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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has drawn criticism for joining end of year social gatherings after imploring residents to avoid such parties as the country sees record numbers of coronavirus cases.

A record number of journalists were imprisoned during 2020, as governments cracked down on coverage of the coronavirus pandemic or tried to suppress reporting of civil unrest, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tuesday.

Republicans eager to cement GOP control of the U.S. Senate have branded Georgia's Democratic candidates as puppets who would ensure a leftist takeover of the federal government if Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler aren't reelected.

Biden's speech came after the Electoral College had cast 306 votes for Biden and 232 for Trump, cementing Biden's win.

Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikToks parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers personal data and how their practices affect children and teens.

A crush of signups expected Tuesday on the last day of open enrollment for HealthCare.gov could help solidify the standing of Obamacare as an improbable survivor in the Donald Trump years.

Police in the nation's capital are asking for public assistance in identifying people responsible for burning Black Lives Matter banners and damaging local churches during weekend clashes between local activists and supporters of President Donald Trump.

Former prime minister Deuba, however, ruled out the possibility of revival of monarchy at present. "There should not be any illusion at all about reinstatement of monarchy in the country," he said.

The breach presents a major challenge to the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden as officials investigate what information was stolen and try to ascertain what it will be used for.

The first doses of COVID19 vaccine will arrive in Canada later on Sunday, with more of the initial batch of 30,000 coming on Monday, the official in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout told the CBC.

Two men were arrested for selling drugs to buy weapons to plan a future race war, Spanish police said on Sunday.

A new round of British sanctions against Russian individuals over alleged human rights abuses in Chechnya is "unfounded" and Moscow may retaliate, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

The overflowing crowds and lavish pageantry surrounding a centuriesold annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe, among the world's biggest religious gatherings, will be another pandemic casualty this year.

The Pacific's low-lying islands are among the countries worst affected by climate change, threatened by rising seas and increasingly extreme cyclones.

The harassment campaign against U.S. election officials following President Donald Trump's defeat took an ominous turn on Thursday after a website surfaced that accused them of "treason" and included photographs and home addresses, drawing the attention o...

Dressing down, the 2020 Nobel winners got their awards in a broadcast aired on Thursday as, thousands of kilometres away and sitting two metres apart, musicians played classical interludes in an almost empty auditorium.