Russian President Vladimir Putin is giving a thumbs-up to president-elect Donald Trump's victory. In a brief statement Wednesday, the Kremlin said Putin has sent Trump a...

A tram derailed in London before dawn on Wednesday, leaving at least 50 people injured and several trapped, the emergency services said. The London Fire Brigade said eight fire engines and four...

The world faces a starkly different America led by a President Donald Trump. While the billionaire businessman's election was welcomed in some countries, others saw it as a big shock as...

The prospect of a Donald Trump presidency unnerves businesspeople and economists who see him as a reckless novice who might disrupt trade and imperil the struggling global economy. Financial...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 8 November....

Republicans retained their lock on the House for two more years early Wednesday as GOP candidates triumphed in a checkerboard of districts in Florida, Virginia and elsewhere that Democrats had hoped...

Financial markets went on a wild ride Wednesday, as Wall Street index futures and Asian stock benchmarks tumbled on the rising possibility of a Trump presidency. Shares had been higher...

Donald Trump was elected America's 45th president Tuesday, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House....

Police in Mexico are hunting an amateur footballer accused of killing a referee by headbutting him after he was red carded. Fans thought the official had fainted after being knocked unconscious...

After weeks of competing claims of fraud and intimidation on Election Day, few voters who headed to the polls early Tuesday encountered problems, though there were some long lines. In the weeks...