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End of the line: Malaysia, Singapore kill high-speed rail project

Qatar’s ‘Superman’ Al-Attiyah eyes fourth Dakar title in Saudi

African genomics: The scientists unlocking cures encoded in DNA

Mali charges prominent figures with ‘attempted coup’

Ford reverses out of Mahindra car-making joint venture in India

New York Stock Exchange starts delisting China telecoms firms

Under pandemic pressure, drugmakers raise prices in US: Report

Wall Street to kick out three Chinese telecom firms

‘We are one and free’: Australia amends national anthem

North Korea’s Kim marks New Year with visit to family tomb

US politics in 2021: What's in store for President-elect Biden?

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

India's love affair with classic British motorbikes

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change

Australia-China row: 'I'm Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?'

Ten African music stars to look out for in 2021

Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets

MF Doom: Hip-hop star dies aged 49

China’s factory recovery slows as higher costs hurt businesses

Samuel Little: America's 'most prolific' serial killer dies

Asian shares set to finish 2020 at record high on economic hopes

US raises tariffs on European wines, spirits amid plane dispute

Wang Xiangjun: China's 'Glacier Bro' presumed dead

China shadows two US ships through the Taiwan Strait

How 2020 left China ‘diplomatically diminished’

Zhang Zhan: The 'rebellious soul' jailed for filming Wuhan

Nashville explosion: Police probe conspiracy theory motive

Deepening divisions: Venezuela's haves and have nots

Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2020

India's most uplifting social media moments in 2020

Deferred dreams: What COVID taught three Olympic athletes

Trump, McConnell division grows as Senate poised to override veto

Syria attack: At least 28 killed in ambush on bus

Penn Station: New train hall returns beauty to New York station

Republican senator to dispute certification of Biden victory

Vietnamese pick up the pieces after 2020’s relentless storms

Second Indigenous activist killed in Honduras this week

2020 through the lens of a photojournalist

Yemen war: Video shows moment Aden airport attacked

Four protests that triggered change - and one that didn't

Norway mudslide: Aerial footage shows devastation

China Covid-19: Nearly 500,000 in Wuhan may have had virus, says study

Luke Letlow: Newly-elected US lawmaker, 41, dies from Covid

Asia investors bet on 2021 rebound, sending shares to record high

EU, Chinese leaders to announce hard-fought investment deal

China jails Hong Kong activists for between seven months and three years

Covid: Sydney announces new restrictions ahead of New Year

China jails 10 Hong Kong activists for ‘illegal border crossing’

North Korea defectors: Why it's getting harder to escape

Tamir Rice killing: US closes investigation into 2014 shooting

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

North Korea prepares for key party congress as challenges mount

Hong Kong teen activist jailed for China flag ‘insult’

Trump’s bid for $2,000 stimulus cheques stalls in US Senate

Quarantine meals: The 2020 food trend no-one predicted

Fashion lookahead: Eight major 2021 looks from tie-dye to pastels

What my grandfather's life taught me about China and America

Notable African deaths of 2020: From jazz legends to football heroes

Iraqi interpreters 'stalked by death squads' for helping the British

US Justice Dep’t declines to charge officers in Tamir Rice case

US detects first case of COVID-19 variant in Colorado

Covid-19: Biden says Trump vaccine roll-out is 'falling behind'

Belarus protests: The demonstrators speaking out in new and creative ways

2020 and me: 'We need to learn life lessons from this'

Asian shares jump on hopes of bigger US fiscal stimulus measures

Coronavirus: India confirms six cases of new Covid variant

Trump bolsters order barring US investment in some Chinese firms

Cricket: India beats Australia by eight wickets, wins second Test

India reports six cases of new UK variant of coronavirus

South Korea reports record COVID deaths; secures new vaccine deal

Telecom towers vandalised as Indian farmers continue protests

Covid: US House votes to boost stimulus package payments

How tiny Timor-Leste kept the coronavirus at bay

Japan to build wooden satellites to cut space junk

Russia admits COVID death toll third-worst in the world

Australian man and child saved after friends walk 12 hours for help

India migrants: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus

Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer

Ohio policeman in US fired over fatal shooting of Andre Hill

Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in sex abuse case

Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine

Covid in prison: 'We should be treated like humans'

