Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of the last world leaders to congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory. The Kremlin had said it would wait for official results... Read more

Moderna’s vaccine is safe and 95% effective, regulators say, clearing the way for US emergency authorisation. If it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccin... Read more

The US has issued an emergency order after revealing that its treasury and commerce departments had been hacked. All federal civilian agencies have been told to disconnect from SolarWinds, a... Read more

“Very large gaps remain” between the UK and EU, despite a meeting between Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen aimed at breaking the Brexit trade deadlock, No 10 has s... Read more

The UK and EU have reached agreement on post-Brexit border checks and trading rules for Northern Ireland. The UK had planned to override parts of the Brexit divorce deal it signed last year,... Read more

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin as his defence secretary, US media report. If approved, the 67-year-old who retired in 2016 would become the first Africa... Read more

A 90-year-old woman from Northern Ireland has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine outside trial conditions – marking the start of the UK... Read more

Disputes over fishing and business rules remain, with the UK government saying discussions in Brussels have reached “a critical moment”. The EU mood was described as “gloom... Read more

Britain and the EU will resume talks on a post-Brexit trade deal on Friday despite a senior UK government source saying the prospect of a breakthrough is “receding”. Sources sugg... Read more

US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus. He told CNN he believed there would be a... Read more

Swedish prosecutors are dropping a case against a woman accused of imprisoning her son, saying there was no evidence he had been held against his will. The 70-year-old woman was accused of h... Read more

German airport customs officers have found 26 rare reptiles – 10 of them dead – smuggled inside parcels of toys and sweets from Mexico. Some of the dead animals had suffocated as... Read more

Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail for their involvement in mass protests last year. The trio had been found guilty of unlawful as... Read more