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Upon first inspection, the mutations in the highly contagious delta covid variant don’t look that worrisome.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the US has "really messed it up” in Afghanistan and referred to the Taliban as “normal civilians”.

The global economy's business-as-usual approach to climate change has seen Earth's "vital signs" deteriorate to record levels, an influential group of scientists said Wednesday (July 28), warning that several climate tipping points were now imminent.

The Biden administration wants states and local governments to give $100 to “every newly vaccinated American,” the Treasury Department said in a statement today.

Colombo, July 30 (NewsWire) - The limit on fully vaccinated passengers in airlines travelling to Sri Lanka has been lifted.

Dhaka, July 29 (AP) — Days of heavy rainfall have pelted Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, destroying dwellings and sending thousands of people to live with extended family or in communal shelters. Just in the 24 hours to Wednesday alone, more than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) of rain fell on the camps in Cox’s Bazar district hosting more than...

As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure.

Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday after Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for two straight days with the Olympics well underway.

A rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes.