Joe Biden is expected to be as tough on China as Donald Trump, but he will need to pull together enough of the rest of the world’s economies to give Xi Jinping pause for thought.

Indian security officials said clashes came after at least 18 Chinese soldiers tried to cross into Indian-claimed territory at Naku La in Sikkim on January 20.

Even small shifts in the PAP's popularity can lead to major policy changes, and incumbent PM Lee Hsien Loong struck a downbeat tone on Saturday.

The Chinese leader’s 25-minute Davos speech was a masterclass in double-speak.

The North’s missiles on parade could be engineering mock-ups that would require further development before they are ready to be deployed.

Republicans were trying to gauge the dynamics of a vote to convict Trump, while the Democrats argued about how to do it without derailing Biden's agenda.

Videos showed residents fleeing to higher ground on motorcycles, and a child trapped under the rubble as people tried to remove debris with their bare hands.

The charges were introduced in the civil war and have rarely been used since. The last man to be convicted of sedition plotted to blow up the World Trade Centre.

Several people were believed to be injured after the bus careened off a road and was left dangling from an overpass in the Bronx.

After nearly 16 years in office, the most powerful woman in the world is about to bow out of politics.

Do Republicans want to risk creating a martyr figure in Trump, a divisive distraction on the sidelines? Or will they allow him to fizzle out quietly, nothing to rage against?

The president-elect has recruited a battle-tested team to tackle the herculean tasks of rebuilding the economy, containing the pandemic while addressing the urgent issues of climate change and racial injustice.

Anyone who celebrates the exit of Trump from the White House this week might consider the many rebirths of the greatest zombie in American history.

If all proceeds according to divine plan, the US will be ruled by monarchs drawn from the Moon family, originally from what is now North Korea.

Authorities in Rio are investigating what they have called an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes.

Authorities in Rio are investigating what they have called an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes.

Authorities in Rio are investigating what they have called an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian had asked Trump to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, 63, who was sentenced to life for drug offences.

Trump has become "obsessed" with pardons and is driven by celebrities like Kim Kardashian, who successfully lobbied for a woman to be released from prison.

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