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Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. election after a longerthanusual process of counting mailin ballots that a record number of Americans relied on during the coronavirus pandemic.

Myanmar's main opposition on Wednesday demanded a rerun of a parliamentary election and called for military help to ensure fairness as partial results put Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party on course for another commanding victory.

Croatia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it has begun evaluating offers from three bidders after it said it wanted to buy fighter jets to modernise its air force.

The COVID19 pandemic has played havoc with Australia's Olympic soccer preparations by stranding players overseas but coach Graham Arnold is confident the nation can still challenge for a medal at Tokyo next year.

Poppies illuminated the sails of the Sydney Opera House at dawn on Wednesday as Australia marked the 102nd anniversary of Remembrance Day.

Hong Kong's government disqualified four opposition legislators on Wednesday, minutes after the Chinese parliament passed a resolution allowing the city's executive to expel legislators without having to go through the courts.

In the Biden White House, the first lady wants to keep her job teaching and the second gentleman plans to quit his law firm to support the vice presidents career.

More than 300,000 people have died of COVID19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday, and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads into winter despite hopes for a new vaccine.

More than 6,000 Ethiopians are known to have entered Sudan as they flee fighting in their home country and many more are expected to cross the border, Sudan's state news agency SUNA reported on Tuesday.

The reelection defeat of U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson in Minnesota and some key retirements mean a shakeup is coming for the industry on Capitol Hill, with power likely to shift from the Midwest to the South and the coasts.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he spoke to U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden on Tuesday about working together on tackling climate change and recovering from the COVID19 pandemic.

Poland will conduct coronavirus tests among its farmed minks and check whether farm workers and their families have been infected with COVID19, following the findings of a mutated virus among the animals in Denmark.

Sweden, whose softtouch virus approach has placed it in the global spotlight, recorded new 15,779 COVID19 cases on Tuesday as a resurgent pandemic stretched testing to the limit in many hardhit and densely populated regions.

Tributes poured in from both sides of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict and from around the world after the death of Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator who died in Jerusalem on Tuesday after contracting COVID19.

Sweden, whose softtouch virus approach has sparked worldwide attention, has registered new 15,779 coronavirus cases since its previous update on Friday, Health Agency statistics showed on Tuesday.

Russian peacekeeping forces deployed to the mountain enclave of NagornoKarabakh on Tuesday as part of a ceasefire deal designed to end six weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces.