WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the presidential election is going before Congress as lawmakers convene for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden. The...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus...
PARIS (AP): France is launching a new government service empowered to take money directly from the bank accounts of parents who fail to pay child support, aiming to help many families – the vast majority of whom are headed by single mothers –...
COPENHAGEN (AP): Norwegian authorities said Tuesday they have given up hope of finding survivors of a landslide that swept away homes in a residential area almost a week ago, killing seven people. Three people are still missing from the December...
CARACAS (AP): Nicolás Maduro was set to extend his grip on power Tuesday as the ruling socialist party prepared to assume the leadership of Venezuela’s congress, the last institution in the country it didn’t already control. Maduro’s allies swept...
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s latest bid to overturn his election loss in Georgia during a hearing Tuesday that the president’s lawyer blocked members of the public from listening to remotely...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Zimbabwe, where girls as young as 10 are forced to marry due to poverty or traditional and religious practices, a teenage taekwondo enthusiast is using the sport to give girls in an impoverished community a fighting...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that he is “disappointed” Chinese officials haven’t finalised the permissions to allow a team of experts into China to examine the origins of COVID-19. WHO...
LONDON (AP) — England’s National Health Service is accustomed to tough winters and caring for people on overcrowded wards sometimes means moving patients into the corridor. But this is different. Now some are lucky just to get medical...
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa and Zimbabwe have re-imposed restrictions to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Starting January with record new confirmed cases and deaths, South Africa last week banned all sales of liquor, closed...
LONDON (AP): Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination programme by becoming...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Mozambique’s jihadist violence has forced the French energy firm Total to suspend work at its multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas project in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province. After the rebels’ January 1 attack...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Iran began enriching uranium on Monday to levels unseen since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and also seized a South Korean-flagged tanker near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, a double-barrelled challenge...
TORTOLA (CMC): Prime Minister Andrew Fahie has urged the owners of motorcycles across the territory to equip them with silencers. Speaking during a recent sitting in the House of Assembly, the premier said if this is not done, there could be...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus. Johnson said the country is at “a critical...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will begin a 25-day nationwide lockdown Thursday to battle a surge in coronavirus infections during the holiday season that has challenged the country’s already battered health care sector. Lebanon’s health...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, the head of Serum Institute of India, which has been contracted to make one billion doses of the vaccine for...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Scientists in South Africa are urgently testing to see if the vaccines for COVID-19 will be effective against the country’s variant virus. The genomic studies come as Britain’s health minister, Matt Hancock,...
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom on Monday became the first nation in the world to start using the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca, ramping up a nationwide inoculation program as rising infection...
LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Monday rejected the United States’ request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges, saying he was likely to kill himself if held under harsh US prison conditions. In a...
MOGADISHU (AP): As richer countries race to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Somalia remains the rare place where much of the population hasn’t taken the coronavirus seriously. Some fear that’s proven to be deadlier than anyone knows. “Certainly our...
HELSINKI (AP): Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris. Three bodies have been recovered, but searchers are...
NEW DELHI (AP): India authorised two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation programme to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency...
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The minimum wage is going up in New York, and a new sick leave law is also coming into effect for 2021. New York is one of 15 states with a paid sick leave law, and workers can use sick leave to recover from an illness...
