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Singapore on Wednesday upgraded its growth forecast for 2021 as the trade-reliant economy's key export markets picked up strength thanks to rapid coronavirus vaccine rollouts. The prosperous city-state, one of…

Taliban fighters overrun ninth provincial capital Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday to rally his beleaguered forces, with Taliban fighters having now…

Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down a disinformation operation which sought to spread COVID-19 vaccine hoaxes by duping social media influencers into backing false claims. The leading social network…

Faced with mounting legal pressures and demands for his departure from US President Joe Biden and others, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday following an inquiry that found…

Debate on a $3.5 trillion spending blueprint for President Joe Biden's top priorities entered a second day on Wednesday in the US Senate, where lawmakers sparred over the need for…

American visitors trickled across the Canada-US border on Monday, cheering the reopening of the world's longest land boundary 17 months after all non-essential travel was halted to slow the spread…

Britain's Prince Andrew was sued in a New York court Monday for alleged sexual abuse of a woman who says she was "lent out" for underage sex by late US…