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A bankruptcy and corporate law professor will be the new chairman of a federal control board that oversees Puerto Ricos finances, officials announced Tuesday.

Greek police officials said Tuesday they are planning to deploy about 2,000 officers around Athens as the leadership of the extreme right group Golden Dawn faces a landmark criminal trial verdict.

The Democratic presidential candidate leads the Republican incumbent by 57 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, according to the nationwide CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Florida is investigating why its voter registration system crashed just before the deadline for the upcoming presidential election, saying unexpectedly heavy traffic that can't be immediately explained pored in during the closing hours.

European countries are facing shortages of COVID19 drug remdesivir because limited supplies are running out, officials said, with cases surging and the United States having bought up most of drugmaker Gilead's output.

KERBALA, Iraq - Iraqi protesters clashed with security forces outside a holy Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the southern city of Kerbala on Tuesday causing injuries to several people, a Reuters reporter said.

Turkey's top diplomat traveled to Baku on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Azerbaijan in its decadesold conflict with Armenia over the separatist territory of NagornoKarabakh.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, under fire over his handling of the COVID19 pandemic, vowed on Tuesday to transform Britain rather than settle for the "status quo" by building more new homes, improving education and boosting the green economy.

A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to smuggling salamanders and turtles in and out of the U.S. in violation of federal law and international agreements has avoided prison time, authorities say.

Thailands new army chief on Tuesday made the traditional pledge to defend the country, the Buddhist religion, the monarchy and the people, but seemed to take a softer line than his predecessor toward dissenting political voices.

The nations top federal prosecutors have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white men overwhelmingly in charge at a time of national demonstrations over racial inequality and the fairness of the cri...

The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday for talks that Germany hopes will strengthen nascent ties between the two nations and bolster broader Middle East peace efforts.

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The West Wing is a ghost town. Staff members are scared of exposure. And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one but two COVID patients, including a president who has long taken the threat of the virus lightly.

Mexico on Monday reported a sharp increase in the daily number of coronavirus infections and deaths, breaking previous records due to what the government said was a change in methodology.