A man named Adolf Hitler Uunona has won a local election in Namibia with 85pc of the vote, becoming a councilor in the Ompundja constituency.
Festive revelry will kick off across the country this weekend amid concern Ireland may have lifted lockdown too soon and may have to consider an extended school break in January.
Poland has rejected speculation it is looking for a compromise in its spat over the European Union's €1.8 trillion budget and coronavirus-rescue package. It comes as Hungary, the other outlier, said it won't back down unless Brussels relents in tying spending to upholding democratic values.
A former Trump fundraiser and a prominent lawyer were among the people scrutinised by the US justice department for their roles in what a judge described as a possible bribery scheme to win a presidential pardon for a convicted felon, lawyers for the men said.
Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray's fugitive local leader countered yesterday that civilians were protesting against looting by occupying soldiers.
Prince Andrew's chief accuser was a prostitute who lied about her age and was paid “half a million” by Jeffrey Epstein, new court papers allege.
The imminent arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine is the best news – but has it come at the worst time? If there was ever a need to redouble efforts to save as many lives as possible it is this Christmas and New Year when the most intense weeks of socialising since the start of the...
