The US recorded its 12 millionth COVID-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignorin

Mike Pompeo. Photo: Xinhua
The US has formally exited the Open Skies Treaty with Russia, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

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President Donald Trump's desperate bid to overturn the US election was dealt a new setback on Saturday when a federal judge threw out his cam

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"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised," according to a state

Voters line up outside polling precincts in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, as Election Day voting began early Tuesday morning in many parts across the US. Photo: VCG

Two vehicles with public health messages drive past the Washington Monument on Sunday. As Election Day approaches on Tuesday, shops and important buildings in t

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo provides a coronavirus update during a press briefing in Albany of New York State, the United States, May 15, 2020. (Mike G

Australia's prime minister said the country may no longer rely on a much-criticized accounting tactic to meet its emissions targets, stepping away from an appro

Hindu devotees pray at a shrine temple in Mumbai, India on Monday, after places of worships in Maharashtra state reopened following more than eight months of sh

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receives an interview with Xinhua in Singapore in April 2019. Photo: Xinhua
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loo

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Dialogues via video link, in Beijing, capital of Chin

Medical workers carry a patient from an ambulance to George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C., the United States, on April 27, 2020.Photo:Xinhua

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo addresses his press conference in Albany, New York, on Nov. 22, 2020. (Courtesy of NYS Governor's Office)

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Mexico has committed to the arrest of a high-level cartel leader under a deal with US Attorney General William Barr to drop US drug trafficking charges against

The remains of two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago have been unearthed at a grand villa on the fringes of Pompeii, officials at

Europe is set to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX passenger jetliner in January 2021 after US regulators last week ended a 20-month grounding triggered

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's brinkmanship has brought UK-EU talks down to the wire and his choice boils down now to a barebones deal or serious economic disru

A man wearing a face mask walks in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 9, 2020. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declared on Nov. 6 the return of the co

Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh vowed Sunday to track down those responsible for a rocket attack on the capital that killed at least 10 people, even as the

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Some 1.7 million Italians will get vaccinated against coronavirus by the end of January 2021, the country's Extraordinary Commissioner for the COVI

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain, on Oct 29, 2019.File photo:Xinhua
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a

Photo taken on March 11, 2015 shows the Middelgrunden Wind Farm outside Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark.File photo:Xinhua
The European Union (EU) aims t

An EU flag is seen in front of a UK flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on Jan. 17, 2019.File photo:Xinhua
Britain's chief negotiator Davi

5G Photo: XinhuaThe praesidium of Russia's governmental commission for digital development has enacted the road map for 5G networks development in Russia, the o

This photo shows a plenary session being held at the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia. (File Photo by State Duma)

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