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A Dutch nurse on Wednesday became the first person in the Netherlands to receive a COVID19 shot as the European Union's last vaccination programme for the new coronavirus began after a late start.

An Israeli military court on Wednesday convicted a Palestinian rights activist of offences in the occupied West Bank, his lawyer said, in a case that Amnesty International described as politically motivated.

Almost as far as the eye can see, trash spreads out over Serbia's Potpecko Lake, lapping against the dam that crosses it.

Democrat Raphael Warnock claimed victory on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate race, while his Republican opponent, Senator Kelly Loeffler, said she would ultimately emerge from the contest as the winner.

In 2015, Asia ranked number one with almost 61 million orphans, followed by Africa which then had 52 million orphans.

Over 50 prodemocratic activists in Hong Kong were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of breaking the city's national security law, local media reported, in the biggest crackdown yet against the democratic opposition under the new law.

The British and Irish Lions could host a test series for the first time as part of plans to rescue the 2021 tour of South Africa that is under threat by the coronavirus pandemic.

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will not attend Presidentelect Joe Bidens inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremonies since Carter was sworn in as the 39th president in 1...

Oil prices rose by around $1 on Tuesday as tension simmered following Iran's seizure of a South Korean vessel and as the OPEC+ group studied a possible production cut in February.

Iran denied on Tuesday it was using a South Korean ship and its crew as hostages, a day after it seized the tanker in the Gulf while pressing a demand for Seoul to release $7 billion in funds frozen under U.S. sanctions.

Joe Biden has an Iran problem. And, its getting more complicated by the day.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19, the illness caused by the virus.

Oil prices slipped from multimonth highs in volatile trade on Monday as U.S. stocks fell near 2% on concerns over the outcome of runoff elections in Georgia.

A skating rink owner in the Polish city of Szczecin believes he has found a way to keep his business open despite coronavirus restrictions operate as a flower shop instead.

Most OPEC+ oilproducing countries oppose plans to increase output from February as winter lockdowns to contain the coronavirus choke demand, four OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Monday.

In his address to parliament, Bisher al-Khasawneh did not say when Jordan would receive the vaccines, but health ministry officials have said they expect the first supplies from the US company to arrive in February.