The Dow Jones index closes above 30,000 for the first time amid string of positive news.

Neymar's first-half penalty helps to ease the pressure on boss Thomas Tuchel as Paris-St Germain leapfrog RB Leipzig in Group H of the Champions League.

MSPs unanimously approve a bill giving a legal right to free access to sanitary products in public buildings.

A 28-year-old woman is arrested after allegedly stabbing and trying to choke two other women.

President-Elect Biden says closing the border would be "just not right".

Tiny Bhutan is feeling the squeeze as its giant neighbours China and India vie for territory.

Scientists demonstrate a scanning device that will make it easier to study the brain.

The railways in the UK, Australia and India getting power from the sun in different ways.

After being labelled "patient zero", a small-town physician in Canada was shunned.

The transition process is finally under way even though President Trump has not given up his legal challenges.

When Sami Wunder started out as a dating and relationships coach there was one issue that scared her.

Maria and her children were driven from their home in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the ongoing conflict.

The online giant has postponed Black Friday in France after pressure from the government.

Jordan Klepper has become known for his Trump supporter interviews on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

Some ethnic Tigrayans complain of harassment and discrimination - an allegation the government denies.

Zahara, a platinum-selling singer in South Africa, talks to the BBC about surviving a violent attack.

Built on coal, Colstrip has been under threat for years. It may not matter who sits in the Oval Office.

Moscow says a US Navy destroyer entered its territorial waters on Tuesday.

Beijing says remarks by the Pope about the persecution of China's Muslim Uighurs are "groundless".

The justice minister says it was a "misunderstanding" because of a "technical error" in field testing.

Work could begin early next year to prevent the vessel breaking apart and spilling crude.