Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up
A deadly fungal infection known as “black fungus’ that first surfaced in Indian Covid-19 patients has been detected in Afghanistan, which is in the middle of a brutal third wave
The IRA has admitted killing the three men found by the army at different roadsides in South Armagh last night. They claim the men were informers for MI5 and the Royal
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction was thrown out yesterday by Pennsylvania’s highest court in a ruling that swiftly freed the actor from prison more than three years after he
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said yesterday he’ll push to further upgrade relations with China, his main ally, as he struggles to navigate his country out of a deepening
The Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities yesterday ahead of expected charges against him and former President Donald Trump’s company, according to multiple news outlets. Weisselberg was
Hong Kong has been handed back to the Chinese authorities - ending more than 150 years of British control. The British flag was lowered over Government House - home to the
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a “great crisis,” using strong language that raised the specter of a mass outbreak
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft was operating in sync with a British destroyer during last week’s Black Sea incident in what he described as
Left-wing activists and relatives of people killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign marked the start of his last year in office yesterday with a noisy protest and a
Three Russian cosmonauts have been found dead in their space capsule after it made what looked like a perfect landing in Kazakhstan. Lieutenant-Colonel Georgi Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev were
U.S. troops in eastern Syria came under rocket attack yesterday (local time), with no reported casualties, one day after U.S. Air Force planes carried out airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border
Greek police say they have recovered two paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, nearly a decade after their theft from the country’s biggest state art gallery
Ethiopia’s government declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire Monday in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict as Tigray fighters occupied the regional capital and government soldiers retreated
A memorial in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, is to be built in London’s Hyde Park, the government has announced. The £3m fountain will be built on the site of
The U.N. human rights chief, in a landmark report launched after the killing of George Floyd in the United States, is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end
Greek police said yesterday they have arrested two 56-year-old men for trying to sell a rare Roman-era statue of the Greek goddess Hecate for 40,000 euros (about $48,000). Police in Thessaloniki
Hong Kong says it will ban all passenger flights from the U.K. starting Thursday as it seeks to curb the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. It said in a
The United States has handed power back to the Iraqi people at a low-key ceremony in Baghdad. US administrator Paul Bremer transferred sovereignty to an Iraqi judge at a handover brought
The head of the World Health Organization said the COVID-19 delta variant, first seen in India, is “the most transmissible of the variants identified so far,” and warned it is
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