiphop pioneer Jam Master Jay pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday, and remained in federal custody where he is already serving a prison sentence for robbery.

Students at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville could face punishments as stiff as expulsion if they are irresponsible in hosting big parties.

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election, bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trump's reelection chances.

Iran on Tuesday denied reports it paid Taliban fighters to target U.S. forces and allies in Afghanistan.

French Champagne producers decided Tuesday to put unprecedented limits on the quantity of grapes theyll harvest this year in hopes of propping up prices and containing damage from the coronavirus pandemic.

Oman's sultan on Tuesday named foreign and finance ministers for the first time, putting officials in positions long wielded by his late predecessor.

Sweden said on Tuesday it had temporarily withdrawn all its diplomats from North Korea, where its embassy also represents the interests of the United States and several other nations, partly due to issues linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

The researchers noted that transmission via dust opens up whole new areas of investigation, and has profound implications for how we interpret laboratory experiments as well as epidemiological investigations of outbreaks.

Malian soldiers took up arms in the garrison town of Kati on Tuesday and began arresting senior military officers in an apparent mutiny that comes after more than two months of political demonstrations calling for the president's resignation.

Authorities deployed helicopters in western China on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by flooding as heavy rain swelled the Yangtze and other rivers to dangerous levels, state media reported.