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Around 41 percent of reported Covid-19 cases were women, although the figures ranged widely from 31 percent in Niger to more than 57 percent in South Africa.

Imran Khan faced a surprise loss in Pakistan's Senate after finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh lost a tightly fought battle for a seat in the indirectly elected house against the opposition-backed former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday.

Greg Evans, a Black man who joined a parade of witnesses urging Oregon lawmakers to ban the display of nooses, said the issue was personal for him: A member of his family had been lynched over a century ago in South Carolina.

Here's what's happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

A trial began in Sicily on Tuesday for 97 suspected Mafia members and whitecollar professionals allegedly in cahoots with mobsters in what prosecutors contend was a scheme that fraudulently garnered millions of euros in European Union agriculture funds.

Jhene Aiko will take on hosting duties at the Grammy Awards premiere ceremony this month.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed 'overwhelming joy' over the release of the girls from days of captivity, vowing tougher action against kidnappers.

New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday authorizing her to take charge of the probe.

Two U.S. senators from states with declining manufacturing sectors are pushing to invest $8 billion through tax credits to create clean energy jobs.

Italy's former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, a technocrat who had previously refused any direct party affiliation, on Sunday took on the task of reviving the fortunes of the 5Star Movement as it struggles to find a way out of a political crisis.

A 14yearold girl has been charged with killing her grandmother in suburban Detroit, authorities said Saturday.

Saudi Arabia said Saturday that it intercepted a missile attack over its capital launched by Yemens Houthi rebels, as well as bombladen drones targeting the southern province of Jizan. No casualties or damages were initially reported.

A photographer who was shoved by a man who then came at him with a metal pole during a trip on the Staten Island ferry on Friday was able to get out of harm's way when New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang intervened.

South Korea on Friday administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at longterm care facilities, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will restore some level of normalcy by the end of the year.

The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picassos Guernica is gone from its place of honor outside the U.N. Security Council in the United Nations headquarters complex overlooking New Yorks East River.