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What to know about the HMPV outbreak in China
Reports of an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in parts of China are drawing international attention.
HMPV was identified by a research group in the Netherlands in 2001, and had likely spread among humans for many years prior to…
10 gunmen dead in clash with Mexico security forces
Security forces clashed with gunmen on Monday in one of Mexico's most violent states, leaving 10 suspected criminals dead and three police officers injured, authorities said.
The early morning shootout happened during a joint patrol…
Bono, Messi, Denzel get Presidential Medal of Freedom
Joe Biden on Saturday will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 honorees, bestowing the highest civilian honor in the United States to entertainers, sports stars, politicians and diplomats.
Among those to receive honors from…
What we know so far about the New Orleans truck attack victims
Fourteen people were killed and 30 were injured after a US Army veteran, who also died, with an ISIS flag on his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into revelers in New Orleans' crowded French Quarter on New Year's Day.…
Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case
The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration and said he was not inclined to impose jail time.
Judge Juan Merchan said Trump, the…
Google pays Canada media Can$100 million to use its content
Google said Friday it had paid Can$100 million to Canadian news outlets to use their content on its platform, as part of a deal with the government to offset loss of advertising revenues.
Canada passed the Online News Act in 2023,…
South Korea in political crisis after president resists arrest
South Korea's political leadership was in uncharted territory Saturday after the sitting president resisted arrest over a failed martial law decree days before the warrant expires.
In scenes of high drama on Friday, Yoon Suk Yeol's…
Gaza babies die from winter cold
Yahya al-Batran clutched the tiny clothes of his dead newborn son Jumaa, just days after the baby died from the cold in their tent in war-torn Gaza.
"We are watching our children die before our eyes," said the 44-year-old. Their baby…
New Orleans truck attack: what we know so far
The United States saw 2025 begin with a violent attack, after a man drove deliberately at high speed into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more.
Here is what we know so…