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Intercommunal fighting has killed more than 120 people in Sudan’s Darfur in recent days

Participants in a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol after a fire in a homeless encampment, AP reports

Thyssenkrupp is considering listing its steel division on the stock market amid mounting opposition to a potential sale to Liberty Steel

Billionaire Richard Branson’s orbital-rocket system puts its first satellites into space

Senator Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol, AP reports

China’s rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic masks the fact that the gap between rich and poor remains wide, holding back a stronger turnaround in consumption

A panel of experts recommend that Hong Kong approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, clearing the way for a regulatory greenlight

People in the poorest areas of England are dying from Covid-19 at almost three times the rate of those in wealthier areas

Canada’s economy will start 2021 with a short-lived contraction, but that’s not expected to derail the recovery over the next couple of years