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US presidential elections: Joe Biden predicts 'big win' in Pennsylvania

Joe Biden is predicting a victory in Pennsylvania on the eve of the election

US judge blocks Donald Trump's key immigration rule on public benefits

A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to Trump on the eve of the election

US case against Venezuela's oil minister Aissami hits another snag

The prosecution of Venezuela's Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami for violating US sanctions has run into another snag after a federal judge allowed one of his co-defendants to withdraw a guilty plea

US elections: Biden backers make a final plea for delivery of mail ballots

Down to the wire with threat of court battles looming, supporters of Biden scrambled to rally swing-state voters to drop off ballots, visit precincts in person and ensure that their votes are counted

Aspen Pharmacare, Johnson & Johnson announce deal to make Covid-19 vaccine

South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare has announced a deal with Johnson & Johnson to manufacture its Covid-19 vaccine candidate if it is approved in South Africa and internationally

Angela Merkel cautious on US vote comment, says she values science

German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined to comment directly on the US election but said she values the advice of scientists hours after Trump took another shot at the top infectious disease expert

25 dead, several wounded in terror attack at Afghanistan's Kabul University

The attack came as the insurgents are continuing peace talks with the U.S.-backed government

Trump threatens to fire Fauci as his rift with disease expert widens

Donald Trump suggest he will fire Dr Anthony Fauci after election, as his rift with the nation's top infectious disease expert widens

McDonald's hires new diversity chief amid corporate turmoil, racism charges

McDonald's is hiring a new chief diversity officer as it struggles with charges of harassment and racism at all levels of the company.

French schools reopen under tight security after beheading of teacher

French schools reopened for the first time since the beheading of a teacher who opened a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam

Explainer: US Presidential election result may be delayed and that's ok

We may not know who won the presidential election on Tuesday night. And if so, it does not necessarily mean anything is broken, fraudulent, corrupted or wrong

US President Trump decries FBI probe of supporters surrounding Biden bus

President Donald Trump suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there

Thousands protest in Belarus amid crackdown for President's resignation

Thousands of protesters in Belarus swarmed the streets of the capital to demand the resignation of the country's longtime president and encountered police using stun grenades to break up the crowds

Biden works to push Black turnout in presidential campaign's final days

Joe Biden is spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communities

Protests in Brazil support President Bolsonaro in anti-vaccine stance

Groups of protesters gathered in Brazil's two biggest cities to demonstrate against any mandate for the taking of a Covid-19 vaccine, supporting a rejection campaign encouraged by President Bolsonaro

Under President Trump, citizenship and visa agency focuses on fraud

The head of the agency handling citizenship and visa applications was surprised when he faced blowback for cutting a reference to the US being a nation of immigrants

GOP tries to save its Senate majority, with or without Donald Trump

A final election push against the onslaught of challengers in states once off limits to Democrats but now hotbeds of a potential backlash to President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill.

Tropical storm Eta ties record; expected to become hurricane by Monday

Forecasters expect the newly-formed Tropical Storm Eta to become a hurricane by Monday, shortly after the system formed in the Caribbean

Donald Trump asks agencies to determine fracking impact on economy

President Trump issued a memorandum that calls on government agencies to determine fracking's impact on the economy and trade and the costs of banning the oil and gas extraction through fracking.

Coronavirus can directly infect heart muscle leading to damage: Doctors

Even though it's known as a respiratory virus, doctors believe the coronavirus can directly infect the heart muscle and cause other problems leading to heart damage.