World Health Organization (WHO) member states have agreed to set up an independent inquiry into the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution, approved without objection by... Read more
US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) threatening to pull US funding permanently over Covid-19. The letter outlines a 30-day deadline... Read more
Brazil has become the country with the third-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the world, after registering a total of more than 250,000 cases. Only the US and Russia hav... Read more
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in the UK soared last month, the first full month of the coronavirus lockdown. The claimant count in April went up by 856,500 to 2.1 millio... Read more
A number of pro-democracy lawmakers in hong kong were dragged out of the chamber during a row about a chinese national anthem bill. The bill would criminalise disrespect of the anthem. Legis... Read more
Germany has made public burning of the EU flag or that of another country punishable by up to three years in jail, classing it as a hate crime. The Bundestag (parliament) vote on Thursday ma... Read more
Whistle-blower Rick Bright warned on Thursday that the United States lacks a plan to produce and fairly distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The nation could face... Read more
It would be “unacceptable” for french drug giant sanofi to give priority to the us market if it develops a covid-19 vaccine, a french minister has warned. Deputy finance minister... Read more
It’s the radio coup of the lockdown. When the presenter of a Dublin breakfast programme learned Hollywood actor Matt Damon was in quarantine in the affluent suburb of Dalkey, he spent... Read more
German police investigating links between the military and the far right have seized weapons and explosives at the home of a special forces soldier. The 45-year-old sergeant major in the eli... Read more
They used to call an 800m-high cliff home, but dozens of villagers in China’s Sichuan province have now been relocated to an urban housing estate. Atulie’er village became famous... Read more
A Broadway actor who had his right leg amputated while fighting Covid-19 has woken up from a medically induced coma, his wife has revealed. Amanda Kloots said it was “a miracle”... Read more
Brazil has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from the coronavirus, health officials say. It registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday, the health ministry said. The total de... Read more
Russia’s embassy in Prague has asked for police protection for one of its diplomats, who has been named by Czech media amid allegations of a plot to poison Czech politicians. It said... Read more
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