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The long-term effects of COVID-19, even on people who suffered a mild infection, could be far worse than was originally anticipated, according to researchers and doctors in northern Italy.

South Africa's president has announced a ban on alcohol sales to reduce the number of people admitted to hospital.

Eighteen sailors have been injured after an explosion caused a fire on a military ship in San Diego, the fire department said.

John Travolta says his wife Kelly Preston has died from breast cancer.

It is the moment when a life changes.

A British student who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in the prison where he was being held. 

Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers cast ballots in primaries held by the city's pro-democracy parties in defiance of the new security law.

A Scottish pilot who was on life support for more than two months in Vietnam is returning home. 

A gorilla at a zoo in Florida has been tested for COVID-19 after he was taken to an animal hospital to receive treatment following a fight with his younger brother.

Portuguese police and firefighters have explored three old, disused wells in their search for the body of missing Madeleine McCann.