An increase in sexually transmitted diseases the highest numbers reported in decades has been linked to the prevalence of online dating.

President Donald Trump is set to impose economic sanctions on Turkey as early as this week for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over the NATO-ally.

Tests of China's new upstream Jinghong dam on January 1 to 3 are expected to lead to a drop in the Mekong's water level by as much as one metre.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the actions as "a clear example of terrorism," and a top militia leader vowed retaliation against US forces in Iraq.

The former US vice-president has emphasised the need for a future Democratic president to work with Republicans, stressing the importance of consensus.

The verdict, which can be appealed, was the first connected to the killing of more than 200 pro-democracy protesters.

"So we have to do everything humanly possible to overcome this human challenge. It is still possible," the German Chancellor's New Year message will say.

A summary has been released of an inquiry held to examine the story behind a controversial image showing trainees saluting a teacher with a Nazi gesture.

With temperatures averaging six degrees warmer, Muscovites are sceptical about the use of fake snow to add authenticity to Orthodox Christmas celebrations.

The Palace will be rebuilt at a cost more than four times the value of building Parliament House in Canberra.

He Jiankui sparked an ethical crisis when he claimed to have edited the DNA of three human embryos. Now he has been fined and jailed by a Chinese court.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's father says their family has turned vegan and stopped flying on planes to save his daughter, not the planet.

US helicopters were seen evacuating injured people, al-Sumaria News reported.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter, Gianna, have died in a helicopter crash in California. Authorities say nine people were on board, and confirmed there were no survivors.

Chinese authorities have warned the deadly disease appears to be intensifying, as the first death confirmed in Hainan province.

The superstar's death comes at an awkward time in China's relationship with the NBA, yet the nation's many basketball fans are mourning his loss.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter were among nine people killed when their helicopter crashed in California. There were no survivors.

The revelation challenges the defence offered up by Trump and his attorneys in his Senate impeachment trial.

Xi Jingping has responded to the outbreak with speed and alacrity. Local authorities, on the other hand, have been less than impressive.

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Palestinians and Israelis took to calling Trump's promised solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the "deal of the century". It looks different now.

Voters in regional Italy have responded "to the aggression of an extremist right that has shouted with the culture of hatred", the Rome victorious candidate said.

A tourist hotel in Tenerife in the Canary Islands has been placed in quarantine after an Italian doctor staying there tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Iraj Harirchi's diagnosis came a day after he gave a news conference about the coronavirus, during which he was sweating and looked uncomfortable.

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