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Taekwondo's popularity surged in Afghanistan in 2008 after local hero Rohullah Nikpai won bronze at the Beijing Olympics.

Severe Covid-19 may trick immune system into producing so-called autoantibodies that have the potential to eventually attack healthy tissue.

Leaders who are playing at unity and stuffing pressing problems into an overflowing bag of woe. A world that's in the same boat, but firstclass passengers get the lifeboats. A United Nations that resembles a retired superhero" that has lost sight of what...

Scott Peterson, who spent more than 15 years on Death Row in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son, will be sentenced to life in prison this fall, a judge said Wednesday.

Taking center stage in a prestigious Spanish film festival to receive a top career award, actor Johnny Depp presented himself as a victim of the "cancel culture" that, he said, has spread across the cinema industry.

A day after assuming his job, Florida's newly appointed surgeon general on Wednesday signed new rules allowing parents to decide whether their children should quarantine or stay in school after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID19.

A mother and daughter have been arrested in Southern California on suspicion of performing outlaw buttocks augmentation procedures on women, including one who died, police said Wednesday.

Poland's broadcasting regulator on Wednesday extended an operating licence for the popular U.S.owned, antigovernment news channel TVN24, but questioned if it had the right to continue operating, asking the government for legal clarity.

A multilateral meeting on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly in New York bringing together European countries including France and the United States has been canceled due to scheduling issues, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That's what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each year.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticized rich nations at the U.N. General Assembly for hoarding COVID19 vaccines while much of the developing world continues to suffer shortages.

A second woman has accused billionaire Leon Black of rape in claims lawyers are seeking to add to a defamation lawsuit filed against him in the spring.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated on Tuesday that China aims to provide 2 billion COVID19 vaccine doses to the world by the end of the year.

The US will reopen in November to air travellers from 33 countries including India, and Canada has also resumed operations of direct flights from India.

The data will help J&J make its case to US regulators for a booster shot even as the company stresses the durability of its single-shot vaccine as a tool to ease the global pandemic.

A judge set a March 8 trial for five men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.