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

When Greta Thunberg met Margaret Atwood... on Zoom

The big tech questions for 2021

No shame in dealing with matters of the mind

Demon Slayer becomes Japan’s top-grossing movie

South Korea latest country to detect new COVID variant: Live news

UK says it will sign free trade deal with Turkey this week

Trump’s US COVID aid bill approval sends stocks higher

Dr Mahinder Watsa: India’s most famous ‘sexpert’ dies at 96

Ten of ‘Hong Kong 12’ arrested at sea due in China court

Indian officer accused of planting weapons on Kashmir civilians

Zhang Zhan: China jails citizen journalist for Wuhan reports

Ant trapped? China pushes fintech giant to overhaul its business

Chinese citizen journalist faces trial for Wuhan virus reporting

South Korea steps up virus vaccine efforts as new strain found

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law

Chinese games billionaire poisoned to death

Under pressure, Trump finally signs COVID relief bill

How did the pandemic begin? WHO team to seek answers in China

South Africa crosses one million cases of COVID-19

Covid-19: China's painful year fighting the coronavirus

Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour

Tigray crisis: Eritrea's role in Ethiopian conflict

Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19

2020 and me: 'I know the value of family more'

‘Message of hope’: Europe launches COVID vaccination campaign

Hackings, piracy, economy: How Qatar was undermined in GCC crisis

Why are millions starving in Yemen? | Start Here

Stillbirths: An overlooked consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

US presidents' pets: Biden dogs Major and Champ to restore White House tradition

What 2020 taught me about how we cover the news

Central African Republic election: Polls open amid fears of more violence

Bangladesh ‘set to move’ new group of Rohingya to remote island

At least 40 loggers feared abducted in northeast Nigeria

Niger heads to polls in search of first democratic transition

EU kicks off mass COVID vaccination campaign: Live news

Polls open in Central African Republic under threat of violence

Covid: EU launches mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

Ten climbers killed in Iran after heavy snowfall

Nashville explosion 'probably suicide bombing'

Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon set ablaze after fight

Why is India denying prisoners spectacles and straws?

How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming

How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020

Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche

Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?

2020 and me: 'EndSARS was our Black Lives Matter'

Covid in the classroom: How the pandemic changed these three teachers' lives

Chinese economy to overtake US 'by 2028' due to Covid

Bangladesh director arrested after film shows police in bad light

South Africa raise fists before cricket match

Coronavirus: More cases of new Covid variant found in Europe

George Blake: Soviet Cold War spy and former MI6 officer dies in Russia

Several injured after shooting in Berlin

Spain confirms first case of coronavirus variant found in UK

Libya’s warring sides begin prisoner exchange

‘Lingering crisis’: What people in CAR think about Sunday’s polls

737 Max: Air Canada flight in unscheduled landing after engine issue

Rouhani defends COVID vaccine efforts amid US pressure

Manhunt under way after four injured in Berlin shooting

UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic on eve of election

India arrests 75 in Kashmir after local elections

Israeli air attacks cause injuries, damage in Gaza Strip

Two Afghan police killed as Kabul hit by bomb blasts

Three Burundi peacekeepers killed in CAR as rebels call off truce

What a pandemic Christmas looked like around the world

Letter from Africa: Somalia's Christmas birthdays and lost memories

Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump

France confirms first case of new coronavirus variant

The family with no fingerprints

What a pandemic Christmas looked like around the world

Chinese vaccines are poised to fill gap, but will they work?

EU diplomats rush to review Brexit trade deal on Christmas Day

World celebrates Christmas like no other, in shadow of pandemic

Kenya’s sexual violence survivors get justice, though imperfect

Japan’s Shinzo Abe apologises over ‘cherry blossom’ scandal

Kill the bill? Here is what might happen to US COVID aid measure

Small businesses surviving COVID, Brexit trade and tracking Santa

British pound slips below multi-year high after Brexit deal

US to require negative COVID-19 tests for all UK passengers

UK and EU have struck a historic trade deal. But what is in it?

