A top Red Cross official said Friday heβs βmore concerned than I have ever beenβ about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus after a new spike in cases, as the World Health Organization met on whether to declare the outbreak in Congo an international health emergency.
British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, after the South American nation decided to revoke the political asylum that had given him sanctuary for almost seven years.
Bank of America has announced it will incrementally raise its minimum wage to $20 per hour over the next two years.
As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a βborderβ or βimmigration czarβ to coordinate immigration policy across various federal agencies, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Facebook is extending its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban of βmilitary-styleβ semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines like those used in the shootings at Christchurch mosques last week.
Facebook says none of the 200 or so people who watched live video of the New Zealand mosque shooting flagged it to moderators, underlining the challenge tech companies face in policing violent or disturbing content in real time.
We are learning more about security measures local mosques and places of worship are taking in response to the resurgence of white nationalist violence.
More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nationβs president said.
A steady stream of mourners paid tribute Sunday at a makeshift memorial to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens of Muslims stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victimsβ bodies.
At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers in an attack broadcast in horrifying, live video by an immigrant-hating white supremacist wielding at least two assault rifles and a shotgun.
Charlotte-Douglas Airport is preparing for facial recognition technology.
A jetliner carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital Sunday, killing everyone aboard, authorities said. More than 30 nationalities were among the dead.
A London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant, the second success including the βBerlin patient,β doctors reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un projected optimism Wednesday as they opened high-stakes talks about curbing Pyongyangβs pursuit of nuclear weapons, a problem that has bedeviled generations of leaders.
With nervous world capitals looking on, President Donald Trump and North Koreaβs Kim Jong Un are beginning their second nuclear summit with a one-on-one discussion and an intimate dinner as hard questions swirl about what the American president will demand and Pyongyang might be willing to give up.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, grinning broadly and waving at a crowd gathered on a cold, rainy morning, stepped off his armored train Tuesday after a long ride that started in Pyongyang and wound through China to this Vietnamese border town ahead of his second nuclear summit with President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump is announcing that American Danny Burch has been freed after 18 months of captivity in Yemen.
Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited.
NASAβs Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet.
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