Fauci says he has not had contact with Biden, handover concerns grow

German president says Europe must share vaccine with poorer nations

India’s Madhya Pradesh state to set up “cow cabinet”

EU car sales down again in October with 8-per-cent slump

Japan’s exports down 0.2 per cent in October

Thai police spray tear gas-laced water on anti-government protesters

Police kill two suspected militants in Indonesia’s Sulawesi province

Azerbaijan, Armenia exchange 200 bodies of fallen in Nagorno-Karabakh

Slang term ‘iso’ deemed Australia’s 2020 word of the year

British diplomat hailed hero after saving drowning Chinese student

Exec charged with bribing Harvard coach to guarantee sons’ admission

US hate crime murders at record high in 2019, FBI data show

Former US president Obama to publish first volume of memoir

Solomon Islands moves to impose Facebook ban

13 killed in explosion in Mexico after car collides with transporter

Trump claims election ‘most fraudulent’ as Obama warns on harm

Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua

Former minister in Sri Lanka ordered to pay for reforestation

Red Cross: 410,000 deaths linked to extreme weather since 2010

Bezos fund gives some 800m dollars to climate groups grants round