Ivry Gitlis: Celebrated Israeli virtuoso violinist dies at 98

To survive Pakistan’s COVID pandemic, grocery stores go online

Record COVID surge in South Korea despite tough distancing rules

Covid: Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica begin mass vaccination

Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch 'sold to billionaire for $22m'

Syria’s air defences ‘intercept barrage of Israeli missiles’

Brexit: EU diplomats to get trade deal briefing

Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space

How delivery drivers became vital in the pandemic

Georgia climbers who risk their lives for Christmas trees

The refugees feeding a nation

In pictures: Christmas celebrations around the world

A scene in The Pianist changed Arson Fahim's life

2020: The year a pandemic collided with global refugee crises

Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over spread of COVID

Saumitra Khan: India MP threatens to divorce wife who switched party

Arab Spring Cartoon: Now and Then … and 10 years on

‘Demand-side’ reforms: In China, this means cutting inequality

Airline fires pilot blamed for Taiwan's first Covid case in months

China launches antitrust probe into technology giant Alibaba

On cusp of Brexit trade deal, EU and UK hash out final details

Coronavirus: New York City orders international visitors to quarantine

South Korea signs COVID vaccine deals as tougher curbs kick in

Duterte pledged a COVID-free Christmas. Instead, cases soar

NBA game off as Covid depletes Houston Rockets

EU to allow post-Brexit UK farm produce exports

Five families, five Christmases: A festive season like no other around Europe

Oscars 2021: What can we expect for the ceremony?

Muslim-Canadian's 'first Christmas' goes viral

India farmer protests: How rural incomes have struggled to keep up

Trump pardons ex-campaign chief Manafort, associate Roger Stone

Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail

Trump warns Iran after rocket attack on US embassy in Baghdad

Trump pardons former advisers Manafort and Stone

Coalition of rights groups joins suit against Israeli firm NSO

Banjo Paterson: 120-year-old chocolate found in Australian poet's belongings

Gunman kills three police officers in France

France: Three police officers shot dead, one wounded

Malaysia’s COVID-hit Top Glove says will not fire whistleblowers

UK’s ethnic wealth gap: Difference between groups widens

Argentina blackout: Buenos Aires hit by huge power cut

Tibetan leader in exile welcomes US bill that reaffirms rights

India’s economy appears to be stabilising as shoppers return

India likely to approve AstraZeneca vaccine by next week: report

Elon Musk says Apple's boss snubbed takeover deal

Trump demands Congress amend ‘wasteful’ COVID relief bill

Trump pardons aide Papadopoulos jailed over Russia meddling

Israel to hold snap election in March, fourth in two years

Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' coronavirus aid bill

Messi breaks Pelé scoring record

Trump pardons two convicted by Russia investigation

Covid-19: The Philippines and its lockdown baby boom

The pioneering lawyer who fought for women’s suffrage in India

The Nigerian blogger scouring the past to inform the future

Previously loved: Shoppers flock to second-hand luxury fashion

Dr Deborah Birx: White House virus expert quits over holiday travel

Covid-19: 'Losing Christmas is irreparable damage'

Rohingya refugees' perilous journey in search of safety

Talking Movies: How documentary films flourished in 2020

Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces in Jerusalem’s Old City

Malaysia steps up COVID vaccine plans with AstraZeneca deal

Countries shut borders over new COVID strain: Live news

Asian shares dip on concerns over new virus strain

Canada pledges $70m in aid to crisis-hit Palestine refugee agency

‘Caught on TV’: Philippines police officer charged over shootings

US Congress passes $892bn in COVID relief measures

Trump orders new federal buildings must be 'beautiful'

Sydney Covid cases drop amid record testing

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades

Winter sports shut down in S Korea to check COVID-19 spread

Leyla Güven: Turkey sentences Kurdish politician to 22 years in prison

Will pregnant women receive the Covid-19 vaccine? It depends

1,000 lost on one boat - this woman hopes to name them

Covid: Thanksgiving the cause of a spike in US infections?

Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists'

The lingering trauma of Hong Kong’s exiled protesters

Black US Air Force service members face discrimination: Report

Harris, Ivanka Trump stump in Georgia ahead of Senate runoff

NZ killer of British backpacker guilty of more attacks

SLS: Crucial test for Nasa's 'mega-rocket'

How a young girl's fairy house sparked a magical friendship

Bats, roadblocks and the origins of coronavirus

Kyle Rittenhouse: YouTube struggles with hero worship

Turkish court sentences Kurdish former MP to 22 years in jail

Coronavirus: Denmark to exhume millions of mink from mass graves

‘Russia, Rwanda sent troops’ to Central African Republic

Rwanda bolsters force in CAR as rebels 'held back'

