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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, facing a probe over the slaughter of the country's entire mink herd last year, on Wednesday denied that she knew then that the government did not have legal authority to order the move.

Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will resume on Nov. 29, the country's top nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday, as Western concerns over Tehran's nuclear advances grow.

The elections director in Georgia's most populous county, which has been under intense scrutiny for its handling of elections, will step down at the end of the year, county officials said Wednesday.

Adams's win caps a remarkable rise from his beginnings in poverty, which included running errands for a gang as a teenager.

Former All Blacks prop Carl Hayman has revealed he has been diagnosed with earlyonset dementia at the age of 41.

Four Latin American countries announced Tuesday that they will expand and unite their marine reserves to create a vast corridor in the Pacific Ocean in hopes of protecting sea turtles, tuna, squid, hammerhead sharks and other species.

A state hearing examiner has recommended that New Mexico regulators reject the purchase of the state's largest utility, Public Service Co. of New New Mexico, by global energy giant Iberdrola.

Jurors started deliberating Tuesday in the trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged with murder in the death of a 12yearold Colorado girl who disappeared in 1984.

Brazil's sevenday total for deaths from COVID19 has fallen to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, according to online research website Our World in Data.

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says he sees atomic power playing a key role balancing climate concerns and the world's energy needs.

The 57-year-old career diplomat was a close confidant of military strategist General Qassem Soleimani who was assassinated in a US drone strike early last year.

The kingdom has banned all Lebanese imports, a major blow to a country whose main trading partners are in the Persian Gulf.

A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit filed by an online freelance journalist in Texas who says she was arrested for merely seeking information from the police.

The United Nations on Monday accused Democratic Republic of Congo's army of beating to death a human rights activist protesting illegal taxes in the wartorn east of the country.

Polish protesters paid tribute Monday to a woman who died in the 22nd week of pregnancy, with reproductive rights activists saying she is the first person to die as a result of a restriction of Poland's abortion law.

The US hopes to head off another coronavirus wave during the cold-weather months when people spend more time indoors and respiratory illnesses can spread more easily.