AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and effective:European regulator
EMA says benefits outweigh risks but also that it is continuing to study possible link with very rare blood clotting disorder
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A landmark ruling : Japan court says not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
A Japanese court ruled on Wednesday that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is "unconstitutional," setting a precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully recognise same-sex partnership
Read articleCatholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions: Vatican
The Vatican said on Monday that priests and other Catholic Church ministers cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings are “not licit†if carried out.
Read articleMeghan and Harry interview: I didnt want to be alive any more - Duchess says
The Duchess of Sussex has said she found life within the British Royal Family so difficult that at times she "didn't want to be alive any more".
Read articleBlack Lives Matter activists are back on to the streets as George Floyd murder trial begins
Minneapolis residents are bracing for the opening of what is sure to be one of the nation's most closely watched trials in years - that of the white policeman charged with killing George Floyd, a black man whose dying struggles were captured on a video seen around the world.
Read articleUS Vaccination Speed Rises to 2 Million Doses a Day
The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A month ago, the average was about 1.3 million.
Read articleHundreds of girls released by gunmen in the Nigeria Schiik Abduction case : Great News
A group of nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria last week have been released, a local official says.
Read articleJamal Khashoggi: US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
A US intelligence report has found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Read articleJamal Khashoggi: Biden raises human rights in call with Saudi king
US President Joe Biden has talked by phone with King Salman of Saudi Arabia as he seeks to put relations with America's old ally on a new footing.
Read articleNew Zealand launches COVID 19 vaccinations programme - Australia will start on Monday
New Zealand started its official rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, while Australia finalised plans to begin inoculations on Monday, a new phase in tackling the virus that both countries have kept largely contained.
Read articleIndian activist Disha Ravi held in Greta Thunberg's protest toolkit case
A 22-year-old Indian climate activist has been arrested after sharing a document intended to help farmers protest against new agricultural laws.
Read articleYemen war: Joe Biden ends support for operations in foreign policy reset
The US is to end its support for offensive operations by its allies in Yemen, which has been devastated by a six-year war in which more than 110,000 people are believed to have died.
Read articleMyanmar doctors stop work to protest coup as UN considers response
Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the newly formed Myanmar Civil Disobedience Movement said.
Read articleMyanmar coup: Aung San Suu Kyi detained as military seizes control
Myanmar's military has seized power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders.
Read articleHong Kong residents now eligible for special UK visa
A visa scheme to allow Hong Kong residents to come to the UK opens on Sunday, with some 300,000 people expected to apply.
Read articleKamala Harris set to make history as 1st woman of color to be vice president
Harris said she is "filled with a sense of purpose and hope."
Read articleBiden prepares to conjure hope and bear pain for a grieving nation
Joe Biden's life of resilience in the face of unbearable loss will take on new meaning when he steps up to deliver his inaugural address Wednesday as the nation's 46th President.
Read articleDutch government resigns over childcare subsidies scandal
Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the resignation of his government on Friday, accepting responsibility for years of mismanagement of childcare subsidies, which wrongfully drove thousands of families to financial ruin.
Read articleReeling from coronavirus, Asia's poultry farmers battle bird flu outbreak
Asia’s chicken farmers are confronting the region’s worst bird flu outbreak in years, with the deadly virus affecting farms stretching from Japan to India, roiling some poultry prices and showing no signs of easing.
Read articleIndia delivers COVID 19 shots to prepare for biggest vaccination drive in the world
Indian airlines started delivering batches of COVID-19 vaccines across the country on Tuesday, getting ready for the launch of a campaign to offer shots to 1.3 billion people in what officials call the world’s biggest vaccination drive.
Read articleWHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus
The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuke from the UN agency.
Read articleCovid: England and Scotland begin new lockdowns as cases rise
People in all of England and most of Scotland must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons, as new lockdowns begin in both nations.
Read articleAlready free of coronavirus, this Pacific Islands country could become the first in the world to be
A cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean that's one of the few places on Earth entirely free from Covid-19 could become one of the first countries vaccinated against the disease.
Read articleActivists cheer as sexist tampon tax is scrapped
The 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products - referred to as the "tampon tax" - will be abolished in the UK from 1 January.
Read articleUS Supreme Court swiftly ends Trump backed Texas bid to upend election results
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a long-shot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, dealing him a likely fatal blow in his quest to undo his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
Read articleBritish Grandma Is first In The World To Get Pfizer Vaccine Outside Trial
Margaret Keenan - known as Maggie to friends and family - celebrated with a cup of tea after being given the life-saving Covid jab at 6.31am at her local hospital in Coventry, West Mids.
Read articleThousands protest in London against India's farming reforms
Thousands of people protested and blocked traffic in central London on Sunday over Indian agricultural reforms that have triggered mass demonstrations in India, and police made 13 arrests over breaches of COVID regulations.
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