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Monday, 07 December 2020
Talks between the UK and EU are due to resume later in a final bid to agree a post-Brexit trade deal.
After a weekend of tense negotiations, EU sources told the BBC an agreement on fishing...
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Six years after the alleged incident, a Chinese court on Wednesday is hearing a landmark case that analysts say could define the future of the country's #MeToo movement.
Zhou Xiaoxuan - also known online...
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled officials for six important posts, as he prepares to take office.
Mr Biden said that "America is back" and "ready to lead the world, not retreat from it".
If...
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Donald Trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for US President-elect Joe Biden to take office.
The president said he was recommending a key federal agency "do what needs to be done", even...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Senior Republicans have voiced their alarm at US plans to withdraw some of its forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US is to cut its number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq by 2,500, the US Department...
Monday, 16 November 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden is to make tackling the coronavirus pandemic his top priority following his win over Donald Trump, his team says.
Announcing the first steps in his transition plan, his team...
Saturday, 07 November 2020
The uncertainty goes on. Three days after the election, votes are still being counted, lawsuits are flying and the country remains in a state of flux.
It is still too early to project the winner in a...
Friday, 06 November 2020
Welcome if you're just joining our live coverage of the US election 2020. The short story is we still don't know who has won the presidency.
While there have been no major shifts overnight, the count...
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Donald Trump's campaign has responded to Twitter flagging a tweet from the president as "misleading", after he suggested rivals were trying to "steal" the election.
Trump tweeted: "We are up BIG, but...
Tuesday, 03 November 2020
It was an hour before sunrise, 21 hours into a shift, and Mr Kim had delivered more than 400 packages. The 36-year-old delivery driver had been working since 5am the previous day. He messaged a colleague,...
Monday, 02 November 2020
There are fears a typhoon which slammed into the Philippines may have damaged 90% of the buildings in the first town it struck, the Red Cross has said.
Philippines Chairman Dick Gordon said a "visual"...
Friday, 30 October 2020
The appointment of Nigeria's ex-finance minister to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been thrown into doubt after the US opposed the move.
On Wednesday, a WTO nominations committee...
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
It took Hussain Haidari three hours and by the time he found his wife's cousin, Latif Sarwari, he had seen too many lifeless faces.
Latif was 20 years old and in the 12th grade of high school. He'd dreamed...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
At least seven people have died after an explosion during a class at a religious school in Pakistan, police have said.
Children of various age groups are among the dead, an officer at the scene...
Monday, 26 October 2020
China is once again mass testing an entire city for the coronavirus amid a regional outbreak in Xinjiang province.
Around 4.7m people in Kashgar are being tested, with 138 asymptomatic cases found so...
Friday, 23 October 2020
US President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden clashed over Covid and race while trading corruption charges, in their final live TV debate.
On the pandemic, Mr Biden would not rule...
Thursday, 22 October 2020
US national security officials say Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters.
The emails appeared to come from a far-right pro-Trump group and were meant to "incite...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
US President Donald Trump has a Chinese bank account and spent years pursuing business projects in the country, the New York Times has reported.
The account is controlled by Trump International Hotels...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Four school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils.
The...
Monday, 19 October 2020
China's economy continues its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic according to its latest official figures.
The world's second-biggest economy saw growth of 4.9% between July and September, compared to...
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