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GENEVA — World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19.

WASHINGTON — She didn't have to wear a black robe or even be in Washington, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined her new colleagues at the Supreme Court on Monday to hear arguments for the first time.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian opposition leaders said Monday that police arrested key colleagues and charged them with “terrorism-related offences ” and sealed off areas where a peaceful protest was to begin over last week’s election that they call too

IZMIR, Turkey — When firefighter Muammer Celik reached a 3-year-old girl trapped for three days under the rubble of a deadly earthquake in a Turkish coastal city, his heart sank.

SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands — This really was a fluke.

ROME — The Vatican says Pope Francis’ comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis’ belief that gay couples should enjoy legal protections.

WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing posted a strong gain in October to the highest level in two years even as coronavirus cases have begun to surge again in many parts of the country.

SILVER SPRING, Md. — U.S. construction spending rose 0.3% in September, the fourth straight monthly gain after a coronavirus-caused spring swoon, although a smaller gain than analysts had expected.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Just over her mask, Patra Okelo's eyes brimmed with tears when she recalled the instant that a truth about America dawned and her innocence burned away. One moment on Aug.

PARIS — French schools held a nationwide minute of silence Monday in honour of a teacher who was beheaded for opening a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam.