Levels of protective antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. Antibodies are a key part of our immune defences and stop the virus f... Read more
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the latest ceasefire over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, minutes after it came into effect on Monday. The US-brokered... Read more
Belgium could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections, the health minister has warned, amid soaring case numbers across the country. Frank Vandenbroucke said new cases were close t... Read more
French police have raided the homes of dozens of suspected Islamic radicals following the beheading of a teacher who showed controversial cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. Some of... Read more
Has the coronavirus pandemic already peaked in India? And can the spread of the virus be controlled by early next year? A group of India’s top scientists believe so. Their latest... Read more
The man who beheaded a teacher in a street in France waited outside the school and asked pupils to identify his target, anti-terrorism officials say. The man then posted images on social med... Read more
Anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid patients’ chances of survival, a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found. The WHO trial evaluated four pote... Read more
Israel’s government has agreed to ease a month-long second nationwide lockdown, after a significant decline in the number of new coronavirus cases. From Sunday, people will be permitte... Read more
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will hold competing prime-time Q&A sessions later on Thursday, from separate locations. The events replace a cancelled second p... Read more
French police have raided the homes of senior government and health officials as part of an investigation into their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Health Minister Olivier Véran and t... Read more
Millions of Londoners will face tougher Tier 2 Covid measures from Saturday, with a ban on households mixing indoors, local MPs have been told. And Essex is also expected to move to high ale... Read more
The new three-tier system of Covid-19 restrictions has begun in England. Most of the country is in the lowest tier – medium – but millions of people in the North and the Midlands... Read more
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has criticised Donald Trump’s handling of Covid-19, while courting elderly voters in the key battleground state of Florida. He told them... Read more
Johnson & Johnson has paused its Covid vaccine trial to investigate why one participant in the study fell ill. The company said an independent review would check if the person’s un... Read more
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