President Trump on Friday evening tweeted that next week's Georgia Senate runoff elections are “both illegal and invalid,” even as he has been seeking to convince voters to throw their support behind the GOP senators seeking reelection. Trump began his series of tweets by reiterating his unsubstantiated claims of “massive...
China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative as part of its ambitious diplomatic and business efforts to distribute Chinese vaccines around the world. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said China is responding to a request from...
A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities — its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its stark storyline dramatic and obvious — captures, in mere seconds, the dangers for migrant children at the southern U.S. border. A...
If Serena Williams somehow manages to conjure up another on-the-run, back-to-the-net, no-look, over-the-shoulder shot in her next Australian Open match, a local coronavirus flareup means there won't be any spectators to react with the appreciative applause and yells that greeted this one. That's because while Williams was using that bit...
A mountaintop cable car plunged to the ground in northern Italy on Sunday, killing at least 13 people. A young child was hospitalized in serious condition with broken bones, authorities said. Stesa Mayor Marcella Severino said it appeared that a cable broke, sending the car careening until it hit a...
Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Monday. The experts will arrive on Thursday and meet with Chinese counterparts, the National Health Commission said in a one-sentence statement that...
Oil prices on Monday fell further from 11-month highs touched last week, ending a rally that started at end-October on production cuts and strong Chinese demand, with the market’s outlook questioned as coronavirus infections rise. Brent crude fell 20 cents, or 0.4%, to $54.90 a barrel by 0737 GMT, after...
Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Myanmar's civilian government, was charged Wednesday with illegally importing communications equipment, two days after the military seized power in what the U.S called a coup d'etat. She will be held until at least Feb. 15 on charges relating to the alleged ownership...
Is today your lucky day? Here are the Powerball winning numbers for Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021: 3 - 4 - 11 - 41 - 67 and Powerball 5 Powerplay was 2x The jackpot was an estimated $384 million with a cash option of $295.4 million, according to the Powerball website. No ticket matched...
Some of Canada's top airlines, banks, telecommunications companies and sports teams have formed a consortium piloting rapid tests to identify COVID-19 in workplaces and help reopen offices. The 12 companies including Air Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia are experimenting with antigen tests as part of a program being run...