Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that whoever wins the US presidential election should end interference in the internal affairs of her city and China overall.

Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano’s fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in volcanic activity.

Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia. Victory in the state would take him over the 270 threshold of electoral college votes needed to win the White House.

Democrat Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in the battleground state of Georgia. Victory in the state would take him over the 270 threshold of electoral college votes needed to win the White House.

Japanese carmaker Honda has reported that profit rose 23% in the last quarter, despite a pandemic that has hit businesses around the world. Tokyo-based Honda said its July-September profit was 240. 9 billion yen (£1.

 

Election officials in several US states have expressed fears about the safety of their workers amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, spurred by Donald Trump’s claims of a corrupt election.

Some Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump’s attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and claim without evidence that Democrats are trying to “steal” it from him.

House Democrats have cast blame for their disappointing US election results on their main message, their tactics on the ground, and their leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s team after expectations for major wins came crashing down in Tuesday’s ...

House Democrats have cast blame for their disappointing US election results on their main message, their tactics on the ground, and their leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s team after expectations for major wins came crashing down in Tuesday’s ...

Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called Stop the Steal that supporters of Donald Trump were using to organise protests against the presidential vote count.

Some high-profile Republicans have distanced themselves from Donald Trump’s attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and halt vote counting in Pennsylvania and other states.

Russian bailiffs raided the offices of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s organisation while the politician is still recovering in Germany from a nearly fatal poisoning.

Joe Biden’s campaign is expressing optimism at the ultimate result of the election but warning supporters to “stay patient and stay calm” as vote counting continues.

Hospitals in France’s capital are near to capacity with an upsurge in Covid-19 patients. In Paris, 84 people with coronavirus died in the region’s hospitals, which are at 92% capacity.

A judge in the US declined defence requests to move the trial of four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death, and also ruled that all four would be tried in a single proceeding.

Tanzania’s populist President John Magufuli took the oath of office for a second five-year term amid tight security after the opposition called for a fresh election, the disbandment of the electoral commission and an “endless peaceful demonstration” ...

Pope Francis has given the Vatican secretariat of state three months to transfer all of its financial holdings to another Vatican office following its bungled management of hundreds of millions of euros in donations and investments that are now the ...

Joe Biden stands on the brink of winning the presidency, needing to clinch just one more battleground state to defeat President Donald Trump.

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence, has resigned in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a special court based in The Hague.

Germany has recorded nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, its highest level yet. The national disease control centre, the Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday said 19,990 infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

The US is in limbo as counting goes on in key battleground states after voting in the presidential election, with legal challenges from Donald Trump threatening to block Joe Biden’s apparent march to victory.

The US is in limbo as counting goes on in key battleground states after voting in the presidential election, with legal challenges from Donald Trump threatening to block Joe Biden’s apparent march to victory.

The US is in limbo as counting goes on in key battleground states after voting in the presidential election, with legal challenges from Donald Trump threatening to block Joe Biden’s apparent march to victory.

Indonesian authorities raised the danger level for the volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the densely populated island of Java and ordered a halt to tourism and mining activities.

Nintendo has reported that its fiscal first-half profit more than tripled as people worldwide passed their time playing games while stuck at home during the pandemic.

Australian international cricketer Usman Khawaja’s older brother has been jailed after framing a colleague using a fake terror plot.

As Donald Trump threatened to sue over what he alleged was a “stolen” election, his supporters in some states gathered to demand counts be stopped – while in others they insisted all ballots be counted.

China is suspending entry for most foreign passport holders who reside in Britain, reacting to a new surge of coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom.

The US election has scrambled seats in the House and the Senate but ultimately has left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated presidential race.

From Ford Model T cars that popped off the assembly line in just 90 minutes to 60-second service for burgers, the United States has long had a reputation for having things done swiftly.

Dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump chanting “Stop the count!” descended on a vote-tallying centre in Detroit on Wednesday, as Americans on both political sides vented their anger and frustration over the undecided presidential contest at ...

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign long maintained there were thousands of new supporters tucked into rural, red pockets of the country who would come out and vote for the president when asked. On election day, there was proof.

Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing US President Donald Trump’s pathway to re-election.

Joe Biden won Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and narrowing US President Donald Trump’s pathway to re-election.

Joe Biden won Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and narrowing US President Donald Trump’s pathway to re-election.

The Danish government wants to cull all 15 million mink in the country’s farms, to minimise the risk of them retransmitting coronavirus to humans.

A giant iceberg the size of Somerset is floating toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, raising fears it could indirectly endanger wildlife.

Slovakian intelligence told their Austrian counterparts in July that the gunman who killed four people in a terror attack in Vienna this week had tried to buy ammunition there and mistakes were apparently made in dealing with that information, ...

Disappointed Democrats are driving towards extending their control of the House of Representatives for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least seven incumbents and failed to oust any Republican legislators in ...

Tropical Storm Eta is spinning through northern Nicaragua after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, with floodwater isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides that killed at least three people.

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country’s Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military base, declaring “the last red line has been crossed” ...

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has ordered the military to confront the country’s Tigray regional government after he accused it of carrying out a deadly attack on a military base, declaring “the last red line has been crossed” ...

Traumatised pangolins rescued from poachers are being nursed back to health by a dedicated team of volunteers at a South African wildlife clinic.

The fate of the US presidency hangs in the balance as Donald Trump and Joe Biden battle for battleground states that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House.

US news organisations have rebuked Donald Trump after he falsely claimed on live television that he had won re-election even as votes were still being counted.

Democrats’ hopes are fading for control of the US Senate, as Republicans repelled an onslaught of challengers and fought to retain their fragile majority.

US President Donald Trump has called the US election results “a major fraud” and vowed to take the process to the Supreme Court.

Democratic expectations of expanding their majority in the House of Representatives appear to be waning as they failed to defeat any Republican incumbents in initial returns.

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are focused on the three northern industrial states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania that could determine who wins the White House.