US Labour Department says it will work with individual states to make sure payments continue uninterrupted

Proposal is to start it at 6pm in regions hit hardest by the second wave of the virus

There have been at least 500,800 deaths among the 29 countries in the region, with more than half of those in Brazil (192,000) and Mexico (120,000)

Organisation blames blamed the rise in deaths this year on the greater distance needed to travel to the Canaries and the 'dismantlement of rescue services'

A string of public officials have been vaccinated before cameras as part of efforts to overcome public scepticism 

United Nations says insurgents have killed 36,000 people in the northeast and forced roughly two million to flee since 2009

United States president-elect vows relentless effort to fight Covid-19 the moment he takes office

The House voted 322 to 87 to override Trump's veto of the US$740.5 bil defense bill, with 109 members of the Republican Party siding with Democrats

Exercise will ‘strengthen the skills of combatants’ and demonstrate the ‘unity’ of Gaza’s armed groups says spokesman

Filipinos arriving from banned countries must undergo 14-day quarantine even if testing negative for Covid-19

Reporters Without Borders says charges’ death toll in war-torn countries continues to fall

Health officials say the variant was found in an elderly couple

Accused sex trafficker has repeatedly denied recruiting underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein