Everyone should carry a face covering when they leave home in order to tackle coronavirus, the head of the UK’s national academy of science has said. Prof Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, presi... Read more
A bus driver in the south-west of France has been left brain dead after reportedly being attacked by passengers who refused to wear face masks. The driver in Bayonne had refused to allow sev... Read more
The Louvre museum has reopened in Paris after its closure nearly four months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. Masks are compulsory, a one-way system is in place and numbers of visitors w... Read more
Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has written a lengthy apology for his past behaviour, a year after he faced allegations of sexual misconduct. “There are no words to express how bad I feel... Read more
The UK will later impose sanctions independently for the first time on dozens of individuals accused of human rights abuses around the world. Dominic Raab will name the first violators to ha... Read more
Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region confirmed one case of bubonic plague. According to state reports, the Bayannur patient... Read more
A jet aircraft suspected of carrying illegal drugs has been destroyed by fire after landing on a highway in southern Mexico. A lorry packed with 390kg of cocaine was found nearby in the stat... Read more
Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the “spaghetti” Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome aged 91. According to Italian news agency A... Read more
The head of the US drugs regulator has cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s prediction that a Covid-19 vaccine will be ready this year. “I can’t predict when a vaccine wi... Read more
The mayor of a town in Colombia has been praised after he turned his own son in to the police for breaking a curfew imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Carlos Higgins Villanueva s... Read more
A US woman has been shot while trying to remove a Nazi flag from someone’s front yard in the state of Oklahoma. Garfield County Sheriff’s office said the woman had been at a part... Read more
Facebook says it has removed and banned hundreds of accounts to disrupt a “violent, anti-government” US network. It said the network was loosely linked to the broader far-right B... Read more
A teenager has been killed and another critically wounded in a shooting in Seattle’s autonomous zone. One teenager, 16, was fatally shot and died after being taken to hospital. The oth... Read more
The UK, EU and Nato have expressed concern and anger after China passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong. President Xi Jinping signed the law and it is being... Read more
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