The ex-lover of Juan Carlos, the disgraced former king of Spain, has described his decision to transfer €65m to her as an "enormously generous gift", dismissing claims of money laundering.
On Joe Biden's big day, President Donald Trump was planning to show up in his rival's old backyard.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was "fighting for his life" in a coma yesterday after what his spokesman said was a targeted poisoning.
Belarusian authorities have opened a criminal probe against opposition activists who set up a council to negotiate the transition of power amid massive protests challenging the extension of the 26-year rule of the country's authoritarian leader in a vote the opposition saw as rigged.
Kim Jong-un says North Korea's development goals have been "seriously delayed", a rare acknowledgment that shows the country's already brittle economy is under severe strain from sanctions, flooding and the pandemic.
Kamala Harris, the black daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, has become the first woman of colour to accept the nomination for vice president from a major political party.
US President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is under arrest on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising effort intended to build Mr Trump's border wall.
