Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed an antidiscrimination bill that makes violence against women and LGBT+ people a hate crime, with those fou

Revellers are seen in the street after pubs closed in Leeds, northern England on Wednesday, on the eve of a second COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: AFPMore than 99,000

A couple is hugging in front of a restaurant, where the terrorist attack occurred, in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday. Photo: AFPAustria acknowledged Wednesday the

Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2020 shows a damaged classroom after a deadly terrorist attack at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

A policeman puts out a fire set by demonstrators during a protest demanding every vote should be counted for the presidential election in New York, the United S

Police officers work on Times Square during the 2020 U.S. presidential election in New York, the United States, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
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Democrats and Republicans girded Wednesday for a legal showdown to decide the winner of the tight presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat

A polling worker holds 2020 presidential primary ballots at the Stamford Government Center on August 11 in Hartford, Connecticut, the US. Photo: AFP
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US health experts this week will decide whether to recommend approval for Biogen Inc's Alzheimer's drug, which could become the first new treatment for the mind

A photo of a new high-speed amphibious robot developed by Israeli researchers. (Ben Gurion University via Xinhua)

Israeli researchers have developed a new hi

Fighters of the UN-backed Libyan government move explosive remnants in an old military camp in southern Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 12, 2020. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xi

A journalist walks inside a damaged classroom of the National Legal Training center, a day after gunmen stormed Kabul university in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tues

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Facebook and Twitter are running notifications, informing US users that the winner of the 2020 US presidential election has not yet been determined a

Right-wing protesters pepper spray an anti-police protester during a rally in Portland on August 22.File photo: AFP
Governor of US state of Oregon Kate Brown on

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

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The US has recorded over 100,000 new coronavirus cases, the most ever in a single day since the pandemic began, amid the intense 2020 US presidential

Joe Biden wins key battleground state of Michigan in presidential election, leading with 264 electoral votes, with Donald Trump at 214 votes, US media reported

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Joe Biden secured success in Wisconsin, turning the state from red to blue and winning its 10 electoral college votes. Biden now leads with 248 elect

A group of migrants wait at a bus station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. Photo: AFPA total of 575 migrants have been intercepted off Libya's w

Moroccan Imam Zaki Sidi Mohammed (center) and Muslim worshippers pose for a picture after a prayer in the first official mosque in the Greek capital Athens on T

Police stand guard on a street in Vienna, capital of Austria, Nov. 2, 2020. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)Austrian investigators were on Tuesday piecing to

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The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10 as scheduled despite the impact of COVID-19 outb

Businesses that violate environmental laws in the northern UAE emirate of Ras al-Khaimah are being given the option to plant trees instead of paying fines, unde

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The Japanese government on Thursday said an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu had been confirmed at a chicken farm in western Japan's Kagawa P

A man wearing a face mask walks in the street during the COVID-19 pandemic in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, on Nov. 3, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
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