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After refusing to acknowledge President Donald Trumps loss in last weeks election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leaving Friday on a trip to Europe and the Middle East, where leaders have all congratulated former vice president Joe Biden for his victo...

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Vamco has increased to 26, police said on Friday, after the storm brought powerful winds and torrential rains to the capital Manila and nearby provinces, damaging tens of thousands of homes.

Election security officials have no evidence that ballots were deleted or lost by voting systems in this month's U.S. election, two security groups said in a statement released on Thursday by the lead U.S. cybersecurity agency.

Police in the Swiss town of Biel opened fire on Thursday while stopping a person in connection with a suspected homicide, Bern cantonal police said.

The US media has projected Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. However, incumbent Trump is yet to concede defeat, vowing to mount legal fights in several key battleground states.

Biden said that he looks forward to working closely with Morrison on many common challenges, including containing the COVID-19 pandemic and guarding against future global health threats; confronting climate change; laying the groundwork for the global eco...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position, in what one source said could be a prelude to Trump's announcing plans to run for president in 2024.

Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of moderate prodemocracy voices in the Chineseruled finance hub, are expected to formally tender their resignation on Thursday in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues.

Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of the moderate prodemocracy voices in the Chineseruled finance hub, are expected to formally tender their resignation on Thursday in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues.

Typhoon Vamco soaked and lashed provinces in the Philippines' main Luzon island overnight, killing one person while three more are missing, the local disaster agency said on Thursday.

Sweden's prime minister said Wednesday his government will present a law proposal that would ban nationwide the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m. in bars, restaurants and night clubs from Nov. 20 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID19.

Five people died after a Europebound rubber boat carrying 116 migrants and asylumseekers fell apart in the central Mediterranean Sea, a Spanish humanitarian group said Wednesday.

Spain will demand a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours for all travellers arriving from countries with a high risk of contracting the coronavirus from Nov. 23, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Belize began voting on Wednesday for a new prime minister to replace Dean Barrow, who is stepping down after more than a dozen years in charge as the Central American country is gripped by an economic slump deepened by the coronavirus pandemic.

The European Union has struck a deal to initially pay less for Pfizer's COVID19 vaccine candidate than the United States, an EU official told Reuters as the bloc announced on Wednesday it had secured an agreement for up to 300 million doses.

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed rules which would give the EU the power to declare a health emergency and stress test national plans to tackle pandemics, in a potential blow to the World Health Organization.