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The White House announced President Joe Biden would appoint Dave Uejio to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on an acting basis after its director, Kathy Kraninger, resigned at the new administration's request.

At least 15 people were killed and 11 injured in a fire in a nursing home in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian state emergency service said on Thursday.

Fears of being cooped up during a looming curfew have led the Dutch to resort to creative ways to dodge the rules, with people signing up for borrowadog services and ordering the uniforms of home delivery companies.

Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit Iraq in March, on Thursday condemned a twin suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people in a Baghdad market as a "senseless act of brutality".

French President Emmanuel Macron warned students on Thursday to expect COVID19 restrictions to remain in place for much of the rest of the 2020/21 academic year.

Coronavirus vaccines show a way out of the pandemic as they can be adapted for new variants of the virus and Germany should be able to vaccinate all citizens by the end of summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

He also expressed confidence that Biden will contribute to shaping a more peaceful world in which those suffering from "hunger", "disease" and "violence" will find help.

In a striking repudiation of its relationship with Washington under Trump, the Chinese foreign ministry announced the sanctions in a statement that appeared on its website around the time that Biden was taking the presidential oath.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that three COVID19 vaccines were in the late stages of review for possible emergency use listing, in addition to the one made by Pfizer and BioNTech already approved.

Thailand's government on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint of defaming the monarchy against a banned opposition politician after he criticised the country's COVID19 vaccine strategy.

Portuguese Economy Minister Pedro Siza Vieira has tested positive for COVID19 and is in selfisolation, his office reported late on Tuesday, the third cabinet member to be diagnosed with the virus in a week.

Presidentelect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Tuesday he believed President Donald Trump was right in taking a tougher approach to China even if he did not agree with all his methods and endorsed the assessment that...

Thailand's ministry of digital economy and society will file a criminal complaint of defaming the country's monarchy against banned opposition politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Bannon has been charged with duping thousands of investors who believed their money would be used to fulfill Trump's chief campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border.

President Donald Trump is expected to pardon his former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, as part of a flurry of lastminute clemency action that appeared to be still in flux in the last hours of his presidency, according to a person familiar with his thinki...

The schedule for the final roundrobin races of the Americas Cup challenger series has been revised in the absence of U.S. challenger American Magic, which is being repaired after capsizing.