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Report finds that Black members of the Air Force have fewer opportunities than their white peers.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris tells crowd 'everything at stake' ahead of crucial US Senate runoffs in Georgia.

A lawyer for Joshua Feast’s family, Ben Crump, says footage portrays 'a defenceless man who was shot in the back'.

Sources say a final decision is expected only after Joe Biden takes office as US president on January 20.

The $900bn stimulus package is aimed at boosting the economy and includes direct payments to Americans.

Solar system's two biggest planets come within planetary kissing range, an intimacy that won't occur again until 2080.

Apple is targeting 2024 to produce a car that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, Reuters reports.

The sanctions are the latest from the Trump administration targeting Nicaraguan officials supporting Daniel Ortega.

Sterling tumbled 2.5 percent but bounced back after the prime minister made another offer to salvage Brexit talks.

With about 98 percent of intensive care beds full, California hospitals are making contingency treatment plans.

The eruption started with multiple fissures opening on the walls of Halemaumau Crater.

The EU's incoherent policy on Libya has allowed Russia to gain a lot of ground just south of its shores.

Kremlin critic says he tricked Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him.

On the election results, Hunter Biden and the source of a cyberattack, Barr and Trump do not see eye to eye.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has increased tensions with China during his final weeks in office.

Tesla joined the prestigious S&P 500 index with a market value of more than $600bn Monday morning.

Rahmatullah Nekzad shot dead with a silenced pistol by unknown gunmen near his home, according to local police.

New law to send perpetrators to up to four years in jail, with parliamentarians also amending a domestic violence law.

Pakistan says it 'cannot establish relationship' with Israel until Palestine issue finds a 'permanent solution'.

Attorney General William Barr hopes Libya will allow the suspect, Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, to be tried in the US.

The statue of Robert E Lee is to be replaced with a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Johns.

Tech corporations are expanding the scope of surveillance across the correctional pipeline, but who pays the price?

Documents reviewed by Bloomberg News reveal the extent of services the bank provided Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

Committee subpoenas documents from acting health secretary and CDC head accusing them of 'stonewalling' investigation.

Main Croat HDZ party is leading in local polls with more than 37 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results.

President-elect Joe Biden named three new economic advisers to his team ahead of his inauguration January 20.

Approval by European Medicines Agency paves the way for EU countries to begin mass vaccine drives within a week.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been largely absent from public view as he remains focused on his election loss.

As concerns grow worldwide over a mutated coronavirus variant, several nations decide to close their borders.

An Indian court on Monday left it to regulators to decide the fate of the $3.38bn sale of Future Group's retail assets.

In October last year, 39 Vietnamese smuggling victims including children died in the back of a truck.

Stephan B livestreamed the shooting in the city of Halle on the internet, an assault in which two people died.

A more infectious virus strain has emerged in the UK and while no more lethal, scientists say concerns are justified.

Remaining parties to landmark 2015 deal reaffirm commitment as Iran’s nuclear programme's chief slams a Parliament bill.

The UK and the EU are yet to compromise and reach a trade deal, with less than two weeks until the agreed deadline.

In Tehran, a clothier, a baker, and a party supply shop owner share their stories of surviving.

Guven convicted on three separate terrorism charges after losing parliamentary immunity in June this year.

Move comes amid health risk fears after mink carcasses rose from the ground, pushed up by gasses from decomposition.

CAR gov't says foreign troops sent to the country after alleged coup bid ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls.

The Stream also looks at how people in Yemen and Syria are faring as Covid-19 dominates world headlines.

Strike began on Monday after union said there was no resolution of grievances raised over the last eight months.

High inflation, low disposable income, other economic hardships have forced a muted festive season for most Zimbabweans.

France closes borders and several countries ban UK passengers in bid to limit mutant virus strain gripping nation.

Watchdog suspects Saudi Arabia, the UAE behind the attack on 36 journalists earlier this year.

Top court says Hong Kong government has the right to invoke colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests.

Misak Antranik Petros, master craftsman, has passed his art on to the next generation.

Blanket bans on protests that restrict freedom of expression and assembly cannot be justified, rights groups said.

In India, the land is 'mother'; and it is India's mothers, daughters and sisters forming the backbone of the protests.

The two largest planets will be one-tenth of a degree apart in what is being dubbed the 'Great Conjunction'.

At least 27 countries ban flights and travellers from the UK after the detection of a new coronavirus strain in England.