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Brazilian Supreme Court justice Rosa Weber has demanded Environment Minister Ricardo Salles explain a decision earlier in the week, which sought to weaken laws around coastal woodlands.

Namibian President Hage Geingob said on Thursday that the southwestern African country must take care in its efforts to reverse the legacy of racist white minority rule, so as not to be seen as grabbing wealth.

Moscow may reinstate tough measures if its 13 million population ignores COVID19 protection rules, its mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Thursday after the Russian capital started to record increases in daily cases of infection.

The Republican seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has outraised the freshman Democrat in the final fundraising quarter before their general election matchup, as both candidates ratchet up their rhetoric in the campaign's closing weeks.

Mexicos Supreme Court ruled Thursday the president can go ahead with a proposed referendum on prosecuting expresidents.

Pending a legal review, the North Carolina State Board of Elections is suspending steps to allow voters to correct absentee ballots lacking the required witness signature by signing an affidavit.

In graphic, matter-of-fact chatter picked up on his body-camera mic, a Louisiana State trooper implicated in the death of a Black man can be heard talking of beating and choking him before all of a sudden he just went limp.

President Donald Trump appears to have canceled a planned appearance in western Wisconsin amid calls from the city's mayor and the state's governor, both Democrats, that he not hold a rally amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Refugee advocates, including faithbased groups that President Donald Trump is courting for his reelection, called on Congress Thursday to halt his administrations plans to slash the limit on refugees allowed into the U.S. to a record low, saying it goes a...

In the house where for decades she has bottled pisco, the grape brandy of South America's Pacific coast, Rosa Grados has thousands of stored liters that she has not sold because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Several parties and large gatherings coinciding with the University of South Carolinas football game had to be broken up Saturday, as people celebrated the first game of the season, police said.

The European health regulator has started reviewing data on AstraZeneca and Oxford University's potential COVID19 vaccine in real time, the first of such moves aimed at speeding up any approval process in the region for a vaccine.

Vietnam said on Thursday that military drills conducted this week by Beijing in the South China Sea will hurt negotiations on a regional maritime code of conduct (COC) for the disputed waters.

Hong Kong police were out in force on Chinas National Day holiday Thursday, detaining and searching people on the streets of a popular shopping district after calls were made online urging people to take part in antigovernment protests.

Malaysian palm oil producer FGV Holdings Berhad vowed Thursday to clear its name after the U.S. banned imports of its palm oil over allegations of forced labor and other abuses.

A popular opposition politician in Venezuela urged authorities on Wednesday to delay upcoming congressional elections, saying it's the only way to create free and fair conditions for the vote.