The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.

Democrats can vote legislation through. But Trump still has veto power.

Five of France's unions join a wave of strikes and protests in a national day of action.

Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo says "the day has come for me to hand back the number seven shirt".

Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.

Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.