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LilliDay/iStockBy DR. HASSAL LEE, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amid the sprawling coronavirus pandemic, scientists around the world also have been keeping a close watch on another potentially dangerous virus: swine flu. Through close surveillance […]

Fotonen/iStockBy CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Citing its close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday formally designated Chinese telecom giant Huawei as “posing a national security threat.” The […]

Keladawy /iStockBy Hatem Maher, ABC News (CAIRO) — Mysteries and superstitious tales surrounding an Indian-style mansion in an upscale Cairo district have finally been put to bed as the 109-year-old palace opened to visitors for […]

Silberkorn/iStockBy Kelly McCarthy, ABC News (THE HAGUE, Netherlands) — Wine drinkers are often aware of the markup to enjoy a glass or bottle at bars and restaurants, but European law enforcement successfully sniffed out a […]

Igor Ilnitckii/iStockBy KARSON YIU and BRITT CLENNETT, ABC News (HONG KONG) — In early June, Zhang Xiaoming, one of the top Chinese official in charge of Beijing’s Hong Kong portfolio called for Hong Kong people […]

yorkfoto/iStockBy CONOR FINNEGAN and VICTOR ORDONEZ, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Chinese government has deployed a mass sterilization campaign against Muslim ethnic minorities in the country’s western provinces, according to a new report, which […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy GUY DAVIES and WILLIAM MANSELL, ABC News (LONDON) — A male suspect has been shot dead after armed police responded to an incident believed to involve multiple stabbings in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday. Details are […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and GUY DAVIES, ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police are responding to a potential major incident in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday. Details are scarce at this time, but authorities are saying the situation […]

omersukrugoksu/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(LONDON) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history was declared over Thursday, almost two years after the first case was confirmed. An outbreak of the Ebola virus, which causes an […]

CGinspiration/iStockBy SOMAYEH MALEKIAN, ABC NEWS (TEHRAN, Iran) — Writing down her dreams in her diary notebook was the first thing Samaneh, a 16-year-old undocumented Iranian-Bengali, did after she learned she might officially get an Iranian […]