Defying President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he does not have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China. Two members had already set out

Elections in the US state of Georgia that will decide control of the Senate are too close to call amid a nail-biting ballot count. Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue

The global economy is poised to expand by 4% this year, according to the World Bank, exceeding the 2.9% pace recorded in 2019, before Covid-19 pushed worldwide output into a

Saudi Arabia will reopen its airspace and land and sea border to Qatar as of Monday, Kuwait’s foreign minister said, citing a deal towards resolving a political dispute that led

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system

US President Donald Trump has been recorded telling Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn the 2020 US presidential  result. “I just want to find 11,780 votes,”

Authorities in Nigeria have released the passport numbers of 100 travellers who failed to undergo the compulsory Covid-19 test after returning into the country. The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19

The United States Congress has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a major defence bill, bringing to an end a tumultuous legislative session and a political showdown that

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to urgently tackle the country’s challenges head-on with a renewed determination and promising to fulfill the five demands of the #EndSARS protesters, a demand

The United Kingdom exits the European Union in a few hours, turning its back on a 48-year liaison with the European project for an uncertain future that will shape the

Restrictions have been placed on New Year festivities and church gatherings around Nigeria as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases. In Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital, “crossover vigils”-

France is to mobilise 100,000 police and gendarmes on New Year’s Eve to break up parties and enforce a curfew imposed to combat coronavirus. The extra security also aims at

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been named the best-performing stock market among the 93 equity indexes being tracked by Bloomberg across the world. The all-share index which opened at

Tottenham’s Premier League match against Fulham on Wednesday is under threat after an outbreak of coronavirus at Fulham. Fulham are the latest Premier League club to be affected by a

Spain is to set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said. Salvador

US President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver cash to businesses