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Two dozen people in Hong Kong, including prodemocracy activist Joshua Wong, have been charged with participating in an illegal assembly at a vigil on June 4 commemorating the crackdown on protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen square in 1989.

White House health experts are warning of a slow rise in the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus in U.S. cities such as Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Washington and urged local leaders to remain vigilant to avoid a surge.

Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested on Thursday in connection with corruption allegations over a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project, state news agency Bernama reported.

Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen endured a fivehour surgery and remained in a serious but stable condition on Thursday after a controversial crash with Dylan Groenewegen near the finish line of the Tour of Poland.

A Russian court on Thursday convicted several members of a youth group on extremism charges widely seen by critics as fabricated.

German authorities did not follow correct procedures when they extradited a German man from Italy for a rape charge whom investigators also suspect of murdering British toddler Madeleine McCann, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday.

Tuesday's explosion obliterated part of the port and caused damage over a wide radius in the heart of the city, prompting fears the final death toll could yet rise significantly.

When Hong Kong's largely peaceful prodemocracy protests turned violent last summer, it drove a wedge through every section of society, dividing friends, families and also worshippers at its more than 1,500 churches.

The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered President Jair Bolsonaros administration Wednesday to adopt measures to shield Indigenous peoples from the new coronavirus, in a vote that came hours after a prominent Indigenous leader died from COVID19.

Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto homered to back Zack Wheeler and lead the visiting Phillies to an 117 victory over the Yankees, snapping New Yorks sevengame winning streak in the opener of a seveninning doubleheader in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

About 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles with fourcylinder engines in the U.S. may spew too much pollution, and the company is working with government officials on a recall.

The Arizona Cardinals have added depth to their roster by signing safety Kentrell Brice and receiver Andre Patton.

A Russian Su27 fighter jet was scrambled to chase away two U.S. reconnaissance planes that approached the Russian border over the Black Sea on Wednesday, news agencies cited Russia's defence ministry as saying.

Studies of patients with severe cases of COVID-19 show the immune system lacks its usual coordinated response.

Japanese drugstores were stripped bare of gargling solution by Wednesday, a day after the governor of the western prefecture of Osaka suggested it could help fight coronavirus, triggering panicked buying reminiscent of the early days of mask shortages.

Tropical Storm Isaias killed at least four people on Tuesday as it made its way up the U.S. Atlantic Coast, including two deaths at a North Carolina trailer park that was struck by a tornado spun off by hurricaneforce winds.