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The first U.S. presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden likely attracted a much smaller audience that the record set four years ago, according to preliminary ratings data cited by The Hollywood Reporter.

Florida Democrats are building a substantial lead in mailin ballot requests for Novembers presidential election even as their registration advantage shrinks, but questions remain about whether that will be a boon for Joe Biden as he tries to wrest the nat...

Californians are being asked decide if Uber, Lyft and other appbased drivers should remain independent contractors or be eligible for the benefits that come with being company employees.

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga can be handed over to a United Nations tribunal in Tanzania, France's top civil court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting his lawyers' arguments that he should face justice in France.

Scientists say genes that some people have inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors may increase the likelihood of suffering severe forms of COVID19.

A Japanese court on Wednesday found the government and the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant negligent for failing to take measures to prevent the 2011 nuclear disaster, ordering them to pay some 1 billion yen ($9.5 million) in damages to th...

Armenia posted pictures on an online government platform on Wednesday of the wreckage of a plane it said was a SU25 warplane shot down by a Turkish fighter jet on Sept 29.

U.S. Marshals in Georgia have arrested a Georgetown University football player accused of killing a man in Washington, D.C.

A Congolese activist and four others are going on trial Wednesday on theft charges for trying to remove a 19thcentury African funeral pole from a Paris museum, as part of campaign of protests against colonialera plundering.

Russia has clinched a deal with Egypt to supply it with 25 million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, as Moscow seeks to take a leading global role in fighting the pandemic.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold a news conference on COVID19 on Wednesday as he grapples with a swiftly spreading second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak and growing anger in his own party over restrictions imposed on citizens.

Israel's parliament on Wednesday passed a law that would allow the government to curtail public protests during the country's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, a measure that drew fierce opposition a day earlier.

A wealthy benefactor of Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of a selfimprovement group in upstate New York convicted of turning women into sex slaves branded with his initials, is facing sentencing in the federal conspiracy case.

Healthcare, always a top concern for U.S. voters, has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs.

Nine people charged with misdemeanor trespassing after a racial injustice protest in a private St. Louis neighborhood in June will not be prosecuted, city officials said Tuesday.

Borat is back. Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed a sequel to his 2016 film Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan that Amazon plans to release before the election.