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The climate crisis has become a key issue not just for American voters in this US election -- but people across the world.

Tanzanian police on Monday prevented planned opposition protests against last week's election by arresting officials of the main opposition party, Chadema, its presidential candidate said.

UEFA has punished Serbia coach Ljubisa Tumbakovic with a onematch ban and fined the Balkan nation's FA 20,000 euros ($23,274) for a delayed kickoff in their 10 Nations League home defeat by Hungary last month.

There have been pockets of unrest in battleground states ahead of the showdown between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, in Tuesday's election.

Video footage and pictures that appear to show a man in China beating his wife to death as onlookers stood by and did nothing have sparked outrage and raised new questions about domestic violence.

U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden will apply for Russian citizenship in addition to his U.S. citizenship, he said on Monday.

In two days, Americans will take their shot, making a choice between two presidential candidates who resemble vastly different case studies in what a man, even in 2020, should do or be.

US Electors will gather in their states on December 14 and cast votes for president and vice president.

Riot police fired warning shots into the air, used stun grenades and made arrests to deter tens of thousands of Belarusians who marched through Minsk on Sunday to demand veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko leave power.

England's National Health Service would be in extraordinary trouble in December, with large numbers dying from COVID19 infections, without the new national lockdown announced on Saturday, Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said.

Joe Biden alleged Donald Trump has divided and failed the nation in the last four years.

The late Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus moved a step closer to possible sainthood with his beatification Saturday, as authorized by Pope Francis.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the virus can incubate for up to 14 days before someone becomes symptomatic and so recommends a 14-day quarantine period after a possible exposure.

A tropical depression has formed in the central Caribbean Sea and forecasters say it is expected to become a hurricane in the coming days as it approaches Central America.

Austria on Saturday announced a nighttime curfew and the closure of cafes, bars and restaurants to all but takeaway service as coronavirus infections approach what the government says is an unsustainable level for its hospital system.

U.S. forces carried out a rescue operation in northern Nigeria on Saturday to recover an American citizen being held by armed men, the Pentagon said.