President Trump’s refusal to concede.

The United Nations called for an investigation into reports of many people beheaded in northern Mozambique, where Islamist insurgents have stepped up a brutal campaign.

Spain’s government announced Wednesday that it would require travelers arriving in Spain from high-risk countries to prove they tested negative for the coronavirus.

India’s cases are falling — for now.

The former C.E.O. and other top managers of the company tasked with overseeing the Morandi Bridge in Genoa were arrested on Wednesday in an investigation linked to its deadly 2018 collapse.

China ousted four Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers from the Legislature Wednesday, prompting the 15 others remaining in the opposition to vow to resign en masse in solidarity.

Using ground-penetrating radar, a team of archaeologists made the discovery in southeastern Norway. Once excavated, the findings could offer insight into Viking settlements.

The American diplomatic mission in Islamabad said its account had been used “without authorization” to forward a message citing the presidential election result as a blow to demagogues and dictators.

Scientists in Hungary are streaming experiments with dogs that know many words, featuring them in a contest of canine intelligence.

BRUSSELS — In a bid to coordinate a patchwork of Covid-19 measures across the European Union and centralize responses to the pandemic, the bloc’s executive arm on Wednesday proposed a “European Health Union.”