Russia’s central bank has issued an appeal for calm amid fears that new financial sanctions could spark a run on its banks. It said it “has the necessary resources and tools to maintain fina... Read more
British airlines have been banned from landing at Russia’s airports and from crossing its airspace, the Russian civil aviation regulator has said. It follows the UK’s decision to ban Russia’... Read more
US President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the crisis over Ukraine. The talks proposed by France will only... Read more
A Russian attack on Ukraine is “still very much a possibility”, but the human cost would be “immense”, US President Joe Biden has said. In remarks televised nationall... Read more
French police have shot dead a man wielding a knife who threatened them at Paris’s Gare du Nord train station. The man attacked two police officers on patrol at the station, with a 30c... Read more
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
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