Lawmakers upset, experts baffled at Trump downplaying suspected hack

US Congress announces stimulus agreement after months of stalemate

Indonesia protests German embassy staff visit to vigilante group

China postpones launch of new Long March 8 rocket

Magnitude-6.5 quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami threat

Australian firm faces court over claim gym clothes stop virus spread

Nine dead in floods, landslides as storm Krovanh hits Philippines

US Congress narrowly avoids government shutdown amid stimulus talks

Austria plans new lockdown, with privileges for people who get tested

India passes 10 million Covid-19 cases, works on vaccine rollout plan

Fiji cyclone death toll rises to four

Germany sees drop in deportations in 2020

Christmas amnesty: Germany to release at least 963 prison inmates

Italy to go into lockdown for Christmas and New Year’s festivities

Italian Senate gives final approval to softening of migration rules

Washington moves to put US-made tech off limits to Chinese firms

Yemen’s Saudi-backed president forms power-sharing cabinet

Italy: lockdown expected for Christmas and New Year’s festivities

New Covid-19 restrictions in Australia as outbreak hits Sydney

Germany’s daily virus tally soars to new highs, breaking 30,000 mark