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Work to distribute the experimental COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE is gearing up after the companies announced successful interim data earlier on Monday, but it will not be coming to local pharmacies for the general public any t...

Police carried off abortion rights protesters blocking a street in Poland's capital Monday, the 19th straight day of nationwide antigovernment protests that were triggered by the tightening of the predominantly Roman Catholic nations abortion law.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced Monday that he has tested positive for coronavirus infection and will be working in selfisolation while being treated.

Azerbaijan declared on Monday it had seized dozens more settlements in NagornoKarabakh, a day after proclaiming victory in the battle for the enclave's strategically positioned secondlargest city.

Students outside a high school in Compiegne, north of the French capital Paris, clashed with police on Monday in protests over health risks posed by schools being open during the novel coronavirus crisis, police and the town's mayor said.

From his wheelchair in Benghazi, Rami Obaidi has some advice for the delegates starting talks in Tunis on Monday over Libya's political future, including national elections and a new transitional authority.

The shock departure of Turkey's top two economic policymakers at the weekend sets the stage for an interest rate hike and other moves to halt a record slide in the lira, analysts said, even as political questions hang over the leadership overhaul.

Looters have been targeting state warehouses across Nigeria stocked with COVID19 relief supplies which they say should already have gone to the poor and hungry.

In a statement after speaking to President-elect Joe Biden over phone, Bush said he extended his warm congratulations to Biden and thanked him for the patriotic message in his national address after being declared the election winner.

US President elect Joe Biden’s advisers met with companies that have Covid-19 vaccines or therapies in late-stage clinical trials in September and October.

The country reported a record 131,420 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and has reported over 100,000 infections four times in the past seven days, according to a Reuters tally.

Georgian police fired water cannon against hundreds of protesters who gathered outside the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Sunday to support an opposition call for a rerun of Oct. 31 parliamentary elections which they say were rigged.

Tens of thousands of people remained without power for a sixth day in northern Brazil on Sunday, prompting growing nervousness.

President Donald Trump will be handing Biden a difficult cleanup act in America’s relations with many countries. But it may not take much for Biden to improve the mood.

The move comes following Trump's assertion in a statement from his campaign -- after major US media outlets projected that President-elect Biden will become the 46th president of the United States -- that Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner and...

Thai protesters called on King Maha Vajiralongkorn to reach out for dialogue on Sunday as they gathered for the latest demonstration in months of protests, while counterprotesters chanted royalist slogans nearby.