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Mexicos homicide rate remained at historically high levels of 29 killings per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the National Statistics Institute.

Claire Reagan was feeling overwhelmed as her oldest child's first day of kindergarten approached and with a baby on the way. The 5yearold boy has autism, and she worried he would struggle with juggling inperson and virtual learning, and that she wouldn't...

McKinsey said in a report that herd immunity in the US could be reached as soon as the second quarter of 2021 if vaccines are highly effective and launched smoothly or if significant cross-immunity is discovered in the population.

Even as tens of thousands of Americans protest police brutality and demand overhauls of law enforcement, a yawning gulf remains between the public perception of police violence and how it is treated in court.

A wanted fugitive whose brother was convicted of a role in a 50 million pound ($64 million) British mortgage scam has had opulent necklaces, gold, silver and diamondencrusted Rolex watches seized from a safe deposit box.

Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel left around 31 million crowns, about 1.8 billion crowns in today's money according to the Foundation to fund the prizes, which have been awarded since 1901.

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed a decision by Kentucky's governor to call in the National Guard after prosecutors cleared police officers of criminal charges in the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker killed in March.

Donald Trump questioned why a vaccine would need to be delayed and said such a proposal by the FDA would appear to be politically-driven.

Saudi Arabia warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that an "oil spot" had been seen in a shipping transit area 31 miles (50 km) west of a decaying tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the coast of Yemen.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged that protests be peaceful after prosecutors on Wednesday cleared police officers of criminal charges in the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker killed in March in her Louisville, Kentucky,...

Canada's Liberal government on Wednesday promised major new investments and policy initiatives to help the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic, saying "this is not the time for austerity".

Greece said Wednesday that it still expects the European Union to approve sanctions against Turkey despite the two NATO members agreeing to restart talks on maritime boundaries, energy rights and other longstanding disputes.

Miranda July doesnt seem to have fair-weather fans. There are those who are obsessed. And there are those who dont know who she is. There is no in between.

A Russian navy vessel collided with a Swissowned container ship in Danish waters on Wednesday near the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden, Danish defence authorities told Reuters.

Sri Lankan authorities announced Wednesday that they will offer livestreams from the island nation's wildlife parks, in a move to help revive a tourism industry that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.N. labor agency warned Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive drop in income for workers around the world and of rising inequality between rich countries that have injected government cash into their economies and poorer countr...