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Tanzania's government is hoping helicopters and planes will help put out a fire raging on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain at 19,443 feet (5,926 meters).

Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby has directed prosecutors in her office to not authorize no knock arrest warrants that are approved by judges, citing the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.

Cyprus parliamentary speaker has resigned after an undercover news report allegedly caught him on tape promising to help circumvent the country's rules on granting citizenship to foreign investors.

A spacecraft bound for Mercury swung by Venus on Thursday, using Earth's neighbor to adjust its course on the way to the solar systems smallest and innermost planet.

Thai police early Thursday dispersed a group of prodemocracy protesters who camped out overnight outside the office of the prime minister to demand his resignation, leading him to implement a severe state of emergency in the capital area.

The Food and Drug Administration OK’d the drug developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for treating adults and children with the Zaire Ebola virus strain, the most deadly of six known types.

Patients with COVID-19 occupy a third of intensive care units nationwide. France reported about 180 positive cases per 100,000 people during the last week and higher concentrations in some cities.

The top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn announced Wednesday that he would put a new priority on firearms and drug cases, seeking stiffer penalties than are being doled out at the state level.

Three North Carolina women were indicted after authorities said they incited two female residents at an assisted living facility to fight each other and one of the three women filmed it.

A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked an order from Gov. Tony Evers administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants and other indoor places.

China started crackdown on Uyghur Muslims after the collapse of USSR and emergence of Central Asian Nations fearing it will push the desire for independence even more among Uyghur Muslims. Xi Jinping has only exacerbated it, to its final solution level.

Scientists say a comparison of 21 developed countries during the start of the coronavirus pandemic shows that those with early lockdowns and wellprepared national health systems avoided large numbers of additional deaths due to the outbreak.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Greece and Cyprus of failing to fulfill promises made during negotiations within the European Union and NATO and said his country would continue to give them the response they deserve."

For the third time in a week, Iran on Wednesday marked its highest singleday record for new deaths and infections from the coronavirus, with 279 people killed and 4,830 new patients.

Northern Ireland introduced the tightest COVID19 restrictions in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, closing schools, pubs and restaurants in a effort to slow the spread of the virus.

A leading international economic watchdog urged the British government to conclude a free trade agreement with the European Union in the coming days and weeks to support the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.