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New Zealand will spend billions of dollars to encourage more home building and will also remove some tax breaks for speculators as it tries to slow skyrocketing house prices.

More than 150 female sports journalists in France denounced sexism, harassment and discrimination they said they routinely face from colleagues and people commenting on social media.

Official sources said that the maximum sale price of Sputnik V Russian vaccine will be fixed at Rs8,449 for two doses and China's Convidecia at Rs4,225 per injection

Monaco coasted at struggling SaintEtienne to a 40 win and moved to one point behind French defending champion Paris SaintGermain and title rival Lyon, ahead of their clash this weekend.

New York's legislative leaders have yet to answer key questions about plans to launch an impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including how long it will take, how public its proceedings or findings will be, or what kinds of misconduct could fal...

The loading of nuclear fuel onto the plant was started on December 1, 2020 after getting clearance from the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority.

The new military regime has already issued several criminal charges against the Nobel laureate since she was detained along with her top political allies.

A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an exofficer charged in Floyd's death that he had a personal reason for wanting to serve on the jury.

Paris and the IledeFrance region around it, as well as several other areas where the COVID19 epidemic is accelerating, will start a new fourweek lockdown this weekend but confinement measures will not be as strict as in previous nationwide lockdowns, Fren...

A developer and a former city commissioner of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the theft of millions of dollars in funds for Hurricane Michael debris removal, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he and U.S. President Joe Biden should hold talks in coming days that would be broadcast live, after Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and bilateral ties sank to a new postCold War low.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA Novosti that "responsibility for further deterioration of Russian-American ties fully rests with the United States."

The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy expressed frustration Wednesday at the lack of progress in the case and ordered attorneys to work harder toward a plan that compensates child sexual abuse victims and ensures the BSA can keep o...

Scientists in the U.S. and Canada are opening new fronts in the war against socalled murder hornets as the giant insects begin establishing nests this spring.

After 30 days of boiling their water to get rid of contaminants and sometimes no water at all, Jackson residents are finally able to drink the water from the tap after officials lifted a boil water advisory put in place in midFebruary when a deep freeze w...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that a surge of migration to the U.S. from Mexico resulted in federal officials scrambling to find housing for unaccompanied children in a latenight email to his staff over the weekend.