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Cambodia has started reopening schools and museums as it relaxes a sixweek lockdown following a coronavirus outbreak late last year, marking a contrast with some neighbouring countries that are facing new restrictions due to rising COVID19 cases.

Their candidate may have lost the election, but President Donald Trumps supporters have no intention of fading away. After spending weeks amplifying Trumps unfounded claims that the November election was rigged against him, many of his loyal fans are eage...

Mainland China reported 33 new COVID19 cases on Jan. 3, up from 24 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Monday.

A gunman killed a pastor at an East Texas church on Sunday and wounded at least one other person before fleeing the scene and being arrested by police in a nearby county, authorities said.

Following the release of the recording, Democrats and a few Republicans heaped scorn on the outgoing president, who fired off a tweetstorm of unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the November 3 election.

Oil prices edged lower on Monday, the first day of 2021 trading, ahead of a meeting of OPEC and allied producers to discuss output levels for February with fears for firsthalf demand seeping into the market as the coronavirus pandemic lingers.

Julia Taubitz of Germany got her fifth win of the womens World Cup luge season on Sunday, closing the gap between her and series leader Natalie Geisenberger in the overall womens standings to four points.

World number one badminton player Kento Momota has tested positive for COVID19, prompting the withdrawal of all Japan's players from this month's tournaments in Thailand, the Badminton World Federation said on Sunday.

Swiss regulators have allowed contract manufacturer Lonza Group to start producing Moderna's COVID19 vaccine at a plant in Switzerland, the SonntagsZeitung newspaper reported.

Cases of COVID-19 in Britain are at record levels and increasing, fuelled by a new and more transmissible variant of the virus.

Russia, which began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in early December, has the world's fourth higher number of COVID-19 cases and is putting high hopes on several vaccines it plans to produce.

South Korea will expand a ban on private gatherings larger than four people to include the whole country, and extend unprecedented social distancing rules in Seoul and neighbouring areas until Jan. 17, the health minister said on Saturday.

Two months after losing the US presidential election to Joe Biden, the 74-year-old Trump is still refusing to admit his defeat.

About 4,000 additional positive tests for COVID19 in the last two to three days have yet to be formally confirmed in Ireland, meaning the situation is worse than recent record daily figures suggest, a senior health official said on Thursday.

The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that would reduce U.S. firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said Thursday.

Sudan said on Thursday its forces had taken control of all of Sudanese territory in a border area settled by Ethiopian farmers, after weeks of clashes.