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The efficacy value indicates a relative reduction in infection risk and not an absolute probability of protection against Covid-19 despite being vaccinated.

Mexicos stateowned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters.

The United Nations said Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopias crisiswracked Tigray region are now facing the worst global famine in decades and 1.8 million are on the brink, and warned that despite the governments unilateral ceasefire there is...

A judge on Thursday ruled in favor of a eight Minneapolis activists who sued the city council and mayor over funding the police force.

Australia's national cabinet is set to meet on Friday amid calls from states to limit the numbers of international arrivals until the country reaches a high vaccination coverage as millions endure COVID19 lockdowns imposed to contain the Delta variant.

Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations on Thursday after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.

For the first time in 2020, the newspaper industry earned more money from circulation than advertising.

Luka Doncic barely had to play in Slovenias Olympic qualifying tournament debut.

The United Nations, European Union and many Security Council members urged the United States and Iran on Wednesday to quickly put the 2015 nuclear deal aimed at reining in Tehrans nuclear program back on track, but neither side showed any sign of movement...

The scorching heat stretching from the US state of Oregon to Canada's Arctic territories has been blamed on a high-pressure ridge trapping warm air in the region.

Washington's Kyle Schwarber led off the first inning against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night with his 12th home run in 10 games, tying Albert Belle in 1995 for the most over that span since at least 1901.

Money is on the way to help save the only grocery store in an isolated Washington state community that's been especially strained by the pandemicrelated closure of the U.S.Canada border.

Jill Biden played offense Tuesday in the fight against COVID19, teaming up with an NFL Hall of Fame running back to encourage Texans to get vaccinated against the disease.

Mexico's foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday the Mexican government had suggested to U.S. counterparts that travel restrictions on their shared border should change as vaccination programs advance.

Kylian Mbappe missing the decisive kick in the shootout as world champions France were eliminated from Euro 2020 by Switzerland on Monday encapsulated the biggest lesson of an extraordinary night you cannot rely on individual brilliance alone.

As documentary filmmaker Kiwi Chow walked through a pedestrian tunnel in Hong Kong on a recent day, he spotted a team of cleaners scraping off glue left by illegal ads and scrubbing the walls clean with mops.