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Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son. Barr went Monday to the White...

Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

ATLANTA (AP) — What could be the main event in Georgia's two U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — got underway Monday, with lines trending shorter than during the first days of early voting for the general election. More than half of the record 5 million votes in the...

Teachers should be among first for Covid jabs: UN

The United Nations agency for education, UNESCO, on Monday called on governments to give teachers priority access to the new Covid-19 vaccines and be treated like "frontline" workers. The call came as the United States, the country worst hit by the virus, kickstarted the biggest vaccination...

Afghan president calls for peace talks to be moved home

The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government should be held at home, President Ashraf Ghani said Monday, backing calls to move the talks from Qatar. The warring sides have been engaged in direct talks since September at a luxury hotel in Doha, where the...