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Students and teachers in Britain have been left bewildered and upset after officials announced lastminute changes to how crucial schoolleaving grades are awarded, following widespread disruption to education already caused by the COVID19 pandemic.

Three Rohingya-led parties had hoped to field at least a dozen candidates in November's vote, according to regional watchdog Fortify Rights.

A Virginia city council voted to remove a Confederate monument that has stood in the city for more than a century.

Kamala Harris will be the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party.

Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate provides a brandnew target for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that has struggled to find an effective line of attack against his Democratic rival.

Sitting amid the debris, Lebanese on Wednesday expressed their frustration at the state for abandoning them in their desperate efforts to rebuild after last week's catastrophic Beirut port explosion compounded a dire financial crisis.

An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girls sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage as long as the family gives their consent.

As Britain navigates its way through the coronavirus pandemic, the government insists that science is guiding its decisions. But a selfappointed group of independent experts says it sees little in Britain's response that is evidencebased, especially after...

China reported 25 new coronavirus cases in the mainland on Aug. 11, compared with 44 cases a day earlier, the health authority said on Wednesday.

A Mexican judge has issued warrants for the arrest of 19 former federal police officials under the last government, including a former chief of police for the capital, for alleged organized crime and money laundering, officials said on Tuesday.

New Zealand officials are investigating the possibility that its first COVID19 cases in more than three months were imported by freight, as the country plunged back into lockdown on Wednesday.

South Korea reported 54 new cases of COVID19 on Wednesday as health authorities scramble to stem transmissions amid increased social and leisure activities.

China reported 25 new coronavirus cases in the mainland on Aug. 11, compared with 44 cases a day earlier, the health authority said on Wednesday.

The United States, European Union, Canada and Switzerland, home to some of the world's biggest food companies, have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks, a World Trade Organization document showed.

A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks defectors have long used to start new lives, activist groups say.

Mexicos former president and finance secretary are squarely in the sights of the countrys attorney general, who said Tuesday that his office is investigating the alleged use of bribes to fund a presidential campaign.