The Chinese telecommunications giant's chief financial officer will fight extradition to the United States in the British Columbia supreme court in Vancouver. Meng, who is the eldest daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in late 2018 on suspicion of fraud and breaching US sanctions on Iran.

According to international media, at least four protesters and two policemen were killed on Monday as a result of the security forces opening fire on demonstrators. People have been protesting the Iraqi government for alleged corruption on and off in various cities across Iraq since last October.

Residents of the US territory are expressing their anger after a video on Saturday surfaced and tipped off the public to unused disaster aid in a warehouse in Ponce, including diapers, bottled water and propane gas. Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced has since fired three members of her cabinet.

According to multiple reports, at least two rockets landed near the Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, activating alarm sirens to sound through the heavily fortified zone. No casualties have been reported.

An exchange between the two Democratic presidential candidates at South Carolina's MLK Day celebrations had some people guessing.

Pro-gun activists descended on Richmond on Monday to protest gun control legislation proposed by Democrats. Due to fear of violence, Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency on Wednesday ahead of the demonstration.

When asked how the president was observing MLK Day, the White House counselor said Trump was preparing for the Davos World Economic Forum and that he supports the messages of unity and equality upheld by the civil rights icon. She went on to say that Martin Luther King Jr. would not support impeaching President Trump.

After the SpaceX CEO shared his vision about sending humans to Mars this past week, Columbia University’s Director of Astrobiology @Caleb_Scharf penned an article for the Scientific American detailing why “the martian radiation environment is a problem for human explorers that cannot be overstated.”

In a show of support for Juan Guaidó that sends a clear message to embattled President Nicolás Maduro, Mike Pompeo stated at the Bogotá meeting to Venezuelan citizens that Guaidó is "a great leader who wants to take your country in the right direction.” Currently, more than 50 countries, including the United States, deem Guaidó to be Venezuela's leader as Maduro faces mounting pressure to resign over allegations of corruption.

In a formal legal brief submitted to the Senate on Monday, President Trump's legal team accuses House Democrats of conducting an unfair and "perverted" impeachment process, and calls on the Senate to "speedily" acquit the president of the two charges against him. Senate leaders also wrangled Monday over the rules for Trump's trial, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

A travel company once claimed that the third Monday of January was statistically the most depressing day of the year and dubbed it "Blue Monday", using it as a hook to sell vacation deals. Over the years many have debunked the idea, and charities and activists are also keen to remind people that mental health problems persist all year round.

China, the world's biggest plastic producer, will curtail its consumption of single-use plastic in an effort to tackle a soaring amount of the discarded material that has quickly become one of the world’s most pressing environmental crises.

Leaked documents, shared by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and news outlets from 20 countries, report that Isabel dos Santos "exploited family ties, shell companies and inside deals to build an empire." She denies all allegations of wrongdoing. Dos Santos' father, José Eduardo, was president of Angola from 1979 to 2017.

The trash comes from mostly developed countries like Australia, Canada, France and the U.K. Environment Minister Yeo says Malaysia won't be the "rubbish dump of the world."

Opinion | Breaking with tradition, The New York Times editorial board has endorsed two candidates for the Democratic presidential primary.

Authorities are currently searching for a suspect after police confirmed seven people were shot inside a music venue named Ventura.

Two police officers, identified by Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard as Tiffany Enriquez and Kaulike Kalama, were killed in a shooting near Diamond Head in Honolulu on Sunday. News outlets reported that the officers were responding to a possible stabbing when they encountered a man with a gun and opened fire. The suspect has been identified by police and is believed to be dead.