Kenya: Doctors on strike against inadequate benefits, PPE

‘No money’: Christmas woes for a Zimbabwe in crisis

UK, ‘sick man of Europe’, to hold crisis talks amid mutant virus

Al Jazeera journalists hacked using Israeli firm’s spyware

Christmas star: Planets set to align in the night sky

Covid-19: Couple holds 10,000 people drive-thru wedding in Malaysia

Covid: Denmark to dig up millions of mink culled over virus

Covid: EU to discuss response to variant as travel bans on UK expand

Covid: Thailand tests thousands after virus outbreak in seafood market

Covid: Australian states enforce travel bans amid Sydney outbreak

European regulator says Boeing's 737 Max is safe

'Yes, people have Zoom fatigue but it's not our fault'

Covid: US reaches long awaited deal for coronavirus aid

The Belgian 'hero' who invaded UK fishing waters

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

Sudan-Israel deal fuels migrants' fears

K2: 'Savage Mountain' beckons for unprecedented winter climb

Captagon - Destroying the frontline drug

Miss France runner-up April Benayoum targeted by anti-Semitic tweets

Iceland: Town of Seydisfjordur evacuated after mudslide hits

Covid-19: Dover port halts exports to France for 48 hours

New coronavirus variant: What do we know?

US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms 'genuinely impacted' by massive breach

Ethiopia explosion: 'Abandoned' bomb kills three in Addis Ababa

Germany and Finland bring home women from Islamic State camps

François Bozizé: CAR former president denies 'attempted coup'

Nigeria kidnapping: Mahuta children rescued after gun battle

Covid: Belgium and Netherlands ban flights from UK over variant

Cardinal Pell says his conservative views drove public against him

Covid: WHO in 'close contact' with UK over new variant

Joe Biden says 'no time to waste' as climate team unveiled

Covid vaccine: 'Disappearing' needles and other rumours debunked

'God will forgive me or not': Inside the world of a people smuggler

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'How we survived when Mekelle was shelled'

Uganda election: False claims about Joe Biden and others

Christmas celebrations to go ahead in Bethlehem

Spain housing: Evictions and broken promises in a pandemic

Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week: The catwalk in a baobab forest

MasterChef final is dream come true for Nepal’s Santosh Shah

Canada 'Sixties Scoop': Indigenous survivors map out their stories

Australia v India: How Virat Kohli's side were skittled for 36

Lionel Messi equals Pele goalscoring record with 643rd goal for Barcelona

François Bozizé: CAR accuses former president of 'attempted coup'

Covid: Chile's president Sebastián Piñera fined $3,500 for no-mask selfie

ICYMI: Runaway sheep and a big bale of turtles

Covid-19: Explosion kills nine coronavirus patients in Turkey

Epstein ex-associate Jean-Luc Brunel placed under formal investigation

Caliphate: NY Times loses awards for Islamic State podcast over false reporting

US cyber-attack: Russia 'clearly' behind SolarWinds operation, says Pompeo

737 Max: Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in test after crashes

Covid: Italy latest European country to order Christmas lockdown

US charges ex-Zoom employee with shutting down Tiananmen Square events

Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine

Covid : US Vice-President Pence 'didn't feel a thing'

Vanessa Bryant, her mother's lawsuit and the value of childcare

Hunger spikes, demand rises for US food banks

Kangaroos can 'communicate' with humans, study finds

Covid: The countries worried they won't get the vaccine

Faith and fertility at Bethlehem's Milk Grotto

Coronavirus in South Africa: Unravelling the mystery

Blindian Project: Celebrating black and South Asian relationships

North Korea: Potato propaganda is back... but what does it mean?

Microplastics, drugs and food - how jellyfish can help us

Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys return home after kidnap ordeal

Libya's Gen Haftar frees Italy fishermen held for months

Mozambique's Islamist insurgency: UN warns of rising violence in Cabo Delgado

Nigeria school attack: Was it really Boko Haram?

Japan: Snow traps 1,000 drivers in frozen traffic jam

Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation store

The angry pop song calling out China's domestic violence problem

Trump trade chief wants WTO leadership race reopened

Alibaba says its technology won't target Uighurs

Covid: Moderna vaccine moves closer to US approval

Deb Haaland: Historic Native American 'pick for Biden cabinet'

US couple find 100-year-old whisky bottles hidden in walls of home

Google sued again over anti-competitive search practices

Covid vaccine: India expects to 'begin vaccination in January'

Coronavirus: Swiss count cost of surge in deaths

Biden cabinet: Does this new team better reflect America?

'A total mess': Venezuelans see little hope of improvement

Africa's week in pictures: 11 - 17 December 2020

Covid in India: How do you vaccinate 1.3 billion people?

