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US President Joe Biden, however, added that no "outside assistance will be enough if Lebanon's leaders do not commit to do the hard but necessary work of reforming the economy".

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference that the move would help towards the goal of enabling "at least 10 percent of the population of every country to be vaccinated".

Fierce monsoon storms have battered Bangladesh. A week of torrential rains in the southeastern district of Cox's Bazar left some 20 dead, including six Rohingya refugees.

Herd immunity is when someone infected by the virus won't, on average, infect another person.

Ireland international Bundee Aki said he was having the time of his life on the British & Irish Lions tour and that the players had formed a strong bond as they head into their decisive test against South Africa on Saturday.

A man suspected in a fatal road rage shooting of a Houston teenager early last month has surrendered to police to face a murder charge.

As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus, cases of respiratory syncytial virus or RSV in America has caused fresh worry.

The Delta variant was responsible for “more than 90 percent” of cases

Fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant at the same rate as unvaccinated people, reports said.

The 33-year-old had stuffed her niece's body into a suitcase and put it in the trunk as long ago as May last year

Rashad Hussain is the first Muslim to be nominated to serve as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. President Biden also nominated Pakistani-American Khizr Khan as Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedo...

A New Hampshire man joined his wife in pleading guilty to federal charges for their role in a sex trafficking operation that coerced Chinese women into prostitution in New England.

The Walt Disney Company has joined other large companies in requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID19.

Haitian police said Friday that a fourth officer has been arrested in the killing of President Jovenel Mose.

A group of mostly Black pastors has joined other civil rights organizations in Kansas City who are seeking a federal investigation into officer misconduct in the city's police department.

Led by South Carolina's Henry McMaster, a dozen Republican governors are wading into a lawsuit over Mississippi's new anti-abortion law, the outcome of which could have implications for similar measures across the country.