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Scientists on Monday said initial trial results for Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine far outpaced their expectations for protection against a completely new disease, but that many questions remain unanswered.

Americans took to the polls last Tuesday for what many expected to be a contentious and possibly even violent general election.

An escalating conflict in Ethiopia's restive Tigray region has killed hundreds of people, sources on the government side said, even as the prime minister sought on Monday to reassure the world his nation was not sliding into civil war.

Germany's health minister is encouraged by a Pfizer announcement that its COVID19 vaccine proved effective in a latestage trial but still does not expect a shot to be available before the first quarter of 2021, he said on Monday.

Matilde Ical Chen was toasting tortillas over a wood fire for the midday meal when the landslide ripped through the Guatemalan Mayan indigenous village of Queja, burying her mother, sisters and grandparents in a torrent of liquid earth and rock.

Austria on Monday confirmed reports that the jihadist who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna last week held a summer meeting not only with people from Germany who were under observation but also with two men since arrested in Switzerland.

Hungary will close secondary schools, universities and restaurants and will impose an extended nighttime curfew as of midnight on Tuesday to curb a fast rise in coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Monday on his Facebook page.

Austrian police made 30 arrests in more than 60 raids on Monday as part of an antiterrorism operation, but there was no link to a deadly attack in Vienna a week ago in which a convicted jihadist killed four people, prosecutors said.

Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis took three wickets and also made a solid contribution with the bat to help Delhi Capitals reach their maiden Indian Premier League final on Sunday with a 17run win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sacked his army chief, head of intelligence and foreign minister on Sunday, as the military continued a fiveday old offensive in the restive Tigray region with a new round of air strikes.

A long, dark night has ended for America, say several Bollywood stars, including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richa Chadha, filmmakers Anubhav Sinha and Hansal Mehta who hailed the US election results after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected President and...

Drivers honked their horns and applause erupted in Havana on Saturday after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election, reflecting hopes on the Communistrun island that he would seek to improve U.S.Cuban ties.

Cases have also been noted of contamination by the Covid-19 virus from cats, dogs and even lions and tigers at the New York zoo.

Joe Biden's victory offers new hope for many immigrants seeking to come, or remain, in the country.

Voting began Sunday morning in Myanmars elections, with the ruling party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi heavily favored to be returned to power. More than 90 parties are competing for seats in the lower and upper houses of the national Par...

Former Vice President Joe Biden's White House victory was powered by a broad and racially diverse coalition of voters driven to the polls by fierce opposition to President Donald Trump and anxiety over a surging, deadly pandemic.