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The interim warden appointed to run the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died was put in the position after serving as the executioner for at least five federal executions at the end of the Trump administration.

The family of an Australian adviser to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi detained after a military coup overthrew her government called for his release on Monday, saying he had done nothing wrong.

Britain and the European Union said on Monday they were requesting that a special session of the U.N. Human Rights Council be held to address the crisis in Myanmar, where the military seized power a week ago.

Pope Francis, in his annual "state of the world" address to diplomats, on Monday urged Myanmar's military coup leaders to free political prisoners and return to the path of democracy.

South Africa halted Monday's planned rollout of AstraZeneca's COVID19 vaccinations after data showed it gave minimal protection against mild infection from one variant, stoking fears of a much longer catandmouse battle with the pathogen.

Migrants living in Britain will be eligible to receive COVID19 vaccines regardless of whether they have the legal right to live and work in the country, the government said on Monday, adding that getting the shot would not trigger immigration checks.

Pope Francis on Monday urged Myanmar's military leaders to free political prisoners and resume the country's "brusquely interrupted" path to democracy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pleaded not guilty on Monday to corruption charges at the resumption of his trial, six weeks before voters again head to the polls to pass judgment on his leadership.

There is no evidence that the Astrazeneca vaccine does not prevent death or serious illness, and South Africa has only imposed a temporary halt on using the vaccine, a British junior health minister said on Monday.

President Joe Biden says China is in for extreme competition from the U.S. under his administration, but that the new relationship he wants to forge need not be one of conflict.

The United Nations special envoy on Yemen is visiting Iran for the first time to discuss Yemen's crisis, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday, days after Washington announced an end to its support for Saudiled military operations in Yemen.

Asked whether he would halt sanctions to convince Iran to return to the bargaining table, Biden offered a clear reply in a CBS interview aired Sunday: "No."

Snowed blanketed northern Germany on Sunday, prompting rail operator Deutsche Bahn to suspend connections to the Netherlands and some longdistance domestic services as the national weather centre warned of "extremely heavy drifting snow".

The Saudiled military coalition engaged in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed an armed drone on Sunday launched by the Iranaligned Houthi movement towards southern Saudi Arabia.

Thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday to protest against the military junta's coup and detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week.

A Chicago police officer faces attempted murder and other charges in an offduty shooting in which he allegedly confronted a couple while intoxicated.