BERLIN/LONDON/OTTAWA, November 9 (Reuters): Some of the United States' biggest and closest allies quickly congratulated Joe Biden on his presidential election victory on Saturday even though Donald Tru
WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON, November 9 (Reuters): Democrat Joe Biden began preparing on Sunday to deal with the coronavirus and other problems that will confront him as president of a divided America, whi
MOSCOW, November 8 (Reuters): Hundreds of people were reportedly detained in Minsk on Sunday in the latest anti-government protests since a disputed August election returned Belarusian President Alexander
LONDON, November 8 (Reuters): The United States is Britain's closest and most important ally, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday, expressing confidence he could achieve much on everything from
JAKARTA, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): More than 630 people were evacuated from a village near Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Central Java province as a volcano alert was raised to the second-highest level, a local offic
ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): Airlines operating in Pakistan may face a ban from flying to 188 countries over their pilot licensing issue and failure to meet international standards as required by the Internati
WASHINGTON, November 8 (Reuters): President-elect Joe Biden declared it was "time to heal" a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donal
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Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total.
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BANGKOK, November 8 (Reuters): Thai police used water cannon on Sunday against thousands of protesters marching to deliver a message to King Maha Vajiralongkorn to demand reforms to curb the powers of his
ADDIS ABABA, November 8 (Reuters): Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sacked his army chief, head of intelligence and foreign minister on Sunday, as the military continued a five-day old offensive
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 8 (IANS): In an unprecedented move, the UN Watch took a scathing dig at Prime Minister Imran Khan for his intolerant views and Pakistans inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council (U
BAKU/YEREVAN, November 8 (Reuters): Azeris celebrated on the streets of Baku after President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country's forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Ka
ADDIS ABABA, November 8 (Reuters): Nine million people risk displacement from an escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the United Nations said, warning that the government's declaration
RAMALLAH, November 8 (Reuters): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a statement that indicated he will drop his three-year political boycott of the
LONDON, November 8 (Reuters): Current global uncertainty and anxiety amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic could risk another world war, the head of Britain's armed forces has war
YANGON, November 8 (Reuters): Myanmar voted in a general election on Sunday seen as a referendum on a fledgling democratic government that remains popular at home but which has seen its reputation collapse over
DUBAI, November 8 (Reuters): Iran's president said on Sunday the next U.S. administration should use the opportunity to compensate for President Donald Trump's mistakes, Iranian state reported afte
MIFFLINTOWN, Pa., November 8 (Reuters): In Pennsylvania it doesn't get much "redder" than Juniata County, a predominantly white and rural region dotted with picturesque churches, livestock fa
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Joe Biden, a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president, completed a long climb to the political summit that included two previous failed presidential
WASHINGTON, November 8 (Reuters): Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden's vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win