At least 21 current or former members of the US military or law enforcement have been identified as being at or near the Capitol riot.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Across Australia and the world, the drone market is surging. It is dominated by one company. China’s Da-Jiang Innovations, which controls 70 per cent of the world’s supply. 

Gaffes, misspeakings and an apparent general stupidity have never been a barrier between a white male and the US presidency.

From Friday, people in the US may be stopped from downloading Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok.

The Australian lawyer representing Julian Assange has told his extradition hearing the Trump Administration offered the Australian a pardon over the WikiLeaks publications.

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Trump once suggested that COVID-19 might be a good thing because it would stop him from having to shake hands with "disgusting people", Olivia Troye said.

Alan Sugar, a British Lord, revealed on Twitter that he had secured one of the estimated 30 seats on an Emirates flight from London this week.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in a government gazette published on Friday that she had "revoked the appointment" of James Spigelman.

Trump said a new decree would create a commission that would "encourage our educators to teach our children about the miracle of American history."

Taiwan's Liberty Times newspaper said Taiwan scrambled jets 17 times in four hours on Friday morning, warning the Chinese air force to stay away.