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Polands opposition says the country's education ministerdesignate visited his grandmother in the hospital, in breach of rules designed to control the spread of the coronavirus.

North Koreans wearing medical masks have gathered in the capital of Pyongyang, state media reported this week, ahead of what is expected to be a big military parade on Saturday, possibly featuring the country's latest ballistic missiles.

The phase 3 trial by the group, known as the CoVIg Plasma Alliance, aims to enroll 500 adult patients from the United States, Mexico and 16 other countries, according to a statement.

A business that owns a Japanese fishing boat pleaded guilty Thursday in a case involving Indonesian crew members who cut fins from sharks.

Louisiana steeled itself on Thursday for another in a recordbreaking series of violent storms, closing flood control gates as Hurricane Delta took aim at a corner of the state still recovering from the last storm.

The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been invited to take part in talks in Moscow on Friday, the Kremlin cited President Vladimir Putin as saying, adding the invitation follows calls between the three countries' leaders.

A West Virginia woman who conspired to fake her death at the New River Gorge has pleaded guilty to a federal charge, authorities said.

When the virus was raging in New York City, I found solace on the arm of a flowering tree. I embraced a lowhanging branch, rested my head and mourned for my city.

Back in January, a yearlong campaign of U.S. sanctions was taking its toll at Venezuelas staterun oil company. Many of PDVSAs overseas bank accounts had been frozen or closed, hampering its ability to pay vendors on whom it relies to keep the nations crud...

Here's an assignment to humble even the most confident doctor: Assess a patient's condition before millions of people without being able to examine him or see a complete medical chart.

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey have met on the sidelines of a conference in Slovakia and agreed to set a date for the start of a new round of exploratory talks between the two, officials said Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is considering additional local COVID19 restrictions for parts of northern England as the second wave of the novel coronavirus accelerates, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI India has registered 78,524 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the countrys total since the pandemic began to 6.8 million.

Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris squared off on Wednesday evening in Salt Lake City, Utah, ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Here are some of the key quotes from the debate, which was moderated by USA Today journali...

Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibodybased COVID19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc , and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans...

The U.S. vice presidential debate on Wednesday night will pitch Kamala Harris, the first woman of color on a major ticket, against a conservative male vice president and some Americans, especially women, are gearing up to watch the fight.