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Former defence minister Taro Kono, now charged with the reform portfolio, said it had been effectively overwhelmed and would be closed temporarily.

The Australian government on Friday announced a 5 million Australian dollars ($3.7 million) grant to the national news agency as part of pandemicrelated assistance to regional journalism.

Canada's most populous province will clamp down on social gatherings to prevent "reckless careless people" from spreading the coronavirus at illegal parties, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Thursday.

China began combat drills near the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the same day a senior U.S. official began highlevel meetings in Taipei, as Beijing denounced tightening ties between Chineseclaimed Taiwan and the United States.

Interim President Jeanine ez on Thursday dropped out of Bolivia's presidential election scheduled for Oct. 18, saying she wanted to avoid dividing the votes of people who oppose returning the party of exleader Evo Morales to power.

A high Peruvian court rejected a request by President Martn Vizcarra Thursday to halt impeachment proceedings being pushed by opposition lawmakers who contend he tried to cover up ties with a controversial ally.

Texas is ready to relax coronavius restrictions for the first time in months, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday, but bars remain closed indefinitely and a mask mandate is still in place following a massive summer spread that became one of the...

The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called racist and antiSemitic commentary and distributed to readers of its Spanishlanguage sister paper.

Judges dramatically reduced bail amounts as high as $1 million Thursday that had been set this week for several people accused of crimes during unrest in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that included protests and vandalism to public buildings.

It began as a stunning light show on a midAugust weekend lightning bolts crackling in the skies over Northern and Central California, touching down in grasslands and vineyards.

A Sri Lankan magistrate on Thursday ordered the captain of an oil tanker that caught fire off the country's coast to appear in court as authorities seek $1.8 million from the ships owner for assistance provided in fighting the blazes.

Equitable and affordable access to vaccines for all is key to overcoming the COVID19 pandemic and supporting the global economic recovery, the G20 Finance and Health ministers said on Thursday.

A Rwandan court has denied bail to Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film Hotel Rwanda, saying the terrorism and other charges against him are of serious nature and he should remain in detention for another 30 days.

It's 11 weeks since thousands of citizens of the Czech capital, Prague, sat together at a 500meterlong table on the medieval Charles Bridge to say goodbye to the coronavirus pandemic and celebrate a return to almostnormal life.

Ukraine on Thursday strongly warned thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have been stuck on its border for days that it won't allow them into the country due to coronavirus restrictions.

The Austrian government has spoken up to correct U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that people in its country live in "forest cities."