A powerful earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has killed at least 60 people, authorities said Sunday, with thousands left homeless as rescuers raced to find anyone still alive under mountains of rubble more than two days after the disaster.

Indonesia hunts for survivors as quake death toll hits 60

Guatemalan authorities have reportedly escalated efforts to stop the thousands of Hondurans, travelling in a migrant caravan bound for the United States. Over 8,000 migrants have entered Guatemala since Friday, according to the immigration authority, seeking to escape poverty, unemployment, gang and drug violence and the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes in November.

Guatemala cracks down on migrant caravan bound for US

Britain is set to ban travel from the whole of South America and Portugal amid concerns over a new variant of the coronavirus in Brazil. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps Friday said arrivals from more than a dozen countries, including Argentina, Chile and Peru, will be halted “following evidence of a new variant in Brazil.

UK bans travel from South America over fears of Brazil coronavirus variant

Germany’s Christian Democrats elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when she steps down after federal elections in September.

End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday announced dates for the first Palestinian elections in more than 15 years, setting legislative polls for May 22 and a July 31 presidential vote.

Palestinian president announces long-awaited elections

Greek taxi driver Konstantinos Bekio is doing his bit to lift his passengers’ spirits amid the gloom of coronavirus lockdown, turning his cab into a nightclub complete with strobe lights and music.

Nightclub taxi drives away the blues in lockdown Greece

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden’s inauguration US President Donald Trump is planning to helicopter out of the White House a last time early on the

Morning news brief: US scrambles for a new president, India for Covid vaccine

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has resigned, citing last week’s attack on the Capitol. In a letter confirming he would step down when Democrat Joe Biden takes office on January 20, Alex Azar called the violence "an assault on our democracy and on the tradition of peaceful transitions of power," urging Trump to condemn all violence and help ensure a smooth handover.

US health secretary Azar resigns, cites Capitol attack as the reason

The United States has slapped sanctions on Cuba’s interior ministry and its leaders, accusing them of serious human rights abuses. In a statement, the US Treasury Department mentioned Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer, saying he had been detained in a prison controlled by the ministry and was reportedly beaten and tortured.

US imposes sanctions on Cuba citing human rights violations

US President-elect Joe Biden has elevated the post of a geneticist to Cabinet-level status for first time, naming pioneering Eric Lander as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday.

Biden elevates role of science, names geneticist Lander for new Cabinet-level post

India begins one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccine programmes on Saturday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the programme virtually in New Delhi -- with around 300,000 people receiving the first of two doses on day one.

India begins mega-rollout of Covid vaccine

US President Donald Trump is planning to helicopter out of the White House a last time early on the morning of the day his successor, Joe Biden, takes oath as the 46th US president of the country.

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden’s inauguration

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