A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same category that includes …
Medical experts, including the World Health Organization, warned against any overreaction before the variant that originated in southern Africa was better understood. As with …
Pope Francis, 84, joked on Friday "I'm still alive" when asked by French President Emmanuel Macron how things were going at the start of hour-long private talks in the Vatican.…
The evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan didn’t end with the departure of the last U.S. troops on Aug. 30, but it did slow to a trickle. The U.S. airlif…
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia Friday that any attempt to invade Ukraine would have costs, as concern mounts about a Russian military buildup near its fo…
Terry and Roger Hugo, both retirees in their 70s, couldn't wait to see their grandchildren come over to visit South Africa from Britain for the first time, after cancelling las…
Federal health regulators say an experimental COVID-19 pill from Merck is effective against the virus, but they will seek input from outside experts on risks of birth defects a…
A new variant identified in South Africa prompted a travel ban by the UK and a scramble from athletes competing in the country.
It's unclear where the new variant actually arose, but it was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has also been seen in travelers to Belgium, Botswana, Hong Kong a…
Last week a 12-person jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges related to his shooting and killing two people and injuring a third during a Black Lives Ma
French President Emmanuel Macron told Britain on Friday it needed to "get serious" or remain locked out of discussions over how to curb the flow of migrants escaping war and po…
European and Asian countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa.
At least 10 other Republicans are making the kinds of moves presidential aspirants make in the hope that the former president decides against a run.
A group representing African American firefighters said members were "sickened and disgusted by this horrific display of unprofessionalism."
Airports are busy again, and air travel is inching closer to pre-pandemic levels.
"I've been crying tears of joys," said Anthony Broadwater, decades after he was convicted in the sexual assault of Alice Sebold, who became a bestselling writer.
Ethiopia’s government on Thursday warned the United States against “spreading false information” as fighting in the country’s yearlong war draws closer to the capital, Addis Ab…
A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine Thursday left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian officials said. Hours after a methan…
The video of Ahmaud Arbery's shotgun death was a shocking piece of evidence that suddenly brought the Black man's killing into the national consciousness. The citizen's arrest…
'When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,' Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin said.
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