Senator Mitch McConnell said negotiations on a new round of coronavirus relief were closer to agreement, but did not endorse a $908 billion compromise measure embraced by Democratic leaders.

On Tuesday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. formally introduced his economic team, calling on them to lead America to a future of shared economic prosperity.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. assembled a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation's workers and government efforts to address economic inequality.

The World Health Organization said there has been a decline in newly reported Covid-19 cases but urged people to refrain from travel during the holiday season warning that recent gains could easily be lost.

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers protested recently passed pro-market agricultural policies which they fear will lead to a takeover of the industry by large, politically connected corporations.

A year after a deadly volcanic eruption killed 22 people on New Zealand's White Island, the country's workplace safety regulator has charged 13 organizations and individuals for their roles in the disaster.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down capital Pyongyang as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday.

On Tuesday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. introduced his nominees for crucial foreign policy and national security roles during a public address.

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduced nominees and appointees to crucial national security and foreign policy posts for their cabinet.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York warned that the borough's coronavirus positivity rates are on track to overburden hospitals and push it into the highest lockdown level in the state, where cases are spiking.