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A court in Slovenia on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old woman to two years in prison for deliberately cutting off her hand with a circular saw to make a fraudulent insurance claim.

South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown measures, some of the strictest in the world, have earned praise from groups including the World Health Organization [WHO] for saving lives – but at the same time, recent data could prove some analysts’ claims that its economy has been largely “destroyed.”

China announced "reciprocal restrictions" on the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and across the country.

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As tensions continue to escalate between the United States and China, a coalition of human rights groups is urging the International Olympic Committee to rescind its decision to award the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing. 

A Toronto police officer received public backlash Tuesday after he was spotted wearing a “Punisher” patch on his uniform during a press conference.

Alexei Navalny’s team is not backing down in the face of a danger as ominous as Novichok poisoning.

The European Union on Thursday demanded that the United Kingdom immediately rewrite a new Brexit bill that would change parts of a divorce agreement it signed with the E.U. last year -- threatening legal action if the outgoing member does not comply.

The Chinese Embassy has called for Twitter to launch an investigation after the account of a Chinese ambassador "liked" a  tweet of an X-rated video.

A massive fire has broken out at Beirut port on Thursday, a little more than a month since a huge blast devastated the port facilities and surrounding area.

Imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman admitted to fathering 23 children and that women are his only addiction during a 2016 interview, according to media reports.

An 80-year-old man who disappeared while hiking in England on Saturday showed up at his own press conference Tuesday just as family members were about to organize a search party to find him.

A Canadian petition asking for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reverse expansive new gun control rules and apologize to legal firearm owners has earned a record-setting number of signatures.

A stream of Chinese fighter jets sliced through Taiwan's southwest airspace on Wednesday, according to the self-ruled enclave's defense ministry, marking the latest in a string of perceived threats by Beijing in recent weeks. 

As coronavirus cases rise across Europe, the British government has banned gatherings of more than six people in England in measures that could last through the year.

United Kingdom government ministers on Wednesday published a draft version of the controversial “Internal Market Bill,” which admittedly in practice would break international law by overriding parts of Brexit’s withdrawal agreement from the European Union.

A global coalition of more than 300 organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, are calling on the United Nations Wednesday to create a watchdog to investigate human rights violations carried out by the Chinese government. 

An 86-year-old woman in India is recovering after she was beaten and raped by a man who offered to help her find milk but instead took her to a farm and attacked her, according to a report.

A prominent religious leader in Ukraine who made headlines earlier this year for publicly claiming the coronavirus pandemic was “God’s punishment” for same-sex marriage remained hospitalized Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.

A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated President Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in brokering a historic peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month.