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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had "NOTHING to do" with any potential prosecution of PresidentElect Joe Biden's son, Hunter.

Mainland China reported seven new COVID19 cases on Dec. 16, down from 12 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Thursday.

An Australian state's decision to lockdown more than 3,000 people in public housing towers to contain a second COVID19 outbreak was not based on direct health advice and violated human rights, Victoria's state Ombudsman said in a report.

Sixteen years on, the United States is preparing to execute her, and experts are still studying the case so they can understand what prompts such a crime -- and how to prevent it in future.

A winter storm marched up the U.S. East Coast on Wednesday, delivering a disruptive blow to transportation systems and a welcome day off for some school kids, but not for many who have been learning remotely during the pandemic.

U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenyaborn militant with terrorismrelated offenses, including conspiring to hijack aircraft for a 9/11style attack on an American target on behalf of the Somalibased alShabaab militant group.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that people should plan only for a "merry little Christmas" and exercise extreme caution but he refused to outlaw festive family gatherings as COVID19 cases soared across swathes of Britain.

The State Department said Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID19 and was quarantining.

Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, adding he would get the first shot to reassure people on safety.

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it signed an agreement with El Salvador's government to send asylumseekers who reach U.S. borders to the Central American nation with an opportunity to seek protection there instead. The agreement is modeled on a...

Siyar Guldiken, still short of breath from his own battle with the coronavirus, was not able to grieve after his grandmother and uncle died of the related disease, as one of the world's worst second waves of the pandemic slammed Turkey.

The opposition alliance held its final anti-government rally in Lahore on Sunday despite a ban on the gathering of more than 300 people owing to an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country.

The article, published on Saturday, has been panned for its attack on Biden, who earned her doctorate in 2007 and plans to keep teaching during her husband President-elect Joe Biden's time in office.

Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trumps staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the presidents baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into presidentelect Joe Bidens son.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said London had seen a "sharp rise" in daily cases and hospital admissions, and there was public health concern about the new strain of the coronavirus.

The threat was Trump's first since the defence bill cleared the Senate on Friday, following earlier passage by the House. Both chambers approved the measure by margins large enough to override a veto, which would be a first for Trump and would come not lo...