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The Communist Party of Laos on Friday named Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as its new secretary general, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachit, state media reported as the longruling party wrapped up its threeday congress.

Asian shares fell Friday after a worse-than-expected U.S. jobs report and a late slide in several Big Tech stocks left major indexes lower on Wall Street.

A coronavirus action plan being unveiled by Presidentelect Joe Biden centers on a mass vaccination campaign and closer coordination among all levels of government.

All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.

Overwhelmed during the deadly attack on Congress by President Donald Trump's supporters last week, U.S. security forces are mounting a national operation to thwart any violence before Presidentelect Joe Biden takes office.

Following are comments on the U.S. House of Representatives vote on Wednesday on the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Some of the 10,000 National Guard troops streaming into Washington D.C to help secure the area ahead of Presidentelect Joe Biden's inauguration will be armed, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump.

Saikia had filed the petition challenging the notification issued by the Assembly secretary on January 1, withdrawing his recognition as Leader of the Oppostion in the House.

In the 36 hours after last weeks deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 112 Republicans reached out to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.

President Donald Trump on Monday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, one of the outgoing presidents fiercest GOP allies.

The chief minister said this was the "last meeting" to discuss the cabinet expansion and the final names will be cleared as early as possible.

House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege by a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump.

Two Republican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining momentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump supporters.

For Nancy Sinoway, a second coronavirus relief loan would increase the chances that her dressmaking business will survive.

Hollywood star George Clooney has condemned the attack on the Capitol Hill in the US by thousands of supporters of Donald Trump saying that the president's name will now forever be associated with "insurrection". According to The Hollywood Reporter, du...