Boris Johnson has appointed a government minister and former adviser to jobs in Downing Street, after a wave of resignations this week. Cabinet Office minister Steve Barclay will become the... Read more
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine. He said America’s goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose... Read more
A US hospital has rejected a patient for a heart transplant at least in part because he is not vaccinated against Covid-19. DJ Ferguson, 31, is in dire need of a new heart, but Brigham and W... Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday amid mounting fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent. Mr Blinken was due to hold discussions with Pre... Read more
Australians have reacted angrily to news that tennis player Novak Djokovic will play in the Australian Open, after he was exempted from vaccination rules. All players and staff at the tourna... Read more
Travel industry groups have called for all remaining Covid restrictions on travellers to be removed in the latest government review. With data last week suggesting one in 25 people in the UK... Read more
China has put a second city into total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid cases were discovered. Yuzhou – which has a population of 1.1 million – saw its transport syst... Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 60-year-old was found guilty on fi... Read more
European leaders are reinstating coronavirus restrictions as the new Omicron variant continues to spread across the continent. Germany and Portugal are among nations announcing post-Christma... Read more
The government has said that all 11 countries will be removed from the UK’s travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nig... Read more
At least 50 people have been killed after a fuel tanker exploded in northern Haiti, officials say. Reports say the vehicle was involved in an accident in the city of Cap-Haïtien, and the vic... Read more
Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday, December 11 from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. In Au... Read more
Mexico City (CNN)At least 54 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a truck overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, with most of the victims believed to be migrants from Centra... Read more
The prime minister’s resignation leaves president Marc Christian with little time to form a new government in a politically unstable country. Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabor... Read more
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