Britain’s government announced Wednesday that it will open a new special pathway to obtaining UK citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers from January 2021, taking another step toward solidifying a policy denounced by China. In a statement, the Home Office said holders of the British...

 Democratic candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by eight percentage points in support among registered voters, and the former vice president appears to have a significant advantage among voters who are undecided, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The July 15-21...

The coronavirus death toll in the United States has spiked again with Donald Trump conceding the pandemic crisis will get worse, as record infections in Australia underscored second-wave dilemmas globally. Nearly 15 million cases have been confirmed and 615,000 lives lost since the virus...

Mexico on Tuesday passed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus pandemic as the country, which has the fourth-highest Covid-19 death toll in the world, struggles to contain the disease. A daily technical report recorded a total of 40,400 deaths from the virus, after adding 915 more...