United States President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party has been projected to have won a majority in the US House of Representatives, by one source.
The courage of those who faced a knife-wielding killer in a Sydney shopping centre has been praised by leaders as details emerge about him and his victims.
Ukraine's eastern metropolis of Kharkiv will build the country's first fully underground school to shield pupils from Russia's frequent bomb and missile attacks, the city's mayor said.