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To achieve so-called herd immunity — the point at which the virus can no longer spread because there are not enough vulnerable humans — scientists have suggested that perhaps 70% of a given population must be immune, through vaccination or because they su...

The U.S. Embassy in Budapest warned on Monday that neoNazi groups should not be tolerated after two rainbow flags were torn down from municipals buildings in the latest antiLGBT incidents in Hungary.

Students at California State University, the nations largest fouryear public university system, will need to take an ethic studies course to graduate under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A Democratic National Convention like no other began on Monday, with virtual guests beamed in from across the country, prerecorded speeches delivered straight to camera and a handful of Republicans urging fellow conservatives to vote for Joe Biden instead...

North Korea plans to convene a key meeting of the ruling party on Wednesday and discuss economic and military issues amid international sanctions and recent flood damage, state media said.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill canceled inclass instruction just one week into the new term on Monday after positive cases of COVID19 shot up dramatically, becoming the latest U.S. school to reverse course on reopening.

Panama allowed hair salons, retail shops and car lots to open Monday after five months of lockdown caused by the COVID19 pandemic.

A Delaware judge has approved a $60 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit challenging electric car maker Tesla Inc.s $2 billion acquisition of solarpanel installer SolarCity in 2016.

The U.S. death toll from COVID19 rose 2% to about 7,400 people last week, while new cases declined for a fourth week in a row, according to a Reuters tally of state and county reports.

The Palestinianled boycott movement against Israel said Monday that a campaign organizer has been released without charge by Israel after more than two weeks in detention.

Egyptian mediators were in the Gaza Strip on Monday in an effort to reduce tensions and prevent a new crossborder conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.

New Zealand's prime minister postponed the country's general election on Monday by a month to Oct. 17 as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a new outbreak of the coronavirus.

Out on her first day of knocking on doors in the Bay Area, the census taker had limited success getting people to answer the questions on the 2020 census.

Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Sunday called on top Postal Service officials including Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to testify on service changes that have stoked fears they are aimed at holding up mailin Nov. 3 election ballots.

The United Arab Emirates has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as "unacceptable", state news agency WAM said on Sunday.

At least 28 people were injured in an explosion on Sunday at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the head of a local ambulance service said, while a witness said he heard gunfire after the blast at the Elite Hotel in Lido beach.