TOKYO, November 8 (Reuters): Japan formally proclaimed Crown Prince Akishino the first in line as heir to the throne on Sunday, the last of a series of ceremonies after his elder brother, Emperor Naruhito,
WASHINGTON, November 8 (Reuters): U.S. law maps out clear instructions for an orderly transfer of power from one president to the next, but Joe Biden's path is expected to be rockier than most of his m
Washington, November 8 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 49.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,249,010, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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MEXICO CITY, November 7 (Reuters): A Joe Biden presidency could reset ties with top U.S. trade partner Mexico that have suffered since Donald Trump made his first White House bid, tarring Mexican migrants
WASHINGTON, November 7 (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
WASHINGTON, November 7 (Reuters): Democrat Joe Biden said on Saturday he was honored that Americans have chosen him to be their president and said it was now time to heal divisions left by the election cam
WASHINGTON, November 7 (Reuters): Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday, several major television networks said, as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump's tu
MOSCOW, November 7 (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering the Russian government to work towards meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement to fight climate change, but stressed any action
ADDIS ABABA, November 7 (Reuters): Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed further air strikes after jets bombed the northern Tigray region on Friday amid reports that Tigrayan forces had seized control
BEIRUT, November 7 (Reuters): President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon would seek evidence and documents from the United States that led Washington to impose sanctions on his son-in-law Gebran B
MEXICO CITY, NOVEMBER 7 (IANS): Floods and landslides caused by heavy rains have left at least 19 people dead and more than 900 houses damaged in Mexico's Chiapas state, authorities said.
So far, 20 muni
ABIDJAN, November 7 (Reuters): Ivory Coast opposition leader and former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan was under arrest on Saturday for creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouatta
London, November 7 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he believed that there was "a deal to be done" on the post-Brexit trade with the European Union (EU), adding he "very much hopes&qu
London, November 7 (IANS): The UK has imposed an immediate for all travellers from Denmark amid concerns of a mutated Covid-19 strain found in minks that has been transmitted to over 210 people in the Scandinav
MOSCOW, November 7 (Reuters): Scientists in northern Russia have discovered a huge walrus haulout on the shores of the Kara Sea where their habitat is under threat from shrinking ice and human activity.
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Washington, November 7 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 49 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,241,360, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Washington, November 7 (IANS): White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an official has confirmed.
Meadows is the latest high-ranking White official to be infect
WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 7 (Reuters): Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed on Friday the vote count would continue as he took the lead in several battleground states and appeared poised
VIENNA, November 6 (Reuters): Austria on Friday admitted "intolerable mistakes" in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could have co
ADDIS ABABA, November 6 (Reuters): Ethiopia's leader justified his decision to launch a war in the north of the country, saying on Friday it was necessary to disarm a powerful ethnic faction that had o