The British government has reported that the number of confirmed deaths has passed 80,000.

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A major technical fault in Pakistan's power generation and distribution system caused a massive power outage that plunged the country into darkness.

Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of a Boeing 737-500 at a depth of 23 metres in the Java Sea.

The documents quote the President as saying he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos' by flooding the United States with cocaine”.

Two men – one wearing a horned, fur hat and the other carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern – have been charged, the latest arrests in the Capitol riot mayhem that left five people dead.

Of all the egregious words to have fallen from the lips of Donald Trump or poured from his tweeting fingers during his presidency, these must surely be the worst.

The bank said it was treating the matter with “the highest priority, and acting with urgency”, as it investigates the breach.

The emergency law will allow the Swedish government, which has long shunned lockdowns and face masks, to introduce restrictions on gatherings and to fine individuals for breaking coronavirus rules.

The pro-independence SNP has cast Brexit as "an unnecessary act of economic vandalism, which has been inflicted against Scotland's will".

The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday.

It is one of at least three phone calls where Trump sought help from high-level Georgia officials in subverting the election.

Twitter employees defended the decision to ban Donald Trump from the platform, saying they were particularly concerned about contributing to a possible "secondary attack".

The move is likely to anger China and increase tensions between Beijing and Washington in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency.

Pope Francis said on Saturday he planned to have a COVID-19 vaccination as early as next week and urged everyone to get a shot, to protect not only their own lives but those of everyone else.

Pope Francis denounced the violence as an assault on democracy.

The US President was the messiah of the alt-right, leading his supporters on an exciting counter-cultural revolution.

The government needs to establish a reliable and safe path for citizens to re-enter Australia, say people stranded overseas.

Boris Johnson enters 2021 a diminished and damaged figure whose political future might well hinge on his performance in the coming months.

The Boeing 737 flight went missing shortly after take-off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

@realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star, died on Friday. It was not quite 12 years old.

All but three of the 55 pro-democracy activists and former politicians arrested on Wednesday have been released on bail, Hong Kong media has reported.

One in 15 people are now estimated to be infected in some parts of London and police announced they would be stepping up their enforcement of the lockdown.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for more advanced nuclear weapons and said the United States is "our biggest enemy," presenting a stark challenge to President-elect Joe Biden.

US President Donald Trump suggested he will create his own social media platform in the near future.

Trump used Twitter to bypass the mainstream media and communicate directly with his followers. Now he has been stripped of a core feature of his political persona.

The timing is tight, but not impossible. And Trump could even be impeached after he leaves office on January 20.

The news comes one year after Meghan and Harry announced they would no longer be working members of the royal family.

The British director was the driving force behind the groundbreaking 7 Up documentary series, which has been described as "the most profound documentary series in the history of cinema".

"The shocking images of Mr Barnett with his boots up on a desk in the speaker of the House’s office on Wednesday was repulsive," acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said.

Trump announced that he would bypass Biden's inauguration - the first outgoing president not to attend the event since 1869.

The House Speaker said she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities".

The US topped 4000 coronavirus deaths in a single day for the first time, breaking a record set just one day earlier, while London warned that its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed.

Trump will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successor’s swearing-in.

New research suggests that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more contagious variants of the coronavirus that have erupted in Britain and South Africa.

The voting machine firm says lawyer Sidney Powell had made “wild accusations” that it had rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden.

With Donald Trump likely to remain in power until Inauguration Day, Americans will undergo a trial by ordeal.

The mob that raged the halls of US Congress included white supremacists and conspiracy theorists.

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had “guaranteed” that Eritrean forces had not entered the domestic conflict.

The woman, 19, was believed to have got into trouble in a rip before the fatal attack.

Fox News and other fringe TV and websites have played a shameful part in the attack in Washington DC.

For one strange moment, it looked as if the US Capitol Building had been invaded by Vikings – but almost none of it was spontaneous.

Among 67 potential sites earmarked to become a national contaminated waste facility is also areas in Puglia, Sardinia and the countryside around the ancient town of Matera.

The North Korean leader spoke of the need to reshape South Korean affairs "as required by the prevailing situation and the changed times" and discussed foreign policy.

With Congress under attack and a Senate majority down the drain, Republicans are facing the consequences of embracing Donald Trump.

The force had earlier denied media reports the officer had died after clashing with Trump supporters.

At the end of the video Trump told his supporters that "our incredible journey is only just beginning", suggesting he may run for President again in 2024.

Clips of the chaotic scenes from Washington have aired repeatedly on Chinese state television in a propaganda opportunity too good to miss.

Phil Britten knew the day was coming when the alleged mastermind behind the Bali bombings would walk free.

Officials said there had been 218 COVID-19 cases in the CoronaVac trial of 13,000 volunteers, including 160 on volunteers who only received a placebo.