The largest vaccination campaign in US history has gotten underway as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating...
Democrat Joe Biden has won the state-by-state electoral college vote that formally determines the US presidency, all but ending President Donald Trump’s floundering campaign to overturn...
New Zealand and the Cook Islands have agreed to open a quarantine-free travel bubble by March next year. In a joint statement this morning the prime...
EU leaders have agreed on a more ambitious goal for cutting greenhouse gases – reducing them by 55% over the next decade, rather than 40%. The...
Actress Dame Barbara Windsor, best known for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films, has died aged 83. Her husband Scott Mitchell said she...
Dogs can be trained to detect COVID-19 by sniffing human sweat, according to a proof-of-concept study published yesterday. Detection dogs are already a common sight in airports and...
The current Brexit transition period ends on December 31 and these travel restrictions will still apply even if the UK and EU strike a trade deal. “The UK...
Four lions at Barcelona Zoo in Spain have tested positive for coronavirus, veterinary officials say. Three females named Zala, Nima and Run Run and one male...
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been charged under the territory’s controversial new national security law. Mr Lai, 73, is accused of conspiring with...
US President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2020. “The Biden-Harris ticket represents...
