Reports suggest Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has received a beefed-up Secret Service detail in anticipation of a potential Joe Biden presidential win. As of early Friday, several crucial battleground

The World Health Organisation (WHO), a UN specialized agency responsible for international public health, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent actions to protect the most

Denmark is killing its large mink population after discovering a coronavirus mutation that can spread to humans, the nation’s government said Wednesday. The country, which is the world’s largest supplier

China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry by foreign nationals from India even with valid visas or residence permits because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese embassy in New

Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, resigned on Thursday in order to face charges for war crimes and crimes

13.9% of Germans are overburdened by housing costs. The EU average is 9.3%. This is shown in a new infographic from Kryptoszene.de. This price development is affecting more and more

The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact forged five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change. The move, long threatened by

Prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has said he received a coronavirus vaccine shot. “We wish

The UK’s terrorism threat level has been raised to ‘severe’ as a precaution following attacks in France and Austria. The decision announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel came after a

Sri Lanka’s navy and a band of volunteers from nearby villages have managed to rescue 120 pilot whales that became stranded in the country’s biggest mass beaching, but at least

Gunmen armed with rifles opened fire in six different locations in central Vienna on Monday, killing three people and wounding several more, police say. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called it

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) efforts to elect a new leader next week could be delayed for at least another month because of the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Switzerland.

A three-year-old girl has been rescued alive from a collapsed apartment building in Izmir, Turkey, following Friday’s strong earthquake, according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu. The child, identified by

Oil prices fell 4% on Monday on worries that widening coronavirus lockdowns in Europe would weaken fuel demand and amid concerns about turbulence over this week’s U.S. presidential election. Brent

One of England’s greatest footballers, Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia- a disease characterized by loss of memory. He featured for Manchester United and was a member of

No fewer than nine Nigerian-Americans are on the ballot for Tuesday’s elections in the United States. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and will go into quarantine. “I have

Some 10,000 foreign pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah after a seven-month pause because of the coronavirus pandemic. The pilgrims must isolate for three days after arrival

A super typhoon has barrelled into the eastern Philippines bringing “catastrophic” winds and intense rains as about a million people were evacuated in its projected path including in the capital,