Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US election, after Biden won the Electoral College vote that officially determines the US presidency. Forty two days
Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe
London and surrounding areas will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions in the UK from Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital. [bc_video video_id=”6216216011001″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”CJdhmO46zo”
An intensive care unit nurse became the first person in the US to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, marking a pivotal turn in the country’s effort to control
Germany will go into a hard lockdown over the Christmas period as the number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus reaches record levels. Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors
US President Donald Trump has reversed a plan for White House officials to receive a coronavirus vaccine in the coming days. Earlier, his administration had said that doses of the
Nigerian-American researcher and medical doctor, Dr. Onyema Ogbuagu, has said Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will eradicate the Covid-19 pandemic. Ogbuagu, at a virtual series on the theme, ‘COVID-19: Vaccine,
Hackers broke into the networks of federal agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments in attacks revealed just days after US officials warned that cyber actors linked to the Russian
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could further restrict a much-criticised travel subsidy programme in an effort to contain coronavirus infections, local media said on Sunday, as his approval rating plummets
The US has begun delivering the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “across all states” with the aim of inoculating more than 100 million people by the end of March, officials say. The
US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate accord on the first day of his presidency, as world leaders staged a virtual gathering to celebrate the 5th
The first international aid convoy carrying medicines and relief supplies has arrived in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. In a statement on Saturday, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said
South Korea reported a record 950 daily coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the president calling the country’s third wave of COVID-19 an “emergency”. More than 70% the domestically transmitted cases
The Trump administration is moving ahead with a $1bn weapons sale to Morocco, Reuters News Agency reported on Friday, a day after the United States announced that Morocco had agreed
UK and Russian scientists are teaming up to trial a combination of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines to see if protection against Covid-19 can be improved. The trials, to
Death row inmate Brandon Bernard has been executed in Indiana after last-minute clemency pleas were rejected by the US Supreme Court. Bernard, 40, was convicted of murder in 1999 when
Britain’s economic recovery almost ground to a halt in October as a surge in coronavirus cases hammered the hospitality sector, adding to the chances that the economy will shrink over
The United States Senate has defeated an effort to block the Trump administration’s sale of $23bn in advanced fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates. President Donald Trump
UK Priminister Boris Johnson’s dinner with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen – aimed at breaking the Brexit trade deadlock – has ended without agreement. A No 10 spokesperson said
President-elect Joe Biden’s son Hunter has said his “tax affairs” are under federal investigation, putting a renewed spotlight on the questions about his financial dealings that dogged his father’s campaign.
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