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Rio de Janeiro's iconic and towering "Christ the Redeemer" has met its vertical match: an even taller Jesus statue that's nearing complete a half-hour west in southern Brazi…

The House Committee on Ethics announced two separate probes into Reps. Matt Gaetz and Tom Reed Friday over allegations of sexual misconduct Friday.

As Netflix funds original, localized TV and movies, it could help shift our perceptions of places we may never visit.

Google is teaming up with hundreds of schools to teleport students to far-flung places often seen in their textbooks. The program called Expeditions uses virtual reality. This is part of a widening initiative not just in the U.S., but also in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and the U.K. Vinita Nair visited a New York City school using the technology.

Days after OPEC greed to gradually ramp up production, adding some 2 million bpd to global supply by July, the Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has hinted that the cartel could change course if necessary

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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country's worst...

The worldwide surge in coronavirus cases and deaths includes even Thailand, which has weathered the pandemic far better than many nations but now struggles to contain COVID-19.

Airlines pulled dozens of Boeing Max 737s out of service for inspections after the aircraft maker told them about a possible electrical problem, the latest setback for the plane.

Take a look at 38 photos of the week from April 1 to April 8.

The P1 variant that was first identified in Brazil is now the second most prevalent in the United States, with at least 434 people having been infected.

"None of the above" is a popular vote in Ecuador and Peru, spelling legitimacy troubles.

While California's COVID-19 case rate has dropped, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the nationwide count has 'plateaued at a disturbingly high level.'

As the US vaccinates millions more people each day, the novel coronavirus works to survive. It does this by mutating. So far, several variants are worrisome. A virologist explains what they are.

India's second Covid-19 wave is proving to be a big nightmare.

AstraZeneca's vaccine is fundamental to the global immunization campaign. But links to blood clots are prompting a new wave of distrust.

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele refused to meet with a visiting senior U.S. diplomat this week over what he sees as a pattern of slights from Democrats and the Biden administration, according to two aides of the Central American leader.

If you're planning a trip to one of the Disney Parks & Resorts, here's what you'll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the global coronavirus pandemic.

One week after California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would, on June 15, leave its tiered restriction system behind, the first signs of a Covid-19 resurgence have appeared. For the first time in 2021, the state's 7-day test positivity rate ticked up. And it did so two days this week. Last week, California's test […]