Donald Trump’s pick, Amy Coney Barrett, did however say she gave no commitments to the White House on how she would rule.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating a Russian-brokered ceasefire in the region said to be on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping says the technology hub will be a model city for economic, digital and social changes to be rolled out around China.

European nations are closing schools, cancelling operations and enlisting legions of student medics as overwhelmed authorities face a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday told her US Senate confirmation hearing that her religious views would not affect her decisions on the bench and declined to say whether she believes the landmark 1973 ruling legalising abortion nationwide was properly decided.

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday told her US Senate confirmation hearing that her religious views would not affect her decisions on the bench and declined to say whether she believes the landmark 1973 ruling legalising abortion nationwide was properly decided.

Democrats on the Senate committee argue that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is “a judicial torpedo” aimed at abortion, gay marriage and Obamacare.

Boris Johnson announced three-tier lockdown system to tackle coronavirus infections but UK’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty says ‘I am not confident, nor is anyone confident’ that it will work.