President Donald Trump said Saturday he is considering placing coronavirus-stricken New York state and adjacent areas under “quarantine,” to prevent people there from spreading the virus to other parts of the US.
“There’s a possibility that sometime today we’ll do a quarantine – short-term, two weeks – on New York,...
Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Wagner, a private military company, has been reportely killed in plane crash.
Ten people were on board the private jet that crashed in the north of Moscow, capital of Russia.
The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said seven passengers and three crew were on board the Embraer aircraft,...
Former US vice president Mike Pence launched his presidential campaign Wednesday by framing the Republican nomination as a choice between “reckless” Donald Trump and the Constitution — arguing that his old boss’s bid to overturn the last election should bar him from returning in 2024.
Offering a spirited defense of...
Kemi Badenoch has announced a major policy shift, proposing that immigrants must wait at least 15 years before becoming eligible for British citizenship.
As part of her first major policy move as Conservative Party leader, Badenoch outlined plans to tighten immigration laws by extending the period before migrants can apply...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was still in hospital on Monday suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, although Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government.
“The PM is still at hospital,” a British government source said. “He spent the night in...
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.
The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.
Prime Minister Liz Truss said...
Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Thursday asked international funding bodies for support in drawing up an emergency rescue plan for his protest-wracked country.
Donors including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday rebuffed a plea for financial aid pending the rapid formation of a new government to implement...
Nearly two million Australians rushed to download a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government said Monday, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of social-distancing lockdowns.
Health Minister Greg Hunt hailed take-up since the app was released Sunday evening as...
As more than 1.6 million people contracted the COVID-19 disease globally, the United States has recorded 501,301 cases of the virus and at least 18,758 related deaths, as of Saturday morning, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Earlier on Friday, the U.S. recorded 35,551 new cases and 2,074 deaths....
