Police manned checkpoints around quarantined towns in Italy's north on Monday and residents stocked up on food as the country became the focal point of the outbreak in Europe and fears of its cross-border

In a world first, scientists have discovered a new type of antibiotic using artificial intelligence (AI).It has been heralded by experts as a major breakthrough in the fight against the growing problem

A study by researchers at Brown University has found a quarter of posts about climate change on Twitter were written by bots.Bots are computer programs that can masquerade as humans to post or send messages

US intelligence agencies have warned that Russia is attempting to help President Donald Trump get re-elected in November, US media report.The comments came in a closed-door briefing to the House Intelligence

least 19 people have been killed in a freak accident in southern India, after a container slipped off a truck and rammed into a passenger bus.Police are investigating the incident, but officials say the

Clad in a beige uniform marked "3870," the captured drug kingpin answered the Mexican prison guard's questions calmly, barely looking up as he scrubbed black fingerprint ink from his hands.Alias? "El Chapo."

The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection in a move that the group says will allow it to build a compensation fund for sex abuse victims.The move follows a number of lawsuits filed

With the Nevada caucuses less than a week away, Democratic presidential candidates campaigning this weekend were fixated on a rival who wasn't contesting the state.Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar,

If you make the slightest error, we will hit both of you," Major General Hossein Salami said at a ceremony marking the 40th day since the death of top commander Qassem Soleimani.Soleimani, who was head

Cancelling or postponing the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak "has not been considered", says 2020 Games chief Toshiro Muto.The outbreak in China has already led to the cancellation of

Anyone who's travelled on London Underground's network will know them - the little black mice that scurry along the platforms and under the rails.Sam Rowley was so fascinated by these subterranean rodents,

Mookie Betts and David Price are Los Angeles Dodgers.The Boston Red Sox are tax dodgers.Boston and Los Angeles finalized the on-again, off-again deal that will send the 2018 AL MVP and 2012 AL Cy Young

Romania's opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD) said on Monday they would go to court to challenge President Klaus Iohannis's move to renominate the ousted Ludovic Orban as prime minister, which could

Taiwan's air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own, in a move denounced by Taiwan's Defence Ministry as a threat to

At least 26 people have been killed and 57 others wounded in an hours-long shooting spree in northeastern Thailand that ended in a shopping centre, where most of the victims were killed.Officials