More than 8,800 people around the world have now died from COVID-19, and countries are turning to draconian measures from sealing borders to stay-at-home orders to try and curb its spreadBut in South Korea,

A French court on Monday convicted a former Roman Catholic priest of sexually abusing children and sentenced him to five years in jail, his lawyer saidBernard Preynat was found guilty of abusing dozens

Board games have undergone somewhat of a creative renaissance over the past few years, and while some people might be inclined to blow the dust off a family game night classic game like checkers,

US President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday that stops telecom carriers from using government funds to buy network equipment from Huawei and ZTE. Initially, the Chinese technology company's

The United States launched air raids in Iraq late on Thursday, US officials said, directing them at four locations of the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed to be responsible for an earlier rocket

Friedrich Merz, whose line on Syrian asylum-seekers is "we can't accept you here", goes down well with his audience as he campaigns to succeed Merkel as leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and possibly

On March 8, a series of rallies to mark International Women's Day are scheduled to take place in major cities across Pakistan.They are calling for gender equality, but in Pakistan, that has stirred controversy

Try not to break your iPhone -- Apple might not be able to offer a replacement for a few weeks. Its retail employees were warned that replacements for badly damaged devices will be in short supply, Bloomberg

Javier Perez de Cuellar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic ceasefire between Iran and Iraq in 1988, and who came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy in

Decommissioning work at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power station, halted during a G7 summit in Japan in 2016, will not stop during this summer's Tokyo Olympics, the plant operator said.There are

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the spreading coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy. Markets in Asia ended mostly higher and

Apple is expected to launch a budget-friendly phone at the end of March, which could be the first of at least five iPhones anticipated to launch in 2020. This device is widely speculated to be a lower-cost

Higher pay still makes it financially beneficial to go to university for most students in England, says research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.But 20% are worse off after paying for courses, says

Two more patients have tested positive for coronavirus in England, bringing the total number of UK cases to 15.They have been transferred to specialist NHS infection centres in Liverpool and London, the

Tests for coronavirus are being increased to include people displaying flu-like symptoms at 100 GP surgeries and eight hospitals across the UK.The tests will provide an "early warning" if the virus is

— An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate

U.S. stocks fell sharply in early trading Monday, following a broad sell-off in overseas markets, as a surge in virus cases and a worrisome spread of the disease outside the epicenter in China sent investors

Teens won millions of dollars in video game competitions in 2019, and they're set to do it again this year. Last year, the oldest finalist in the most competitive rounds of the "Fortnite" World Cup was

Elijah Atinkpo, 23, lost almost everything he owned on April 9, 2017. The police razed the impoverished Nigerian waterfront community of Otodo Gbame. Like 30,000 other evictees, Antinkpo fled without most

Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected,three officialsfamiliar with the closed-door briefing