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CANBERRA, Australia - Australia started its COVID-19 inoculation program on Monday, days after its neighbour New Zealand, with both governments deciding their pandemic experiences did not require the ...

BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday tasked the bloc's top diplomat and its executive wing with drawing up a series of measures to target those responsible for the military coup in My...

YANGON, Myanmar - Protesters gathered in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta's threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike against the military's takeover...

FRANKFURT - Optimism rose among German businesses in February, according to a closely watched survey - despite a worrisome flattening out in the decline of infections. The index of business sentiment ...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced changes Monday to target more federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of colour. Biden says a ...

SAN FRANCISCO - After 139 years at 807 Franklin St. in San Francisco, a two-story Victorian house has a new address. The green home with large windows and a brown front door was loaded onto giant doll...

KENNETT, Mo. - One person died and four others were wounded in an overnight shooting at an American Legion club in southeast Missouri, police said Sunday. KAIT-TV reported that officers found the five...

JERUSALEM - Israel closed all its Mediterranean beaches until further notice on Sunday, days after an offshore oil spill deposited tons of tar across more than 100 miles (160 kilometres) of coastline ...

SAN FRANCISCO - California's new system of delivering, tracking and scheduling coronavirus vaccines is being rolled out in select counties, a first step in Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to smooth out what ...

HOUSTON - Hospitals across the South grappled with water shortages Sunday in the wake of a devastating winter storm as the region carried on with recovery efforts and the weather offered a balmy respi...