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Officials in Chinese capital have designated 518 coronavirus outbreak sites amid growing fears of a city-wide lockdown.

About 200 people are still trapped in the sprawling Azovstal steel plant as Russians intensify assault.

Ukrainians tell of perilous nights under bombardment, frightening car journeys under fire and long waits at the border.

Thousands of people have been displaced and dozens killed as gang violence escalates in Haiti's capital, officials say.

US top court may soon overturn landmark abortion rights ruling, but courts in other nations are moving to do opposite.

Zelenskyy says 'we need to continue the silence' to save some 200 civilians trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant.

Kyiv says Russia intensifying its assault with attacks reported on railway stations used to transport Western arms.

The two Nordic countries say they will apply to join the NATO transatlantic military alliance.

Legal experts say likely overturning of Roe v Wade would show Supreme Court justices are 'politicians wearing robes'.

The S&P 500 rose 3%, Nasdaq 100 jumped 3.4% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.8%.

LGBTQ activists denounce acquittal of police officers who had been charged over killing of a queer activist in Athens.

The charges against the 84-year-old former president and his allies include complicity in murder and assault.

A 6-3 conservative majority on the US's top court appears prepared to reverse precedents allowing abortion.

The Parliament's digital committee asked the Tesla CEO to give evidence about his proposals 'in more depth'.

That is the biggest move from the US central bank since 2000.

More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after the large fire tore through centuries-old villages.

The European Commission has proposed a plan to phase out imports of Russian crude and refined oil.

US President Joe Biden took aim at what he dubbed 'MAGA' Republicans who he charged with protecting billionaires.

Intuit will pay US customers who were deceived by misleading promises of free tax-filing services.

Democratic politicians expect a pending Supreme Court decision to prompt their voters to 'rise up' and 'fight'.

Ukrainian president says he will not accept a deal that would allow Russian troops to remain in occupied territory.

Experts say Saad Hariri’s absence from upcoming Lebanese election created a 'political void' for the Sunni community.

Chibok first came to the limelight when Boko Haram abducted about 200 schoolgirls from the community's school in 2014.

WHO chief did not directly reference leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion indicating Roe v Wade may soon be overturned.

Weaponising the media normalises war and undermines democracy.

The gap in goods and services trade grew 22.3 percent to $109.8bn, the Commerce Department has said.

The African Union and the Burundian army commented on the attack, breaking from tradition.

Most Eastern European countries still depend on Russia for more than half of their crude imports.

Thursday's election will mark not only a landmark nationalist victory, but the emergence of a third force in N Ireland.

Bosnia's electoral commission says the country's presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on October 2.

Mohamud Abdi, 31, packed his family's bags the day Russia invaded Ukraine, having escaped Somalia seven years earlier.

European Council President Michel says he backs Moldova's bid to become an EU member state.

When large volumes of two viruses that are genetically linked circulate, there's a risk of a new ‘hybrid’ virus forming.

Nearly 193 million people in 53 countries faced acute food insecurity in 2021, a jump of 40 million compared with 2020.

Fault Lines investigates whether social media exacerbates America’s youth mental health crisis.

The EU's chief has called for a ban on Russian oil imports by the end of 2022 over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The famous stand-up comic was attacked during a show in Los Angeles but was not injured.

Some 2.2 million people have been displaced in over a decade of violence from Boko Haram and its factions in the north.

Sinn Féin, a nationalist, pro-reunification party, is predicted to get the post of first minister for the first time.

Efforts to overturn Roe vs Wade are just one part of a more general - and so far successful - conservative comeback.

The first round of primaries ahead of November midterm elections offered early indications of US political temperature.

Through the IPO of state-run LIC, India expects to raise $2.7bn from the sale of a 3.5 percent stake.

As Omicron spreads, officials in China's capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai.

The Kremlin-linked mercenary group Wagner has been accused of perpetrating human rights abuses in Mali and now CAR.

The proposal, if accepted by EU members, seeks to stop crude oil imports in six months, refined products by end of 2022.

The incident comes amid uptick in violence and kidnappings as gangs jockey for influence amid ongoing political crisis.

Civilians who spent two months underground endure three-day journey before arriving in Ukraine-controlled Zaporizhzhia.

Melenchon's hard-left LFI and the Socialist party agree in principle to unite against Macron in the parliamentary vote.

Taipei is ramping up efforts to stem brain drain in semiconductor industry as officials warn of a 'red supply chain'.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 70th day, we take a look at the main developments.