Abortions in North Carolina are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, eroding protections in one of the South's few remaining safe havens for reproductive freedom.
Britain's inflation rate has risen to a new 40-year high of 10.1 per cent in July as climbing food prices tightened a cost-of-living squeeze fueled by soaring energy prices.
A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday.
Factories in China's southwest have shut down and a city imposed rolling blackouts after reservoirs to generate hydropower ran low amid a worsening drought, adding to economic strains at a time when President Xi Jinping is trying to extend his hold on power.
Scott Morrison said Wednesday that giving himself extra powers when he was Australia's prime minister was necessary during the coronavirus crisis, as criticism rose the moves were deceptive and undemocratic.
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and fellow Republican Kelly Tshibaka have advanced from Tuesday's primary, while Republican Sarah Palin, seeking a political comeback, was among the candidates advancing to the November general election in the race for Alaska's only U.S. House seat.
