The Swiss federal government says it has struck a deal with Moderna to supply Switzerland with 4.5 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine if the U.S. biotech firm successfully develops one.

Britain braced for record-breaking temperatures Friday as forecasters warned the public to take additional care in the heat.

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The British government vowed Friday to strengthen border measures after a record daily number of people crossed the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats.

Australia's prime minister on Friday rejected demands from within his own conservative party to publicly attack the center-left Victoria state government over its flawed handling of the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak and an economically damaging lockdown.

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This is the land of in-between for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Bad backs, creaky knees, hardly any applause and one guy who even snapped his driver in two – there was still plenty to complain about as golf's first major of the COVID-19 era finally got underway. But at least the weatherman got off scot-free.

Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut’s port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon’s capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands.

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly was talking about this week's doubleheader sweep at Baltimore that involved a parade of relievers, including several newcomers rescued from unemployment, and after naming three of them he drew a blank.