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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted Monday he is firmly in control of the government, despite having to self-isolate for two weeks because a contact tested positive for the coronavi...

HONG KONG - Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city's Nepalese co...

CHISINAU, Moldova - Maia Sandu, a former World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union, has won Moldova's presidential runoff vote, decisively defeating the staunchly pro-Russia...

BEIRUT - Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar As...

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Nothing ever comes easily for Dustin Johnson in the majors, except for slipping into that Masters green jacket. Johnson overcame a jittery start that conjured memories of past majors he...

LONDON - One of the scientists behind the experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer said Sunday that he was confident that it could halve the transmission of the virus, resulti...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket thundered int...

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than th...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump worked to take back an apparent acknowledgment that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear he would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump's...

BERLIN - Prince Charles called Sunday for Britain and Germany to remember their long and close ties, reaffirmed by the nations' reconciliation after two world wars, as the U.K. tries to find its place...