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Prosecutors on Thursday disputed claims by lawyers for a British socialite that they are too slowly releasing evidence and improperly withholding the names of women who were abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein while they were children.

Daimler AG, the maker of MercedesBenz cars, says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle U.S. claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion.

U.S. Border Patrol officers late Wednesday used pepper spray on demonstrators as they pushed their way through a crowd to get to two men detained by immigration agents inside a bus that could not move for about 12 hours because of the protesters.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic peace deal on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump helped broker.

The Portuguese capital and its surrounds will remain under tougher anticoronavirus restrictions than the rest of the country until at least the end of August, the government said on Thursday.

Three relatives have been charged in a dog attack that resulted in the death of a Tennessee woman.

Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spains hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards.

The last day of the Pacific War was also supposed to be Fumie Sato's last.

Argentina and Mexico will produce the AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine for most of Latin America, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Wednesday after a meeting with company executives involved in the project.

The U.S. government proposed rule changes on Wednesday that would allow shower heads to boost water pressure, after President Donald Trump repeatedly complained that bathroom fixtures do not work to his liking.

Walt Disney World and the union for its actors and singers reached an agreement on Wednesday that will allow them to return to work, more than a month after they said they were locked out of the reopening of the theme park resort for publicly demanding co...

By bringing U.S. Senator Kamala Harris onto the ticket, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has signaled support for the enforcement of U.S. antipollution laws and for suing companies that pollute, environmental groups said.

The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday that the White House sought a new meeting on stalled coronavirus aid talks but showed no sign of moving away from the positions it held when negotiations broke down last week.

France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, calling on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece.

The Brazilian state of Parana on Wednesday reached a deal with Russia to produce a COVID19 vaccine that Moscow has touted as the first to market, the state's press office said, although details of the agreement were not immediately available.

A Pittsburgh judge who allegedly referred to a Black juror as Aunt Jemima was accused of misconduct in office Wednesday by the state's entity that investigates and prosecutes judicial wrongdoing.