Pope Francis denounces extremism on historic visit to Iraq
Coronavirus pandemic Pope Francis has condemned extremism in the name of religion on a historic visit to Iraq where he…
Coronavirus: US Senate passes major $1.9tn relief plan
Coronavirus pandemic The US Senate has voted to approve America’s third major spending package to deal with the impact of…
Pope Francis on Iraq visit calls for end to violence and extremism
Coronavirus pandemic Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to…
India is now only ‘partly free’ under Modi, says report
Coronavirus pandemic India’s status as a free country has changed to “partly free”, according to an annual report on global…
Covid: Police break up ‘fake vaccine network’ in China and South Africa
Coronavirus pandemic I Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made…
Covid-19: Sri Lanka reverses ‘anti-Muslim’ cremation order
Coronavirus pandemic Sri Lanka has reversed a controversial mandatory order to cremate the bodies of all those who died of…
North Korea: Russian diplomats leave by hand-pushed trolley
Coronavirus pandemic A group of Russian diplomats and their family had to leave North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley…
Anthony Fauci wins Israel’s Dan David $1m prize for ‘defending science’
Coronavirus pandemic The US top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, has been awarded a prestigious $1m (£717,000) Israeli prize for…
Covid: EU’s von der Leyen admits vaccine rollout failures
Coronavirus pandemic The EU was late to authorise Covid-19 vaccines and “still not where we want to be”, European Commission…
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has 92% efficacy in trial
By Rachel Schraer Health reporter Coronavirus pandemic Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage…