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U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler has agreed to debate Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock in December, her spokesman said Tuesday, setting up a faceoff in one of a pair of runoff races that will decide control of the Senate.

Swedish COVID19 cases continued to increase on Tuesday as many welcomed the toughest measures yet imposed on Monday to curb the spread of the disease that has claimed more than 6,000 lives in the Nordic country.

Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Italy's envoy, who represents Canadian interests in Tehran, to protest what it called Canada's lack of cooperation in setting up consular services for a large IranianCanadian community, state media said.

A former Sri Lankan fisheries minister bit into a raw fish at a news conference in Colombo on Tuesday to encourage sales following a slump during the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia on Tuesday rejected what it called a U.S. attempt to extend its jurisdiction beyond its borders, after the U.S. Senate approved a bill allowing U.S. officials to pursue anyone involved in doping at international events involving Americans.

The figure, revealing the scale of alleged abuse committed over decades by scout leaders, dwarfs the roughly 11,000 complaints believed to have been filed in recent years against the Catholic Church.

The Trump campaign wants to prevent certification of results that give President-elect Joe Biden the state’s 20 electoral votes, suing over election procedures that were not uniform across the state.

After back to back losses to Australia and Argentina, New Zealand has dropped to third place on rugbys ranking list, its lowest point since the ranking system began.

Adherence to the Swedish coronavirus recommendations has come down since the spring and public gatherings will be limited to eight people, down from a previous upper limit of 300, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday to discuss the situation in NagornoKarabakh, the Kremlin said.

Heres whats happening Monday in Election 2020

In the run up to the 2020 US presidential election, the political divide between the supporters of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Biden got deeper with political analysts predicting that almost half of the US was likely to feel betra...

President Donald Trump worked Sunday to take back an apparent acknowledgement that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear he would keep trying to overturn the election result.

New Zealand has made masks mandatory from Thursday for users of public transport in Auckland as well as on all domestic flights, with authorities saying the time was right for such a move after a new coronavirus infection reported in the community.

SpaceX, the rocket company of hightech entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA's first fullfledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.

Germans should brace for another 45 months of severe measures to halt the rise in coronavirus infections and should not expect the current rules to be eased quickly, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told weekly Bild am Sonntag.