Donald Trump could have spent his final weeks in office boasting about his Republican administration's achievements and trying to solidify his status as the party's voice and likely front-runner f...

In his inaugural address, Joe Biden spoke of the perennial challenges of racism and nativism that the U.S. has faced and appealed to a unity he acknowledged seemed "like a foolish fantasy these days."...

With chants of "Long live Kamala Harris," fireworks and prayers, residents of a tiny Indian village celebrated her inauguration as U.S. vice-president.

In one of the inauguration's most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world, "even as we grieved, we grew."

World leaders welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden into their ranks Wednesday, noting that their most pressing problems — including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change — require multilateral c...

There was no shortage of interesting details of historic significance during Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony, from his family Bible to Kamala Harris's choice of the colour purple.

Thousands of people on both sides of the border watched history in the making on Wednesday as Kamala Harris became the first woman of colour to be vice-president of the United States. ...

Twitter has locked the account of the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the U.S. social media platform said violated the firm's polic...

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation's second-highes...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in the White House briefing room tonight that U.S. President Joe Biden will speak to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday.

Joe Biden's presidency will improve a damaged Canada-U.S. relationship — but the change at the top won't be enough on its own to paper over some lingering bilateral concerns, experts say. ...

Two Florida men, including a self-described organizer for the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, were arrested Wednesday for taking part in the siege of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, auth...

Joe Biden was sworn in as U.S. president on Wednesday, summoning Americans to come together to end an "uncivil war" in a nation deeply divided after four tumultuous years. Read and watch his full spee...

U.S. President Joe Biden wasted no time addressing the COVID-19 pandemic after his inauguration. One of the first executive orders he signed as president requires masks to be worn and physical dista...

Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will announce America's return to the international Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, the centrepiece of a raft of day-one executive orders aimed ...

The Dutch government on Wednesday proposed the first nationwide curfew since the Second World War and a ban on flights from South Africa and Britain in its toughest moves yet to limit the spread of ne...

As U.S. President Donald Trump departs office, he leaves a legacy of deregulation and diplomatic missteps in the Arctic region.

Prosecutors on Tuesday said three people affiliated with a far-right militia group conspired to breach the U.S. Capitol, the first time they have directly accused people of organizing the violent Jan....

Alexei Navalny, Russia's main opposition figure, is in a Moscow jail, with his supporters confronting the existential question of how his political movement will survive with him sidelined, in all li...