In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, state and local officials have scrambled to acquire more trustworthy

A Palestinian man has been shot dead by the Israeli police when he allegedly attempted a stabbing attack outside the Old City in Jerusalem on SaturdayAccording to Palestinian official news agency

Owners of wood burners, stoves and open fires will no longer be able to buy coal or wet wood to burn in them, under a ban to be rolled out from next year.Sales of the two most polluting fuels will be phased

Mike Bloomberg's name last appeared on a ballot a decade before #MeToo transformed cultural mores surrounding sexual harassment and the treatment of women. As he campaigns for the presidency, the 78-year-old

Tech giants including Google and Facebook have spent years trying to figure out how to bring the internet to billions of people who still lack a reliable connection. Now, an American startup has come up

Afghanistan's election body has declared incumbent President Ashraf Ghani the winner of the country's presidential election, almost five months after voting took place.he Independent Election Commission

An Indian buffalo racer who is being compared to Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has rejected an official offer inviting him to participate in national trials.Srinivas Gowda, 28, broke the record in Kambala,

China reported 2,641 new virus cases Saturday as it escalates measures to contain the outbreak and reassure an anxious public.The figure is a major drop from the higher numbers in recent days since a broader

Tesla said it would offer 2.65 million shares, of which Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk will buy up to $10 million in shares, while board member and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will purchase up to

Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blazed through fabric and machinery, officials say. Seven people died

A crisis within the world's greatest humanitarian emergency could be reaching breaking point over the control of lifesaving aid millions of Yemenis need to survive.Major donors and some of the world's

Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest

Lynn Williams and the rest of the U.S. women sensed it was just a matter of time before they wore down Canada.Williams broke open a scoreless stalemate with a goal in the 61st minute and the United States

Travel on road, rail and sea is being affected as strong winds and heavy rain from Storm Ciara hit Wales.An amber Met Office warning for wind is in place for the whole of Wales from 08:00 GMT, following

France's foreign office on Saturday issued new travel advice for its citizens due to the coronavirus outbreak, saying it did not recommend traveling to China unless there was an "imperative" reason to

Body Coach star Joe Wicks is to read the CBeebies bedtime story on Valentine's Day, it has been announced.The fitness coach and father-of-two will read Love Monster and the Perfect Present, by Rachel Bright.He

Japanese telecom SoftBank Corp's CEO Ken Miyauchi on Friday welcomed hedge fund Elliott Management's investment in parent SoftBank Group Corp saying the activist investor's assessment of the stock as

The Spanish government and leaders of the Catalonia region will start formal talks this month in a bid to end one of the biggest political crises since Spain’s return to democracy in the late 1970s, the

A mother who lost her Army husband to a roadside bomb in Iraq. A man whose brother was killed by someone the White House contends should have been deported rather than released from jail. A 2-year-old

Closing arguments Monday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial were directed more toward history than to sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead