Civilians reel as violence spins out of control in Mozambique
Solution in Cabo Delgado conflict seems further away than ever as gruesome attacks aggravate dire humanitarian crisis.
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US postal worker and vote ‘whistle-blower’ recants allegations
The Trump campaign had seized on the Pennsylvania worker's allegations, but he told investigators they were made up.
Singles’ Day: Alibaba shoppers ready to mingle on ‘Double Eleven’
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd turned China's anti-Valentine's Day into an enormous global shopping event.
Radio journalist shot dead outside home in the Philippines
Sixty-two-year-old Virgilio Maganes survived a previous attempt to kill him by playing dead.
US states resume lockdowns as COVID-19 hospitalisations skyrocket
The US reports more than 100,000 new daily COVID-19 infections for six straight days as 59,000 people are hospitalised.
Guatemala ends rescue operations at deadly landslide site
Dozens of people are believed to have been killed by a landslide during Tropical Storm Eta last week.
Vatican says McCarrick’s rise fault of many, but spares Francis
Two-year Vatican investigation into former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick finds warnings of sexual misconduct were ignored.
COVID kills 15,000 US mink as Denmark recommends nationwide cull
The US is keeping some dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, agriculture officials said.
Donald Trump’s US election lawsuits: Where do things stand?
The Trump campaign files several longshot legal challenges in a bid to reverse the outcome of the presidential election.
Norwegian Air furloughs staff, pleads for help to survive in 2021
Already heavily in debt, Norwegian Air sees its problems exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Key Republicans: Let Trump’s election challenges play out
While some Republicans have accepted Joe Biden as president-elect, many others are fine with Trump's legal challenges.
US approves $23bn advanced arms sale to UAE: Pompeo
The arms sale, which includes F-35s, flows from the UAE's agreement to normalise relations with Israel.
Enslaved people rescued from illegal Brazilian gold mine
Authorities raided a mine run by Raimunda Oliveira Nunes, who is on Brazil's 'dirty list' of people using slave labour.
Beleaguered Italy needs to spend $11.8bn a month on lockdown aid
The money will go to help businesses and workers during restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic, say sources.
Amazon yanks doormats with Hindu gods from site amid outrage
The products bearing the sacred symbols were sold on Amazon's sites overseas, causing backlash on social media in India.
Gunmen kill prominent dissident in eastern Libya
Hanan al-Barassi, a lawyer and outspoken critic of rights abuses, shot dead in her car in the eastern city of Benghazi.
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on 6 firms, 4 people
The US Treasury Department accuses the network of supplying sensitive goods to an Iranian military firm.
One in five COVID-19 survivors develop mental illness: Study
Research finds 20 percent of those infected with COVID-19 diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days.
Obamacare may not be in peril, US Supreme Court justices suggest
Two of the court's conservatives suggest that the health care law will survive, even if one part of it is struck down.
Did Alexander Hamilton enslave people? New research says yes
Paper found that not only did Hamilton enslave people, his involvement in slavery was crucial to his very identity.