Hong Kong authorities are set to formally withdraw an unpopular extradition bill that sparked months of chaotic protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Donald Trump was holding back military aid for Ukraine unless the country agreed to investigate Democrats and a company linked to Joe Biden's family, a senior US diplomat has testified.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a second term in Canada's national elections yesterday, losing the majority but delivering unexpectedly strong results despite having been weakened by a series of scandals that tarnished his image as a liberal icon.
Pope Francis's landmark conference on Catholicism in the Amazon has taken a vindictive twist after indigenous Amazonian fertility statuettes were stolen from a church near St Peter's Basilica and hurled into the Tiber.
Turkey and Russia announced last night they had reached a deal to avoid a return to full-scale fighting in north-east Syria, hours before a US-brokered ceasefire between Turkish and Kurdish forces was due to expire.
Six men in China have been jailed for attempted murder after they all tried to pass on a contract to kill which they were reluctant to carry out in person.
Donald Trump faced a fierce backlash yesterday as Democrats and some Republicans condemned his tweet comparing the impeachment inquiry to a "lynching".
