A district court in Japan has in a landmark decision ruled that the country’s failure to recognise same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional”. Japan’s constitution defin... Read more
The Duke of Edinburgh is said to be in good spirits after leaving hospital following a successful heart procedure. Prince Philip, 99, was admitted to King Edward VII’s hospital in cent... Read more
Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has said it “wasn’t a complete surprise” to hear the Duchess of Sussex talk about race in a recent TV interview. Mrs Obama spoke to NBC... Read more
Aid agency Save the Children says Islamist militants are beheading children as young as 11 in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado. One mother told the agency she had had to... Read more
The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects. The World Health Organization and the Eu... Read more
Boris Johnson has said he is “deeply concerned” by footage showing police officers detaining women at Saturday’s vigil to remember Sarah Everard. The prime minister will ch... Read more
YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months, it said. A YouTube spokeswoman said the videos contradicted vaccine information from the... Read more
On a busy street in Yangon, police are escorting a man as gunfire crackles in the background. The man appears to be in custody and is showing no resistance – then suddenly an officer s... Read more
Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman has been found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011 “knowing or believing” it was to help dope a rider.... Read more
President Joe Biden has said he is hopeful that America can “mark independence” from Covid-19 on 4 July if people get vaccinated. In his first primetime address as president, Mr... Read more
A third-degree murder charge has been added against ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the alleged killing of George Floyd. Mr Chauvin has already been charged with second-degre... Read more
France is to ease restrictions on travel to and from seven countries outside the EU, including the UK. The foreign ministry said a “compelling reason” was no longer needed for tr... Read more
The owners of a shuttered religious boarding school in Missouri, USA, are facing dozens of criminal charges after abuse allegations were made on TikTok. Boyd and Stephanie Householder face m... Read more
The Duke of Cambridge has said the royals are “very much not a racist family” in his first comments after accusations by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in a TV interview. Prince... Read more
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