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They help people in pain, solve emergencies, listen to complaints, collect donations, organise aid -- these local Argentine priests are saviours to the marginalised neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires and their role has only grown in light of the worse...

Gold prices hit $2,000 an ounce for the first time earlier this week, the latest surge in a commodity seen as a refuge during economic uncertainty.

A giant set of Olympic rings installed off Tokyo's waterfront was towed away for inspections and maintenance Thursday after coronavirus forced the year-long postponement of the 2020 Games.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Lebanon for a snap visit of support following an explosion at Beirut port that killed more than 130 people and caused widespread destruction.

Biarritz residents head to the beach for the beginning of a new episode of as a new heatwave begins in the south-west of France.

An art exhibition showcasing China's fight against COVID-19 is being held at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Nearly 200 pieces of paintings, calligraphy and sculptures featuring frontline medical workers, doctors, and citizens are being d...

In Beirut's beloved bar districts, hundreds of young Lebanese ditched beers for brooms to sweep debris in the absence of a state-sponsored cleanup operation following a deadly blast. The explosion, which hit just a few hundred metres away at Beiru...

Vietnam's central Danang city is converting a sports complex into a 2000-bed makeshift hospital to treat COVID-19 patients. The city has reported more than 180 coronavirus cases since July 25. It recorded its first coronavirus death on July 31.

Hindus gather at Times Square in New York to celebrate after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched construction of a new Hindu temple at a flashpoint religious site in Ayodhya.

Visitors and residents alike mask up as Amsterdam introduces mask-wearing measures in certain busy areas including the red-light district. Non-compliers risk a 95-euro fine.

A group of Russians complete an icy swim across Lake Baikal in Siberia in an effort to draw attention to ecological threats facing the world's largest freshwater lake.

The United States "is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government interferes with US elections," US Secreta...

The United States will submit a UN Security Council resolution next week to extend an arms embargo on Iran despite opposition from Russia and China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo extends "deepest condolences" to those affected by the massive explosion that leveled a huge section of Beirut and left at least 113 dead. "We stand ready to assist the government of Lebanon as it grapples with th...

A vigil is held in London's Kensington Gardens, near the Lebanese embassy, in honour of the victims of the Beirut blast. A cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port has sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, ...

A team of volunteers sprays disinfectants in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to stop the spread of COVID-19, saying that the government is not serving these poor neighborhoods, which have to fend for themselves against the pandemic.

A bakery in Mexico City uses teddy bears to help customers maintain social distancing while they enjoy tasty treats, in an effort to adapt to the new normality brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

"It was a really scary moment," says a Beirut resident as the Lebanese capital awakens to the aftermath of two enormous explosions that ripped through the city's port, killing at least 100 people and injuring thousands. TO COMPLETE VIDI1WA840_ENN...

Samsung unveils its new Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra smartphones during a streamed presentation in San Francisco. "Now that the division between work and play is blurring more than ever, we need to move fluidly between the two," says Mary...

The city of Aberdeen is facing new lockdown restrictions after seeing a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, with a cluster centred around The Hawthorn bar in the city centre.

Kashmiri protesters in Pakistan march in an anti-India rally to mark the anniversary of New Delhi stripping Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status and imposing direct rule on it.

Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin take part in a National Public Transport Security Committee meeting in Paris.

At Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, several tonnes of medical equipment are loaded onto an air force plane and firefighters board the plane bound for Beirut, after the Lebanese capital was devastated by two huge explosions that killed at least 10...

Stay-at-home-mother Svetlana Tikhanovskaya never had presidential ambitions. But in a tale worthy of a Hollywood script, in a matter of weeks the 37-year-old has gone from an unknown to the strongest rival to Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko...