After it started delivering vaccine doses to poorer countries in February 2021, the global vaccine-sharing programme COVAX has reached its target of shipping one billion doses to 144 countries. In Austria, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital Vienna to protest against […]
Protesters have taken to the streets in cities across France to reject a law that would see the implementation of tighter restrictions on people not vaccinated against COVID-19, as Parliament continues to debate the draft bill. Thousands took part in demonstrations on Saturday, with and […]
Jamaican authorities have arrested a former Haitian senator who was a key suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July, Jamaican national police have said. Jamaica Constabulary Force spokesman Dennis Brooks told the Reuters news agency that John Joel Joseph, a well-known […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy. It seeks to shift the focus away from the military to a citizen-centric framework and aims to have economic security as its core. Khan says Pakistan has been in dire need of […]
Kosovo’s Parliament has passed a resolution banning ethnic Serbs from voting on Kosovan soil in Serbia’s national referendum on constitutional amendments. Serbia will hold a referendum on Sunday on amendments to the constitution that would change how judges and prosecutors are elected, a move the […]
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Austria’s capital Vienna to protest against government plans to introduce mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for next month. A new British study said about a third of people infected with coronavirus might still be contagious after a five-day quarantine. […]
Tongans have fled to higher ground after an undersea volcano erupted, sending tsunami waves crashing onto the South Pacific island and triggering warnings as far as the US West Coast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage as communications […]
Deadly violence in Kazakhstan that began with peaceful protests over energy prices and caused the government to call in help from a Russian-led military bloc killed 225 people, authorities have announced. “During the state of emergency, the bodies of 225 people were delivered to morgues, […]
When I was growing up in Texas, I was organised and tidy – annoyingly so. I went to sleep at night looking forward to making the bed the next morning, and took great delight in meticulously washing and drying the dishes by hand and ensuring […]
Powerful Lebanese groups Hezbollah and Amal have said they would end a boycott of cabinet sessions, opening the way for ministers to meet after a three-month gap that has seen the economy and currency collapse further. The groups, which back several ministers in a government […]
