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Malaysia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday to try to rein in coronavirus infections and suspended parliament in a move that helps Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin avoid an immediate challenge to his leadership.

There is no national shortage of oxygen to treat COVID19 patients, British health minister Matt Hancock said on Tuesday, but some patients had to go different hospitals when local capacity has been used up.

A federal judge in Indiana late on Monday blocked the execution of Lisa Montgomery, a convicted murderer and the only woman on federal death row in the United States, on mental health grounds, based on evidence that she was unable to understand the govern...

Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said that lies or incitement to violence were also 'very problematic', but that the path to dealing with them should be for the state to draw up a legal regulatory framework.

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Rules Committee said he expected the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump to get to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday and predicted it will pass.

Experts from the WHO will conduct a field visit to China on January 14, the state-run CGTN quoted China's National Health Commission as saying in a report.

The new variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain has been confirmed in northern Mexico, health officials said on Sunday, adding a new layer of concern to an already severe national outbreak.

Cut off from the social media channels that have been the lifeblood of his presidency, Trump will nonetheless try to go on offense in his last 10 days, with no plans of resigning.

Despite ample warnings about proTrump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for the possibility that the planned protests could escalate into massive violent riots, according to se...

Experts say the Kim regime has long sought these technologies to enhance the quality and durability of its nuclear weapons. A nuclear-powered submarine would be particularly useful from a deterrence perspective because it would enhance North Korea's "seco...

January 11 marks the anniversary of China confirming its first death from Covid-19, a 61-year-old man who was a regular at the now-notorious Wuhan wet market.

Haley was speaking during a closed door meeting of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Florida on Thursday.

President Donald Trumps decision to skip Presidentelect Joe Bidens inauguration is not without precedent, though one must go back to Andrew Johnson in 1869 to find the most recent example.

Treating critically ill Covid-19 patients with either of two rheumatoid arthritis drugs significantly improves survival rates and shortens the time patients need intensive care, trial results show.

All Danes will have received a second shot of a COVID19 vaccine by late June as long as the country receives enough vaccine shipments, the Danish Health Authority said on Friday.

Presidentelect Joe Biden will aim to release more available doses of coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a departure from Trump administration strategy of holding back a supply to make sure second doses are available, a spokesman said on Friday.