Four ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd killing
Four former Minneapolis police officers face federal civil rights charges for their role in the arrest and murder of George Floyd, according to court documents...
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Biden says he is confident he can meet Putin soon
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he expected to be able to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon and the White House said ongoing...
WHO gives emergency approval to Sinopharm, first Chinese jab
The World Health Organization announced on Friday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use. The vaccine, one of...
Poland, Hungary push against “gender equality” at EU social summit
Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase “gender equality” from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the...
EU regulator reviews reports of rare nerve disorder after AstraZeneca shot (update)
Europe’s medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of...
UK advises under-40s to take alternative to AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot
Britain’s panel of vaccine advisers on Friday said that people under 40 should be offered an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot where possible, due to...
Firefighters tackle blaze at 19-storey in east London tower block
Firefighters in London were tackling a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in the east of the city on Friday, with smoke emerging from...
Germany hopeful that third pandemic wave ‘broken’
The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an...
PM Johnson’s party sweeps aside Labour in northern English town (Update 2)
Britain’s governing Conservative Party won a new seat in parliament on Friday, ousting the Labour Party in the northern English town of Hartlepool with a...
Lebanon’s lights may go off as cash for electricity runs out
Lebanon‘s lights may go off this month because cash for electricity generation is running out, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as the country grapples with...
European powers tell Israel to stop settlement expansion amid tension in Jerusalem
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain urged Israel on Thursday to halt settlement-building in the occupied West Bank. The joint statement came as tensions mounted...
Airlines, British holidaymakers brace for limited travel restart
Airlines, holiday companies, tourists and vast swathes of southern Europe are looking forward to hearing the UK’s plan to relaunch travel but only a limited...
Twenty-five killed in Rio de Janeiro police raid on drug gang
At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state’s...
US stands by Ukraine against ‘reckless’ Russian actions – Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday Washington could increase security assistance for Ukraine after what he called Russia’s “reckless and aggressive” actions in massing...
UK regulator says some evidence AstraZeneca clots occur more in women than men
Britain’s medicine regulator on Thursday said there was some evidence that uncommon blood clots linked to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine occurred more in women than in...
Bees in the Netherlands trained to detect Covid-19 infections
Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding they said could cut...
Qatar finance minister arrested over alleged embezzlement
Qatar Finance Minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi was arrested for questioning over allegations of embezzlement, abuse of power and crimes related to the public sector, a statement...
Thai student jailed for insulting king gets bail, others denied
A Thai court on Thursday granted bail to student protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, who has spent eight weeks in detention on charges of insulting...
Turkish central bank holds key interest rate at 19%; lira stays at 10 to euro
Turkey’s central bank announced in a press release on Thursday that it chose to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 19 per cent, in...
UK withdraws patrol boats from Jersey after French Brexit row (Updated)
Britain withdrew its Royal Navy vessels from the waters off Jersey on Thursday but said it would remain on standby to support the Channel island...