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yorkfoto/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were clashes for a third consecutive night in Belarus, as security forces again used violence in an attempt to disperse protesters demanding an end to the […]

HaraldBiebel/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — A passenger train has derailed in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on Wednesday morning, British Transport Police said. Early media reports indicate that the passenger train has caught fire and the […]

iStock/ipopbaBY: LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN (MOSCOW) — In the global race for a coronavirus vaccine, Russia declared it just claimed the gold medal. But some Western scientists worry it’s far too early to know if they’re seeing […]

simon2579/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin said Russia has become the first nation to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, effectively triumphing in what some around the globe have compared to the Space […]

SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty ImagesBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — There were intense clashes in Belarus’ capital Minsk on Monday night as security forces sought to violently disperse thousands of protesters who gathered […]

iStock/amlanmathurBY: CATHERINE THORBECKE (DELHI) — In a move garnering international headlines, a major Indian food delivery startup announced over the weekend that it is offering “period leave” for workers when they are menstruating. Zomato, a […]

3dmitry/iStockBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — The Lebanese government has resigned in the aftermath of the massive explosion in Beirut and mass anti-government protests, Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced on Monday. “I declare today […]

Karwai Tang/Getty ImagesBy KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News(LONDON) — The relationship between Princes William and Harry, who were once close, supposedly began to sour when Harry started dating his now-wife Meghan, according to Finding Freedom. The […]

SIARHEI LESKIEC/AFP via Getty ImagesBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Belarus’ main opposition candidate has rejected the official result of the presidential election that handed a landslide victory to the country’s authoritarian leader […]

spawns/iStockBy BRITT CLENNETT and KARSON YIU, ABC News (HONG KONG) — Once seen as the bastion of free press and speech in Asia, Hong Kong now appears to be changing day by day. Police detained […]