UK sheds record number of jobs in pandemic fallout
Britain's unemployment rate has jumped to 4.8 percent as the coronavirus pandemic destroys a record number of UK jobs, official data showed Tuesday.
Belarus expels two British diplomats: TV
Belarus has declared two senior British diplomats "persona non grata," a foreign ministry spokesman said on television on Monday.
Security forces kill 16 bandits in W. Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government on Monday revealed that some sixteen bandits that had recently attacked innocent civilians in western part of Ethiopia had been killed.
Trump fires defense chief Esper
Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday, further unsettling a government facing uncertainty over the US president's refusal to concede election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
UN chief congratulates Biden-Harris victory
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Biden to name virus team as worldwide cases top 50 million
The global tally of people infected by the coronavirus shot past 50 million on Monday, as United States President-elect Joe Biden geared up to name the scientists who will lead the country's response to its disastrous outbreak.