Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia's two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state's history and putting the Senate majority within the Democrats' reach. ...

The final step in the electoral college process in the U.S. presidential election requires the electors' votes to be tabulated and formally confirmed in Congress. While supporters of Donald Trump are ...

Attempts to keep the economy open while fighting the coronavirus face new challenges from mutating COVID-19 variants, as the World Bank expresses concerns about financial stress for countries that fai...

Georgia officials began counting the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season on Tuesday night as polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate an...

About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase th...

What a jaw-dropping phone call with the top election official in Georgia reveals about Donald Trump's view of his loss in the presidential election, and what it could mean for him and his party. ...

A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to halt oil and gas lease sales in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.

Top U.S. national security agencies in a rare joint statement Tuesday said Russia was likely responsible for a massive hack of U.S. government departments and corporations, rejecting President Donald ...

An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amid sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wis., pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges including intentio...

Amazon is buying four jets from WestJet and seven from Delta as the e-commerce giant moves to beef up its delivery fleet at a time when passenger jets are no longer so in demand.

The Grammy Awards ceremony that was set for Jan. 31 has been postponed because of the coronavirus surge in Los Angeles, organizers confirmed on Tuesday.

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter will not attend president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. It marks the first time the couple, 96 and 93, will have missed the ceremony ...

Distribution hiccups and logistical challenges have slowed the initial coronavirus vaccine rollout in California, setting a pace that's "not good enough," Gov. Gavin Newsom said.

A British judge has rejected the United States' request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges, saying he was likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S. prison co...

The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds. But it can be delaye...

A decisive moment for Joe Biden’s presidency is on the verge of unfolding, even before he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20. Two elections in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. S...

U.K. scientists expressed concern Monday that COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain may not be able to protect against a new variant of the coronavirus that emerged in South Africa. ...

Saudi Arabia was to open its airspace and land border to Qatar on Monday evening in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided U.S. defence partners, frayed societ...

A group of 225 Google engineers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labour movement in the tech industry.

Iran on Monday began enriching uranium up to 20 per cent at an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, further escalating tensions in the Mi...