Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency ...

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President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare ...

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Armenia called on Azerbaijan on Tuesday to investigate ceasefire violations along the two countries' frontier, as a surge of ...

Stephen Scheeler was one of the social media giant's biggest champions. Now he thinks its algorithms are "frightening" unsafe ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

On 15 April, four Russian journalists were sentenced to five years and six months in prison for “extremism” for covering the ...

On 15 April, four Russian journalists were sentenced to five years and six months in prison for “extremism” for covering the ...

Slashing lifesaving aid, writes Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, shows the world "that we are not a reliable partner defined by its compassion, but an unreliable one defined by cruelty and indifference." ...