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US election 2020: The people who still believe Trump won

Weeks after President-elect Joe Biden was declared winner of November's election, there remains a deep mistrust of the electoral process among many ardent supporters of Donald Trump. It reflects a broader sentiment among conservatives, one that has profound implications for the nation and its institutions. ...

Covid travel: Why Instagram is still full of celebrities 'on holiday'

If you're a reality television fan who follows your favourite stars online, chances are you have seen some of them jetting off to luxury destinations in recent weeks - despite rising infection rates and restrictions across the UK. ...

Georgia election: Donald Trump's phone call fact-checked

US President Donald Trump spent more than an hour on the phone to election officials in Georgia, as he continues to try to overturn the result in the state. ...

Covid: How the war on the virus attacked freedom in Asia

Safoora Zargar was more than three months pregnant when she was arrested in the Indian capital Delhi for participating in a protest against a controversial citizenship law. ...

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

It's a new year and a new chapter for the UK's relationship with Europe. How millions of people live, work and travel will look very different in 2021. ...

Why have global stock markets gone up this year?

Around the world, millions of people have lost their jobs or been paid by their governments to stay at home. ...

India coronavirus: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

When Rajan Yadav heard Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce a nationwide lockdown on 24 March to halt the spread of Covid-19, little did he know that his life was about to change forever. ...

How tech can just about save Christmas Day

  Christmas 2020 is not what any of us would have planned. Covid-19 restrictions and travel bans suddenly imposed on the UK have left millions of Brits cut off from one another and facing a potentially depressing Christmas Day. ...

Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot

Working in Paris and India at the turn of the last century, Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine created the world's first vaccines for cholera and plague. Then an accidental mass poisoning derailed his life. ...

The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign

A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian interests, a new investigation has revealed. ...

Where does the Republican Party go after Trump?

Donald Trump may have lost the election but he won a record number of votes, and tightened his grip on states like Ohio. So what can Ohio tell us about the Republican Party's future? ...

Coronavirus: Sputnik V vaccine rushed out to wary Russians

Its name alone speaks of Russia's ambition: Sputnik V, the country's leading vaccine against Covid-19, is meant to be a world-beater just like its cosmic namesake. ...

Venezuela's parliamentary poll: Five things you need to know

Venezuelans will choose 277 members of the National Assembly on Sunday in an election which is being boycotted by most opposition parties, who have denounced it as a "fraud". ...

The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

If you walk into a doughnut shop in California, the chances are it's owned by a Cambodian family. That's because of a refugee who built up an empire, and became known as the Donut King, only to lose it all. ...

Covid: Are countries under pressure to approve a vaccine?

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccinations. ...

US election 2020: What legal challenges remain for Trump?

Donald Trump is continuing his attempts to overturn the result of the US presidential election, but he has been dealt a series of legal blows and time is running out. ...

Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the mafia

"Until half an hour ago, 12 of our 18 Covid intensive care beds were occupied," says Demetrio Labate, fastening his protective clothing. "But now we're down to 11. We just lost another patient - he was 82." ...

Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth

Underneath a busy bridge in Kabul, among piles of discarded rubbish and a stream of filthy water, lives a drug-ravaged community of homeless men. ...

Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan

The number of refugees fleeing the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia - where federal and regional forces are engaged in fighting - has reduced drastically after soldiers were deployed to the border with Sudan. ...