The impact of Covid rule-breakers

Celebrating Hanukkah and tackling anti-Semitism

US cyber-attack: Hack of government agencies and companies poses 'grave risk'

Covid: Sydney residents urged to stay home amid new outbreak

Afghanistan conflict: Top US general meets Taliban negotiators

Arab Spring: 10 moments, 10 years on

Russia's Putin calls Navalny poisoning inquiry 'a trick'

Coronavirus: Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf says coronavirus approach 'has failed'

Hotel Rwanda 'hero' sues Greek airline for 'aiding kidnap'

Maradona's body 'must be conserved' for DNA test, judge rules

Road chaos across north-eastern US

Emmanuel Macron: French president tests positive for Covid

Covid and vitamin D: 'Not enough evidence' for treatment

Bitcoin hits all-time high rising above $20,000

Google ad practices under fire in new lawsuit

China biodegradable plastics 'failing to solve pollution crisis'

US snow storm: Millions on east coast under advisory

Marshall Islands: Record drugs haul washes up on shore

'Love jihad': What a reported miscarriage says about India's anti-conversion law

China's drinkers develop taste for home-grown wines

Tigray crisis: How Ethiopian doctors fled militia attacks

Brexit trade talks: Could the UK and the EU keep negotiating?

In pictures: The beauty of toilets

Viola Davis: 'In my world, there are a lot of Ma Raineys'

Covid: Melbourne towers lockdown 'breached human rights'

CCTV shows the moment farm animals visited a town hall

US Federal Reserve warns of 'challenging months'

Covid-19: Europeans urged to wear masks for family Christmas

Britney Spears' father Jamie defends his conservator role

East Africa fears second wave - of locust swarms

Iraq anti-government activist 'killed by gunmen in Baghdad'

Tom Cruise: Recording emerges of star 'shouting at film crew' over Covid

Paris mayor mocks 'absurd' fine for hiring too many women

Brexit: 'Narrow path' in view for trade deal - EU chief

Gay conversion therapy: Hundreds of religious leaders call for ban

Covid-19: Singapore migrant workers infections were three times higher

Struggling Air India could be taken over by workers

Will conflict return to Sudan's Darfur region when peacekeepers leave?

Australia launches WTO appeal against China's barley tariff

Peru: Police conduct drugs raid dressed as Santa Claus and elf

MacKenzie Scott gives away $4.2bn in four months

Prato: The Italian town turning rags into new clothes

Abhishek Bachchan: A Bollywood star's romance with kabaddi

SolarWinds: Why the Sunburst hack is so serious

Kangaroos can 'communicate' with humans, study finds

Great Pyramid: Lost Egyptian artefact found in Aberdeen cigar box

The architect rebuilding Beirut's homes for free

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: About 2.3 million children cut off from aid, UN says

Germany starts Christmas lockdown amid Covid surge

French culture takes centre stage in Covid protest

Coronavirus: European nations tighten restrictions ahead of Christmas

Pakistan anti-rape ordinance signed into law by president

Malka Leifer: Israel court approves extradition of sex abuse suspect to Australia

Ghislaine Maxwell: Jeffrey Epstein associate seeks $28.5m bail deal

Ann Reinking: Broadway actress and dancer dies aged 71

How one boy escaped kidnappers

Hayabusa-2: Pieces of an asteroid found inside space capsule

Afghanistan: Kabul governor killed in 'sticky bomb' attack on car

Japan 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death

Mission to investigate gigantic iceberg

Pinterest in $22.5m gender discrimination payout

Joe Biden says 'will of people prevailed' after victory confirmed

Australia storms: Floods spark evacuation warnings for NSW towns

Craig McLachlan: Actor found not guilty in indecent assault case

EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants

Coronavirus: The day US began Covid vaccinations

MasterChef final is dream come true for Nepal’s Santosh Shah

Hunger spikes, demand rises for US food banks

Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week: The catwalk in a baobab forest

Why India's doctors differ on Covid-19 plasma therapy

A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests

Yemen: How Covid-19 spread in a war zone

Experiencing a lockdown world through hang gliding

Venezuela crisis: Fleeing migrants found drowned

Australia storms: Dog rescued and beaches damaged as extreme weather hits coast

Cleveland Indians baseball team to change name: US media

Kameel Ahmady: British FGM academic 'jailed in Iran'

Geminid meteor shower dazzles night skies

US ends Sudan's listing as sponsor of terror

US treasury and commerce departments targeted in cyber attack

Spain housing: Evictions and broken promises in a pandemic

China warns of interference over Bloomberg journalist arrest

Covid-19: White House officials to receive some of first Pfizer vaccines

New Zealand sex worker wins six-figure sum in sexual harassment case

Indonesia courts SpaceX as new rocket launch site

New Zealand and Australia agree on quarantine-free travel bubble

Ambrose Dlamini: Eswatini's PM dies after testing positive for Covid-19

Inside a vaccine cold storage room

Australia storms: Wild weather lashes vast stretch of east coast

Kenya's black market baby trade: A mother's choice

US election 2020: What is the electoral college?

