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A new World Bank financing mechanism will allow developing countries to purchase Covid-19 vaccines collectively through the Covax facility.
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Mary Simon, who on Monday became the first indigenous person to be named governor general of Canada, has fought to preserve her people's way...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said Monday its more than 100,000 health care personnel would have to get Covid-19 shots.
Thousands of US firefighters are battling a blaze in California that has grown so big it is generating its own weather system.
Nearly 200 nations start online negotiations Monday to validate a UN science report.
Wildfires burned in regions across southern Europe on Monday, fuelled by hot weather and strong winds, after a weekend of torrential rain and flooding.
A Hong Kong court will lay down a marker on the city’s future legal landscape Tuesday when it delivers its verdict in the first...
North and South Korea signalled a surprise thaw in relations on Tuesday, announcing a restoration of cross-border communications that were severed more than a...
A financial scandal involving an opaque, loss-making Vatican property deal paid for with charity funds goes to trial Tuesday after a two-year probe.
North and South Korea said Tuesday they had restored cross-border communications, more than a year after Pyongyang severed all official hotlines between the two...
Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown will be lifted late Tuesday, as authorities signalled a Delta variant outbreak in Australia’s second-biggest city had been contained. Neighbouring South...
There is a lot in the news about cyberattacks and the risks. Ireland has a case in point, with personal data appearing on the...
"Heartprints in the Snow" is a heartfelt and beautiful documentary that was directed and hosted by Robert Michael and narrated by Janine Gateland. Digital...
A new World Bank financing mechanism will allow developing countries to purchase Covid-19 vaccines collectively through the Covax facility.
Haitian police said Monday they had arrested the head of Jovenel Moise’s security as part of the ongoing investigation into the president’s July 7...
Hundreds of Cuban Americans, political refugees and activists marched on the US capital Monday to protest against the Cuban government and its crackdown on...
President Joe Biden declared US relations with Iraq would enter a new phase with American troops exiting combat operations in the country by year-end...
China on Monday urged the United States to be “rational” and stop “demonising” it as the highest-level US envoy to visit the Asian giant...
A new study of tortoises shows just how easy pathogenic bacteria can spread, provided people are about.
Is too much coffee bad for the heart? a new study suggests not, and it is the biggest piece of fieldwork conducted to date.
Amid pushbacks against requiring coronavirus vaccinations for cruise ships and NFL players, there is now a new lobby for mandatory vaccination.
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into...
Bhutan has inoculated most of its eligible population with second doses of Covid-19 vaccinations in a week, in a speedy rollout hailed by UNICEF...
Myanmar’s junta on Monday cancelled the results of 2020 polls won by Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, announcing they were not “free and fair”...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hailed his signature drug war policy Monday, but lamented there was a “long way” to go in the controversial crackdown...