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Israel's attorney general announced Thursday he was not launching a criminal investigation into a murky company share deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cousin that netted the Israeli leader an exorbitant return on investments.

Israels parliament on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of formally ratifying the countrys historic agreement normalizing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates.

One of two Rocky Mountain wildfires fanned by strong winds has become the largest in Colorado history.

Some of the notes the Roraima Senator had concealed were reportedly stained with faecas. Revista Crusoé, a Spanish magazine that first reported the story said it was a "scene of considerable embarrassment".

A Black man whose life sentence for stealing a set of hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisianas Supreme Court was granted parole Thursday.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen was forced to leave an EU summit Thursday shortly after it opened because one of her close staffers tested positive for COVID19.

Queen Elizabeth carried out her first major engagement since a coronavirus lockdown in March, visiting the Porton Down military research facility on Thursday which was involved in dealing with a 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack.

Dr. Hans Kluge cited epidemiological models that suggested if 95% of people wear masks and other social distancing measures are applied, Europe could avoid about 281,000 deaths by February.

China says it tracked a U.S. Navy warship as it passed through the Taiwan Strait and has its forces in the area on high alert, as tensions between the world's two largest economies and rivals for regional influence continue to simmer.

President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town hall meetings instead of meeting facetoface for their second debate as originally planned.

A woman suspected of killing a pregnant woman and removing the baby from the victim's womb was moved Wednesday from a jail in Idabel, Oklahoma, to one in Texarkana, Texas.

Another leader of Thai antigovernment protests was arrested on Thursday after she vowed to push ahead with a demonstration in defiance of an emergency decree banning meetings of more than four people, video on social media showed.

Thai authorities arrested two leaders of antigovernment protests, Arnon Nampa and Panupong Jadnok, early on Thursday, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights group said.

Cheese producers reacted angrily Wednesday to the Mexican governments decision to halt the distribution of some products of major manufacturers for a host of alleged labelling violations.

Patients with COVID-19 occupy a third of intensive care units nationwide. France reported about 180 positive cases per 100,000 people during the last week and higher concentrations in some cities.

Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Wednesday voted again to nominate a prime minister after the country's president vetoed the previous decision because of questions over its legitimacy.