Fear and mistrust stalk Kashmir polls

Canada 'Sixties Scoop': Indigenous survivors map out their stories

Covid vaccine: How does a vaccine get approved?

US election: Can you explain the electoral college in 10 seconds?

Arrests as Indian workers ransack iPhone plant over wages

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Max Verstappen claims second win of year at season finale

UK and EU agree to extend Brexit trade talks

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict flares despite ceasefire

Coronavirus: US starts huge vaccine delivery operation

Jill Biden: Backlash after WSJ op-ed calls future first lady 'kiddo'

Motjeka Madisha: South Africa footballer dies in car crash

Von der Leyen: 'It is responsible to go the extra mile and continue talks'

Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown on Wednesday

US election: Pro-Trump rallies see scuffles in US cities

Charley Pride: Country music singer dies of Covid-19

Paolo Rossi: Italian World Cup hero's home burgled during funeral

Abortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations

Covid vaccines: Will drug companies make bumper profits?

No pickers, no coffee: How Covid threatens Colombia's harvest

Electoral College: The people who ultimately pick the US president

Interior Chinatown: The novel taking on Hollywood’s Asian tropes

India farmers: Misleading claims about high-profile support

Call of Duty: US and British military go head to head

Hurricane season 2020: Is global warming making hurricanes stronger?

Earth Photo winners announced

Astronomy: 'Odd radio circles' in the sky a ‘genuine mystery’

Mateusz Kuzimski: The veg packer who became a pro footballer

US Covid vaccination: 'The mission begins'

Covid: US public to receive Pfizer vaccinations from Monday

Spanish police rescue 21 'exploited' migrant workers from warehouse

Boris Johnson on climate change, mung-bean munching and creating jobs

Nigeria school attack: Hundreds missing in Katsina after gunmen's raid

Black Lives Matter: Driver charged after crashing into New York protest

World needs to declare 'climate emergency' - UN

Space tourism: Virgin space plane to fly above new base

ICYMI: Whales in New York to crossing the border for a haircut

Covid pandemic: South Korea sees record rise in daily cases

Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher

Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest

Alfred Bourgeois: Second death row inmate executed in two days

'I got a tattoo on my torso to match my son's birthmark'

Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City

How Saddam Hussein tried to break into the film business

Pushbacks: Migrants accuse Greece of sending them back out to sea

GeeSixFive: The woman who became a pop sensation at 65

China Covid: Infected woman defends herself after public shaming

The man behind Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You

US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

Turning sounds from around the world into music

Jimmy Lai charged under Hong Kong’s national security law

Uighur family freed after three years, and reunited in Australia

Australia cancels order for vaccine as trial stumbles

Biden and Harris named Time's Person of the Year

EU breaks deadlock over €1.8tn budget and Covid-recovery fund

UN expert wants scrutiny of conditions at Bhasan Char

Secretive Switzerland-China immigration deal fuels concern

Food prices to spike without EU trade deal, warn UK retailers

Africa's week in pictures: 4 - 10 December 2020

US executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals

China slaps visa curbs on US diplomats, NGOs visiting HK, Macau

Climate change: Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020

Covid: Australian vaccine abandoned over false HIV response

Two Canadians in China have ‘not yet gone on trial’, Canada says

US Congress still deadlocked on new COVID-19 aid bill

Muslim men on no-fly list have right to sue FBI, says US Supreme Court

Plexiglass, sanitiser and masks: US mall Santas prepare for Christmas

Latin America politics: UK's 1960s covert activity revealed

Iran's Supreme Leader: Who might succeed Ali Khamenei?

Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Chadwick Boseman 'a character actor'

Hundreds of volunteers are helping to map the Great Barrier Reef

New Zealand: Fixing the ruined Christchurch Cathedral that's frozen in time

ADB predicts a less severe economic dip for Asia

‘Never again’: Rio Tinto blasted over Juukan Gorge destruction