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In the research, the scientists analysed blood samples from 25 children who had tested positive for infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and had PIMS-TS as well as symptoms of COVID-19.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe brushed off lingering worries about his health Wednesday, saying he went to the hospital for a checkup.

The embattled strongman, who has has been in power for 26 years, is facing renewed waves of pressure from inside and outside the country, after fresh strikes, angry hecklers, international condemnation and a direct challenge to his position left him cling...

A total of 19.7 million people watched the first night of the virtual Democratic National Convention on 10 U.S. TV networks on Monday, down from the 26 million who watched the opening night of the convention in 2016, according to final Nielsen figures.

Incumbent Gregory Tony claimed victory Tuesday night in the race for the Democratic nomination for Broward County sheriff in a campaign centered on a high school massacre and a shooting decades earlier.

China reported on Wednesday 17 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for August 18, down from 22 the day before, the health authority said.

Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering, resigned his Senate seat on Tuesday after being placed under house arrest earlier this month.

The COVAX global vaccines facility is a program designed to pool funds from wealthier countries and nonprofits to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and distribute it equitably around the world. Its aim is to deliver 2 billion doses of effective, approved COVID-1...

A Houston museum dedicated to conserving African American culture said Tuesday that its decision to display a more than 100yearold Confederate statue is about providing Black Americans with a way to confront slaverys painful legacy and include their lived...

Egypt's parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault, aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma to report such crimes.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that Palestinians were not concerned about the normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, referring to the accord as "nonsense".

An international team of scientists said they successfully extracted eggs from the last two remaining northern white rhinos, a step on the way to possibly saving the subspecies from extinction.

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced an antiKremlin activist to two years in prison for displaying a lifesize mannequin of President Vladimir Putin in a striped prison jumpsuit on a street in the city of Perm.

Mexico President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, who has made cleaning up corruption a theme of his administration, used his daily news conference Tuesday to show a video of two men stuffing stacks of plasticwrapped cash into a duffel bag an incident he said...

Dozens of authors, artists and scholars including writer Margaret Atwood and film directors Pedro Almodvar and Mike Leigh have expressed outrage at the hostility being directed toward LGBT people in Poland by the country's president and other politicians...

The Interior Ministry in Belarus acknowledged on Tuesday that police were quitting their posts in response to calls from the political opposition, after President Alexander Lukashenko awarded medals to police who have helped him stay in power.