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2020 sets record for hottest-year ever, global weather groups report

Earth's rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday

SL vs ENG 1st Test Day 1: Lanka bundled out for 135; ENG 127-2 at stumps

England set its sight on a meaningful first innings lead after offspinner Dom Bess took a career-best 5-30 to bowl out Sri Lanka for 135 on the first day of the first Test on Thursday

South Korean court confirms 20-year term for ex-president Park over bribery

South Korea upheld a 20-year prison term for former President Park Geun-hye over bribery and other crimes as it wrapped up a historic corruption case

China 2020 exports up despite coronavirus; surplus surges to $535 billion

China's exports rose in 2020 despite pressure from the pandemic and a tariff war with Washington, boosting its politically volatile trade surplus to $535 billion, one of the highest ever reported

Three UN peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali

Three United Nations peacekeepers from Ivory Coast died and six more were wounded when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and they came under attack by unidentified gunmen in Mali

Companies donated $170 million to Republicans who rejected Biden win

Corporations and industry groups have donated at least $170 million in recent years to Republicans who rejected President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Trump, according to a new report

Nigerian diplomat's family sues Boeing over 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

The family of a longtime Nigerian diplomat killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia has joined litigation against the company in US federal court

English Premier League players told to stop hugging by government

The British govt is increasingly troubled by soccer players hugging and kissing in celebrations, risking Covid infections and the sport's ability to be allowed to continue during the latest lockdown

America's coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300

Coronavirus deaths in the US hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country's attention focused largely on the fallout from the deadly uprising at the Capitol.

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte faces challenge as Renzi again disrupts

Italian Premier Conte is facing a challenge to his government's survival, with a junior partner threatening to pull its support just as Italy is battling a resurgence of the virus and a recession

Joe Biden picks Samantha Power, former UN envoy, for US aid post

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama, to run the US Agency for International Development.

World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon

The World Bank approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly 800,000 Lebanese reeling under the country's compounded economic and health crises.

TikTok tightens privacy settings and defaults for under-18 users

A month after federal regulators ordered it to disclose how its practices affect children and teenagers, TikTok is tightening its privacy practices for the under-18 crowd.

Global mistrust could threaten, limit coronavirus vaccine rollout: Survey

Waning trust in governments is threatening to limit the rollout of coronavirus vaccines around the world, particularly in the US, according to a survey conducted by communications firm Edelman.

President Trump's Republican wall eroding ahead of impeachment vote

Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were very fine people on both sides of a white supremacist rally

Number 3 House GOP leader backs Donald Trump's impeachment as tide grows

Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons as the Number 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump

As tech giants banish Donald Trump, here's the next big question

Major tech platforms have shown him the door in the wake of his incitement of violence by supporters at the US Capitol on January 6. He's gone from Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat even Shopify

Indonesia President Widodo gets 1st vaccine shot as country begins drive

Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use

Kim Jong Un vows to bolster N Korea's nuclear power as party meeting ends

Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country's nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy

Mike Pompeo cancels last trip abroad as concerns of violence grow

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled what would have been his final official trip abroad as concerns grow over potential violence at next week's presidential inauguration