Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Former Sen. David Perdue -- who was defeated in January by Democrat Jon Ossoff in a runoff that helped Democrats take the Senate -- says he's running for governor of Georgia, setting up a GOP fight with Gov. Brian Kemp.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Burger chain Jack in the Box said Monday it's buying the nation's second-largest Mexican food chain, Del Taco, in a deal worth close to $600 million.

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The stock price of HYBE, BTS's management company, went down after members of the K-pop group sold their shares -- worth $8.4 million in total.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The White House is soon expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in China as a show of protest over a number of issues, most notably human rights, according to news reports Monday.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, an anti-apartheid icon and former deputy minister in South Africa, died on Monday, officials said. He was 84.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Italy on Monday set new rules requiring a strengthened version of its "green pass" to attend events and dine indoors amid the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, health officials said.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The White House unveiled a first-of-its-kind strategy Monday intended to step up the fight against corruption on multiple levels worldwide, including new regulations intended to make it more difficult to launder money.

Psychedelic therapy focused on psilocybin has garnered much new interest lately as a potential treatment against anxiety, depression and other mental ills.

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Just days after the Women's Tennis Association said it would not stage any tournaments in China over concern about the well-being of Peng Shuai, the International Tennis Federation has declined to do the same.

Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Officials in Indonesia on Sunday said that at least 14 people have been killed and 56 more have been injured after the Mount Semeru volcano erupted.