Golf-Bezuidenhout on course for successive European Tour wins

Verstappen denies Mercedes Sakhir practice clean sweep, Russell seventh

India fails to end deadlock with farmers, talks to resume next week

China, U.S. need to proceed together with ‘good will’: Chinese envoy

Moscow rolls out Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to most exposed groups

Motor racing: Mick Schumacher on brink of F2 title in Bahrain

Egyptian rights group head hopes release will help other prisoners

UK, EU call in leaders to save trade talks

Thousands pay tribute to Thai royals amid calls for reform

Kuwaitis go to polls as economy poses challenge for new emir

Tesla says Black people hold just 4% of its U.S. leadership roles

Cycling-Cavendish joins Deceuninck-Quick Step for 2021

Iran’s coronavirus deaths surpass 50,000 – health ministry

Young Brazilian partygoers stir fears of second COVID-19 wave

Bahrain says it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements

U.S. government ordered to reinstate protections for ‘Dreamers’

Biden urges broad action on coronavirus aid after ‘grim’ jobs report

Biden plans scaled-back inauguration to avoid spreading coronavirus in crowds

Could Trump preemptively pardon his family — or even himself?

Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats

Family bid adieu to former French leader Giscard in intimate ceremony

South Korea urges vigilance as COVID-19 clusters emerge in third wave

France picks zone off Normandy coast for new 1GW windfarm

JD.com becomes first online platform to accept China’s digital currency

EU’s Barnier says still looking for a way to do UK trade deal

Russia reports record 28,782 new COVID-19 cases, 508 deaths

California order won’t impact Warrors, Kings

Revamped, less political, UNESCO sets sights on tricky U.S. return

U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

Firefighters move in on Southern California canyon blaze, aided by easing winds

Take Five: The clocks are ticking down

‘No presents’: Mexicans urged to embrace abstemious Christmas to stop pandemic

U.S. ends exchange programs with China, calling them ‘propaganda’

Credit Suisse chairman hints at lower bonus payouts: newspaper

Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 23,318: RKI