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The U.K.'s pubs and restaurants could see well over 500,000 job losses by the end of 2020 as a result of new coronavirus restrictions, including the requirement they shut their doors at 10 p.m., the head of the hospitality sector's main lobby group warned...

The European Union is facing a growing waste problem and is at risk of missing its plastic recycling targets for 2025 and 2030 as more stringent export rules will be implemented next year, the bloc's independent auditor warned Tuesday.

The European Unions highest court said Tuesday that the blocs data protection rules should prevent authorities from indiscriminately snooping on the personal data of internet and phone users, even for national security purposes.

Private contractors hired by Moderna Inc to recruit volunteers for its coronavirus vaccine trial failed to enroll enough Black, Latino and Native American participants to determine how well the vaccine works in these populations, company executives and va...

The Australian government on Tuesday announced plans to cut income taxes, create jobs for young people and stimulate business investment with a raft of pandemic measures that would create a record 214 billion Australian dollar ($153 billion) deficit in th...

Instead of a bustling hive of pre-election activity, the West Wing has become a breeding ground for viral contagion. At least 11 of the President's aides or allies have either contracted the virus or -- in the case of his daughter Ivanka -- are working fr...

President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to leave a U.S. military hospital where he is being treated for COVID19 for a brief car ride after a barrage of criticism that he put himself, and the people taking care of him, at greater risk.

Lithuania and Poland have decided to recall their ambassadors to Belarus for consultations in the hope of reducing regional tensions, the Lithuanian foreign minister said on Monday, days after they dismissed a demand from Minsk that they do so.

President Donald Trumps son Eric answered questions Monday from New York state investigators looking into his familys business practices.

A high school principal in Florida who was fired last year after telling a students mother not everyone believes the Holocaust happened might be rehired this week.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said COVID19 can spread through virus lingering in the air, sometimes for hours, acknowledging concerns widely voiced by public health experts about airborne transmission of the virus.

Trump’s camera-friendly, morale-boosting 'surprise visit', however, may have masked the reality of his condition, and his seeming energy may have reflected the fact that he was given the steroid dexamethasone, according to medical experts.

A Michigan man charged with killing and mutilating a man he met through the dating app Grindr has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Monday.

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey confirmed Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022 and plans to leave public service, a surprise move for the fiercely antitax and antiregulation lawmaker who had been seen as a favorite for GOP nominee for governor.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples.

Thailand has a new finance minister, its third in less than three months.