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Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Starting Jan. 5, people flying from China will need a negative COVID-19 test within two days of their departure in order to enter the United States,...

Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images(ROME) -- A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's health had worsened within a few hours, a Vatican official updated Thursday that he "is...

SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for co...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(HONG KONG) -- China on Monday flew 71 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense zone, as part of a drill that included 47 planes crossing the de-facto maritime border between t...

Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) -- After two years off due to COVID-19, the British royal family returned this year with its traditional Christmas morning service at Sandringham Estate. Joining the tr...

Dave J Hogan/Getty Images(SAO PAULO) -- Family members of Brazilian soccer superstar Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, gathered by his hospital bed on Christmas Eve as he faces h...

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(PARIS) -- Three people were killed and three others wounded, one critically, in a shooting in Paris on Friday, according to the city's prosecutor, Laure Beccuau. The motive ...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Taliban returned to power over Afghanistan issuing public promises to preserve its people's basic freedoms. But just as swiftly as the group grasped contro...

Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the relaxation of its "zero COVID" restrictions earlier this month in the wake of unprecedented nationwide protests, China is facing its largest o...

U.S. Dept. of State(NEW YORK) -- Brittney Griner late Wednesday posted an open letter thanking fans for their support and urging them to write to Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia. “Yo...