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Hundreds of firefighters battled through a second day from the air, land and water to save a US war vessel swept by flames while moored at a San Diego shipyard, as the number of people injured in the blaze rose to nearly 60.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian says.

The US has surpassed China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus cases, according to a Reuters tally, as New York, New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalisations and looming shortages in supplies, staff and sick beds.

The United States have signed a deal with Taliban insurgents that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.

President Donald Trump has been acquitted in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him.

A magazine advice columnist who is suing Donald Trump for defamation for denying he raped her about 24 years ago wants him provide a DNA sample to see if he came into contact with the dress she said she wore.

Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran feared US air strikes.

Boeing is temporarily halting 737 production in January for the first time in more than 20 years as the grounding of its best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes looks set to last well into 2020.

A transgender teenager who told police that he and a friend opened fire at a suburban Denver high school to exact revenge on classmates who bullied him should be tried on murder charges as an adult, a judge ruled.

US Senator Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid, abandoning a campaign that began with promise for a rising Democrat star but faltered as she struggled to raise money and make a compelling case for her candidacy.