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Danish veterinarians and farmers have begun culling at least 2.5 million minks in northern Denmark, authorities said Monday, after coronavirus has been reported in at least 63 farms.

Lawyers for a 21yearold Salvadoran immigrant accused of killing four northern Nevada residents last year are asking the state Supreme Court to again overturn a judges ruling allowing him to be tried in Reno for crimes that occurred in another county.

An icebreaker carrying scientists on a yearlong international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of data that will help researchers better predict climate change in the decades to come.

BEIJIJNG Chinas government says all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao will be tested for the coronavirus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found.

Studies have shown men are less likely than women to wear seatbelts and helmets or seek out medical care: some initial research indicates a similar pattern is playing out with wearing masks and taking other precautions against contracting the coronavirus.

Scores of people were detained in Belarus on Sunday during protests against the countrys authoritarian leader, who won his sixth term in office in a vote widely seen as rigged, a Belarusian rights group said.

Joe Biden is set to make his first general election campaign visit Monday to Ohio, signaling the former vice presidents hopes of winning the state Democrats lost by a significant margin four years ago.

South Carolina Democrat Jaime Harrison has shattered congressional fundraising records, bringing in $57 million in the final quarter for his U.S. Senate campaign against Republican incumbent Lindsey Graham as the GOP tries to retain control of the chamber...

Irans currency on Sunday hit another record low on the same day a local news report said the head of the countrys atomic energy organization had tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the latest senior official to become infected.

In a Facebook post, the minister requested all those who came in his contact to be on alert. Last Monday, while testing for corona, the report came negative. At that time, I also participated in some programmes outside Kathmandu. I felt a little fever aft...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder in the West Bank on Saturday, a Palestinian minister said, following a call by Lauder for Palestinians to revive peace talks with Israel.

Tajikistan's Russianallied President Imomali Rakhmon looks sure to secure a fifth term in office in Sunday's election as his four competitors' campaigns admit they do not expect many votes.

A man already imprisoned in Minnesota for murder has been sentenced to life behind bars after admitting to killing a guard in 2018.

Iraq launched Saturday an investigation into the death of a highlevel director of a Korean company implementing a strategic port project in Iraq's south, after Iraqi lawmakers cast doubt over initial reports deeming the incident a suicide.

Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the Nov. 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including how ballots are cast and counted. A look at some of the top lawsuits in battleground states: