John Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana’s president at a ceremony in the capital Accra, pledging to overcome public discontent by boosting the economy and creating much-needed jobs.

The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay with alleged ties to former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday morning, the China Earthquake.

A suspicious blaze has engulfed a Caulfield Racecourse grandstand, sparking a police investigation.

Brazil’s government said in a statement that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a final push for a Gaza ceasefire before President Joe Biden leaves office, after a Hamas official told Reuters the group had cleared a list of 34 hostages as first to go free under a truce.

Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israel’s national ambulance service Magen David Adom (MDA) said.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are to be freed, taking the total number of prisoners released to 1,515 just days before President Nicolas Maduro is set to begin his third term.

Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to legislators alarmed by the party’s miserable pre-election polling numbers.

South Korea’s government said on Monday it will extend the shutdown of Muan International Airport by a week to Jan. 14, citing the ongoing investigation into the crash of a Jeju Air (089590.KS), opens new tab jet that killed 179 passengers on board.

A winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the U.S. on Sunday, with some 60 million people across more than a dozen states from Kansas to New Jersey under winter weather warnings and advisories.