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Indonesia will increase maritime security operations near some of its islands in the South China Sea after a Chinese coastguard vessel was spotted nearby, raising suspicions about its intentions, a senior security official said on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization reported 307,930 new cases worldwide on Sunday, the highest daily figure since the beginning of the pandemic in China late last year, as global cases rapidly topped 29 million.

Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as Hurricane Sally churned across the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a hurricane ahead of expected landfall on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

As the manhunt for the lone gunman who ambushed and shot two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies enters its third day, authorities are offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

A fire has been burning since midJuly in the remote wetlands of westcentral Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City.

Sweden's Social Democrat and Green minority government said on Monday its 2021 budget would contain 9.7 billion Swedish crowns ($1.11 billion) in new spending aimed at fighting climate change.

Ireland's plan to reopen its economy at a slower pace than most was supposed to ensure a more sustainable rebound from the COVID19 crisis. Tell that to pub owner Paul Moynihan.

Germany's Christian Democrats were set for an election win in the western state of North RhineWestphalia on Sunday, an exit poll showed, but their share of the vote shrank, denting state premier Armin Laschet's ambitions to succeed Chancellor Angela Merke...

The other two imported patients are work pass holders employed here who arrived here from Germany on August 30 and the Philippines on August 29.

Tropical Storm Sally, off the west coast of Florida, could strengthen into a hurricane by Monday, bringing wind, heavy seas and flash flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID19 again and will come out of selfisolation on Saturday, a week after being in contact with someone who had a positive result, his office said.

Cuban state media reported on Saturday interprovincial transportation would be shut down and a curfew in Havana extended until the end of the month as a surge in COVID19 cases in the capital spreads to other areas.

Belarus police detained dozens of protesters on Saturday as thousands of people gathered in the capital Minsk demanding the release of a jailed opposition leader, the latest in a wave of mass protests following a disputed election.

French authorities deployed a heavy police presence in Paris and used tear gas on Saturday as the "yellow vest" movement returned to the capital after being dampened by the coronavirus crisis.

As the coronavirus continues its assault on the United States, throwing all aspects of everyday life into upheaval, the courts offer a lens into how treacherous things have gotten in one of those arenas -- the American workplace.

James Hancock has decided to defy an evacuation order issued for the town of Tollhouse, close to where the blaze known as the Creek Fire is burning. It has already devoured more than 175,000 acres (71,000 hectares) since it was ignited a week ago, and jus...