Canada heatwave: Lightning strikes trigger wildfires in British Columbia
More than 130 wildfires - fuelled by lightning strikes - are burning across western Canada following a record-breaking heatwave.
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Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records.
Read articleCovid: How Delta exposed Australia's pandemic weaknesses
In the past fortnight, the Delta variant has managed to breach the city's defences. In one week, positive cases have ballooned to more than 100.
Read articleGeorge Floyd murder: Derek Chauvin sentenced to over 22 years
The US white ex-police officer convicted of murdering African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail.
Read articleFamilies pray for miracle with 159 missing in Florida condo collapse
Rescue workers scouring the debris of a collapsed condo building in a Miami suburb said they heard sounds in the rubble overnight, as officials on Friday raised the number of people unaccounted for to 159 and the confirmed death toll to four.
Read articleAntiVirus Creator John McAfee Found Dead In Catalan Prison Cell
Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges.
Read articleIsraeli military launches airstrikes in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons
The Israeli military struck targets in Gaza overnight Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, citing incendiary balloons launched from Gaza earlier in the day. According to reports in Israeli media, incendiary balloons launched from Gaza sparked multiple fires in southern Israel.
Read articleNew government begins in Isreal, Netanyahu era ends
The first Israeli government in 12 years not led by Benjamin Netanyahu got down to business on Monday, with the former prime minister shying away from a handover ceremony with successor Naftali Bennett.
Read articleUpper house of Parliament in Japan passes motion to support Taiwan bid to join WHO assembly
The upper house of the Japanese Parliament on Friday passed a resolution supporting the self-governed island's participation in the World Health Organisation's (WHO) annual assembly.
Read articleBiden administration to buy 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to donate to the world
The Biden administration is buying 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate to the world as the United States dramatically increases its efforts to help vaccinate more of the global population, three people familiar with the plans said Wednesday.
Read articleCovid vaccines: Unicef asks G7 countries to donate now or risk wasting jabs
Millions of Covid vaccines could be wasted if rich countries send large amounts of leftover doses to poorer nations in one go, Unicef has warned.
Read articleG7 nations strike deal to tax big companies and squeeze havens
The United States, Britain and other leading nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to pursue higher global taxation on multinational businesses such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon.
Read articleSinovac vaccine of China gets WHO emergency approval
The WHO said it prevented symptomatic disease in 51% of those vaccinated and prevented severe symptoms and hospitalization in 100% of samples.
Read articleNow proven against coronavirus, mRNA can do so much more
When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted smiley face emojis to a journalist seeking his reaction.
Read articleChina to allow couples to have up to three children in attempt to reverse falling birth rates
The Chinese government will allow couples to have three children, according to state-run news agency Xinhua, the latest easing of strict family planning policies as the country tries to avert a demographic crisis.
Read articleVietnam detects a suspected new coronavirus variant that's a hybrid of the UK and India strains
"A new coronavirus variant with characteristics from the existing Indian and UK variants had been detected in Vietnam for the first time," Vietnam's Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long told a national news conference Saturday.
Read articleChina counters Biden Covid origins lab probe - by calling for a US lab probe
US President Joe Biden's call for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus feels like déjà vu in Beijing.
Read articleGermany officially calls colonial-era killings in Namibia genocide
Germany on Friday apologised for its role in slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago and officially described the massacre as genocide for the first time, as it agreed to fund projects worth over a billion euros.
Read articleCovid: Biden orders investigation into virus origin as lab leak theory debated
US President Joe Biden has ordered intelligence officials to "redouble" efforts to investigate the origins of Covid-19, including the theory that it came from a laboratory in China.
Read articleNew information on illness of Wuhan researchers furthers debate on pandemic origins
A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be hospitalized, a new detail about the severity of their symptoms that could fuel further debate about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people briefed on the intelligence.
Read articleDRC orders evacuation of Goma after Nyiragongo volcano erupts
Thousands of people head towards border with Rwanda as lava approaches outskirts of city
Read articleIsrael-Palestinian conflict: Aid arrives in Gaza as ceasefire holds
The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants came into effect.
Read articleIsrael-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.
Read articleGaza Israel-Gaza conflict: attacks ease after Biden calls for significant de-escalation
Lull in violence on Thursday as efforts to secure a ceasefire this week appear to gather momentum
Read articleNo sign of Israel-Gaza ceasefire as fighting rages
Israeli forces pounded Gaza with air strikes and Hamas militants renewed cross-border rocket attacks on Wednesday, pressing on with a conflict that has caused widespread destruction in the Palestinian enclave and threatened cities deep inside Israel.
Read articlePfizer vaccine can now be stored in fridge for longer : EU drug regulator says
The European Union's drugs regulator has said the Pfizer Covid vaccine can now be stored at fridge temperature for much longer than it previously recommended.
Read articleIsrael-Palestinian conflict marks its deadliest day as scenes of horror unfold in Gaza
Israel bombed the house of Hamas' Gaza leader and obliterated a family's home in Gaza as Hamas launched more than 100 rockets towards Israel on Sunday, marking the deadliest day of the week-long conflict so far, according to data from the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza and Israeli authorities.
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