US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks on Tuesday, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump clung to unsubstantiated claims of frau

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The US General Services Administration (GSA) on Monday told Joe Biden it is ready to begin the formal presidential transition process for

New demonstrations against racism took place on Sunday outside Carrefour ­supermarkets in Brazil to protest the death of a black man beaten to death by whit

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand's "sea gypsies" it has brought welcome respite.

Moken fisherman Sanam Changnam shows

A worker covers the floor with a tarp at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia on Monday, after the Indonesia Geological agency raised the status alert fo

Jordan's King Abdullah II (C) reviews the Royal Guard of Honor during the ceremony of the 73rd anniversary of the Independence of Jordan in Amman, Jordan, May 2

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an apparent message to US President-elect Joe Biden, said on Sunday there should be no return to the 2015 Iran nuc

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group on Monday said it fired a missile at a distribution station operated by the Saudi Aramco oil company in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea

Teachers and school staff undergo body temperature scanning procedures upon their arrival on Monday for the start of the school year at the Luigi Einaudi techni

Britain's Supreme Court on Monday hears the case of a woman stripped of her UK citizenship after joining the Islamic State in Syria, who wants to return to appe

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 6, 2019 shows a cargo ship of COSCO SHIPPING Lines transporting Italian products for the 2019 China International Import Expo (CIIE)

Spain will increase its police presence in Senegal to tackle criminal networks behind an upsurge in illegal migration from the West African coast to its territo

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on Monday accused of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling, one of several criminal investigat

People dine inside a dome, an installation which helps prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, at Capitol Singapore Outdoor Plaza, Singapore, on Oct. 21, 2

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said climate change must be fought not in silos but in an in

The state-owned Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) most trusted rocket Polas Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

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Photo taken on Nov 5, 2020 shows the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., the United States. Photo:Xinhua
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on

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The United States reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases over the past week, a 26 percent increase over the previous week, according to lat

The mortality rate among patients critically ill with COVID-19 in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province reached around 40 percent, respiratory expert Zhong Nans

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Donald Trump Jr., President Trump's eldest son, has tested positive for coronavirus: US media

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud delivers his closing remarks at the G20 summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 22, 2020. The Group of 20 (G20) Saudi Ar

Passengers wearing face masks are seen at the departure hall of Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 17, 2020. On Friday, Israel wil

Displaced people prepare to leave the al-Hol camp in the northeastern province of Hasakah, Syria on Nov. 16, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohamm

Relatives and friends of Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, who died after being beaten by white security agents in a supermarket belonging to the Carrefour group,