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A coronavirus surge in Florida, California and a handful of other hardhit states could be peaking while other parts of the country may be on the cusp of growing outbreaks, the top U.S. infectious diseases official said on Tuesday.

As the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll on Ecuador's capital of Quito, authorities are deploying new sanitary mobile centers to ramp up testing and ease pressure on the health system which is being challenged again by a rapid rise in cases.

Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to flee detention late on Monday, as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a U.N. agency said.

Portugal's government has selected more than 30 multibillion euro hydrogen projects interested in building production units of socalled "green" energy in the country after the coronavirus pandemic.

South Korea has identified the man and said he was the "runaway" who North Korea accuses of illegally crossing their shared border last week with symptoms o.

The Trump administration has agreed not to expel a group of immigrant children it detained in a Texas hotel under an emergency declaration citing the coronavirus and will instead allow them to seek to remain in the U.S., the administration said Monday.

San Francisco 49ers postseason breakout star Raheem Mostert reworked his contract after previously requesting a trade.

AstraZeneca in June picked Emergent to help produce 300 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine pledged to the United States.

The Patriots have trimmed their roster to the NFLmandated 80 players ahead of the start of training camp.

A new bout of violence in Sudans wartorn Darfur region has left more than 60 people dead, the United Nations said Sunday. The clashes threaten to derail a fragile transition to democracy more than a year after the militarys ouster of longtime autocrat Oma...

Hagia Sophia was previously a museum and most Greeks view it as central to their Orthodox Christian religion.

Australia has joined the United States in stating that China's claims in the South China Sea do not comply with international law in a declaration likely to anger China and put more strain on their deteriorating relations.

A declassified redacted report blacked out Igor Danchenko’s name and other identifying information. But within two days, a post on a newly created blog titled “I Found the Primary Subsource” identified him.

Astrobiologists have used Mars jars for decades, but many didn’t know about the controversial Air Force scientist who started them.

The US President, after months mocking mask wearing and social distancing guidelines, trawled for credit and claimed he was setting an 'example' after deciding to cancel Republican convention events in Covid-battered Florida.