World prepares for muted New Year's Eve under Covid shadow
Britons urged to stay home; France puts 100,000 police out on patrol; Merkel laments hardest year; Times Square closed to public

Britons urged to stay home; France puts 100,000 police out on patrol; Merkel laments hardest year; Times Square closed to public
G20 leaders will on Sunday pledge to pay for a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, drugs and tests around the world so that poorer countries are not left out, and to extend debt relief to them, a draft communique shows.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump continued their commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied northern France by Allied forces. The president joined French Presidnet Emmanuel Macron in honoring the fallen on the very site of the invasion -- the beaches of Normandy.
The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday, the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp, started by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, as the company enters the lucrative private space market.
G20 agreement backs 'rules-based' order but bows to Trump on trade reforms.
Communique emerges from all-night talks
The U.S.-China trade war is the “most stupid thing in this world,” Jack Ma, the chief of Asia’s most valuable public company, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), said on Monday.
Global stocks slid lower on Friday and were set for their worst week in more than five years, as anxiety over corporate profits added to fears about global trade and economic growth.
Prime minister attempts to distance herself from pessimistic Treasury forecasts that incensed the Tory right