@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.

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Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was picked up by his family and was driving to his home in central Java.

President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory has been certified by a joint sitting of Congress and President Donald Trump has promised an orderly transition of power after riots at the Capitol building.

As the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is the second cabinet secretary to resign, but top security aides and senior staffers have also quit - with more to come.

The British coronavirus mutation "is probably not in every state at this point, but I think in a lot of states," says Centres for Disease Control expert.

It would be a political crisis if the President were prosecuted, but US law makes it a crime to attempt to overthrow the government or encourage others to do so.

The agency monitors financial transactions to identify money laundering, organised crime, tax evasion, welfare fraud and terrorism financing.

Top US prosecutor vows to "bring the most maximum charges we can" against rioters but law experts say Trump, Giuliani likely protected by freedom of speech.

The warrant was issued in connection with the 2019 US drone strike that killed an Iranian general and Iraqi militia leader.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that if Trump wasn't removed from office by Vice-President Mike Pence, the House may move forward with a second impeachment.

If Donald Trump were to be removed from office before the Inauguration, Congress would have to invoke a never-used, complicated section of the amendment.

In some of the strongest criticism by any US ally to date, Johnson says the US President was "completely wrong" to incite the attack.

The US recorded nearly 3900 deaths on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic.

Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been arrested on a new charge under the national security law.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump to use the platform was too great following the President's incitement of a mob that touched off a deadly riot.

The Indonesian cleric, involved in the Bali bombings, is unlikely to return to being a key player in terrorist plotting but his status as an extremist icon will endure.

Years of Donald Trump and the conspiratorial right have eroded the web of conventions that kept US democracy working.

COVID-19 cases have surged in Tokyo and surrounding areas to the highest levels since the beginning of the pandemic.

The United States Senate and House of Representatives have been evacuated after furious supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building to halt the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.