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Sweden' prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said on Thursday he was selfisolating after he found out that a person close to him had met someone who was later confirmed to have COVID19.

Sweden' prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said on Thursday he was selfisolating after he found out that a person close to him had met someone who was later confirmed to have COVID19.

Police in the city of Portland made arrests and seized fireworks, hammers and a rifle after late night demonstrations, as Oregon Governor Kate Brown activated the state's National Guard in response to "widespread violence" on the night after voting in the...

New York demonstrators were peaceful and spanned generations, with marchers heading from Fifth Avenue towards Washington Square Park in the heart of Manhattan's Greenwich Village.

With the Bledisloe Cup secure for the 18th-straight year, New Zealand has made seven personnel and one positional change to its starting lineup for Saturdays Tri-Nations test against Australia at Brisbane.

Fox News Channel's election coverage led all networks with 14.1 million primetime viewers on a night it riled President Donald Trump and some of his supporters with an early call from a battleground state for Democrat Joe Biden, ratings data showed.

Troubled Mexican airline Interjet resumed flights Wednesday and pledged to pay back wages owed its employees, after the carrier suspended flights for three days, citing cash flow and maintenance issues.

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to religious rights claims against Philadelphia brought by a Catholic Churchaffiliated agency after the city refused to use the group in its foster care program because it would n...

Democrats retained their control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday as expected, US networks reported.

As voting sites closed throughout the United States on Tuesday, exit polls conducted by Edison Research provided some insight on major issues driving the presidential vote and an early read on voter support.

Roughly one-third of the registered American voters have cited the economy as the most critical issue as ballots were cast in the US presidential election.

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and support for QAnon conspiracy theories in a series of online videos, has won a U.S. House seat representing northwest Georgia.

These states will play a critical role in delivering the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

Former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has become the first woman appointed to New Zealands top role in sports administration.

Almost 400,000 people have fled their homes in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, according to the World Food Programme. Home to gas projects worth some $60 billion, the province is also the target of an Islamist insurgency with links to Islamic S...

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia wanted to retain its "superiority" in the Arctic and that it planned to renew its icebreaker fleet to bolster its presence there.