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Sweden was an outlier in the global pandemic: it has avoided lockdowns and has largely opened restaurants, bars, schools, cinemas and gyms. And although mortality rates were high compared to their Nordic neighbors, they were comparable to…

Coronavirus: Germany will be blocked over Christmas

WASHINGTON - Der von Moderna hergestellte Coronavirus-Impfstoff ist nach neuen Daten, die am Dienstag veröffentlicht wurden, äußerst schützend und bildet die Grundlage für die Notfallgenehmigung dieser Woche durch die…

Weeks after the election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulates the president-elect.

The International Criminal Court has decided not to conduct an investigation into the mass detention of Muslims in China. This is a setback for activists who want to hold Beijing accountable for the persecution of ethnic and religious…

The measure aims to speed up convictions and includes chemical castration of rapists.

TOKYO - A Japanese court sentenced to death Thursday a man who confessed to pursuing and murdering women who had suicidal thoughts on social media, ending a grisly case that sparked much of the country's social anxiety.The Tokyo court said…

Mahboobullah Mohebi is the youngest of several officials, journalists and activists to be targeted.

The first coronavirus vaccines have arrived in New York at a time of urgency. The virus has regained a foothold in a deeply scarred state, killing more than 35,000 people and severely weakening the economy.To combat a dire spring upswing,…

President Trump, who is showing no signs of accepting the result, has not commented on this. Shortly after the electoral college vote, he announced on Twitter the departure of Attorney General William Barr, who, despite the president's…